Ricky Fuji | |
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Birth name | Masanori Morimura |
Born | [1][2][3] Chiba, Japan[1][2] | September 27, 1965
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Ricky Fuji[1][2] Black Tomcat Calgary Tiger |
Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1][2] |
Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] |
Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Trained by | NJPW Dojo[2] Mr. Hito[2] Stu Hart[3] |
Debut | June 28, 1988[1][2][3] |
Masanori Morimura (森村 方則, Morimura Masanori)[1][2] (born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name Ricky Fuji (リッキー・フジ, Rikkī Fuji) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations. He is perhaps best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he wrestled between the promotion's early days in 1990 until the promotion's closure in 2002, making him the longest-tenured wrestler in the company's history.
Fuji initially joined FMW as a mid-carder, who initially teamed and feuded with the promotion's founder Atsushi Onita on several occasions. He was a part of many groups including Team Canada and Lethal Weapon during the mid-1990s while also achieving success in the company's junior heavyweight division, winning the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship once each.