- Hiromichi Fuyuki
Infobox Wrestler
name=Hiromichi Fuyuki
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names=Kodo Fuyuki
Ricky Fuyuki
Samson Fuyuki
height=height|ft=6|in=0 cite web | title=Wrestler biografien - Kodo Fuyuki |url= http://www.genickbruch.com/bios/showbio.php?id=1008|publisher=www.genickbruch.com | accessdate=2007-11-02]
weight=convert|240|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on
birth_date=birth date|1960|5|11
death_date=death date and age|2003|3|19|1960|5|11
birth_place=Tokyo ,Japan
death_place=Yokohama ,Japan
resides=
billed=
trainer=Isao Yoshihara
debut=May 4 ,1980
retired=April 14 ,2002
website=|nihongo|Hiromichi Fuyuki|冬木 弘道|Fuyuki Hiromichi was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter who competed in
All Japan Pro Wrestling ,New Japan Pro Wrestling , Wrestle Association R and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo &Jado .He is best known, however, as a mainstay of
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling , as a founding member of the stable Team No Respect which includedYukihiro Kanemura , Hideki Hosaka, Masao Orihara, Tetsuhiro Kuroda,Mr. Gannosuke , Koji Nakagawa,Horace Boulder , Super Leather, Hido, Gedo & Jedo.Early career
Trained by Isao Yoshihara, Fuyuki made his professional debut in
International Pro Wrestling on May 4, 1980. Following IWE's collapse he joined All Japan, under the name Samson Fuyuki, and soon began teaming withToshiaki Kawada as Footloose soon capturing the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Titles three times.One of several wrestlers to leave AJPW with
Genichiro Tenryu , he competed in Tenryu's rival promotionSuper World Sports appearing on interpromotional shows for the World Wrestling Federation and, following the close of SWS, became one of the top wrestlers in Tenryu's WAR promotion teaming withJado &Gedo as Fuyuki-Gun.Frontier Martial Arts
The three would continue working for various Japanese promotions for several years before arriving in Frontier Marital Arts Wrestling. Once there, Fuyuki formed Team No Respect with several of FMW's leading wrestlers which remained the dominant "heel" stable until the promotions close in 2002.
Facing
Terry Funk in a high-profile match atKawasaki Stadium in 1997, he became the head "booker" of the promotion in 1999. Attempting to distance the promotion from its earlier reputation for "garbage wrestling" style, he instead focused on a more "sports entertainment " approach based heavily on comedic storylines and characters similar to American promotions such asWorld Wrestling Entertainment .These changes proved unpopular with FMW's fans and within months the promotion began to experience financial problems which worsened after its top star Hayabusa suffered a career ending injury. After the departure of
Atsushi Onita ,Masato Tanaka and others, Fuyuki was finally forced to close the promotion in March 2002.World Entertainment Wrestling and later years
Soon after the close of FMW, Fuyuki opened his own promotion World Entertainment Wrestling and briefly appeared in WEW before announcing his retirement after being diagnosed with cancer.
Wrestling his last match at a retirement show held by
Pro Wrestling NOAH , Fuyuki teamed with Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa to defeat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi on April 14, 2002.Although continuing to promote events for WEW during the next year, he planned to come out of retirement and had scheduled to face
Shinya Hashimoto before his death on March 19, 2003. [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-news.com/nm/publish/news_2062.html |title=Japanese Star Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki Dies At 42 From Cancer |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2003-03-19 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Wrestling-News.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]In wrestling
*Finishing and signature moves
**Muscle Buster
**"Fuyuki Special" (Modified dragon sleeper)
**Boston crab
**Lariat
**Belly to back suplex
**German suplexChampionships and accomplishments
*
All Japan Pro Wrestling
**AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Toshiaki Kawada [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/asia-t.html |title=A.J.P.W. All Asia Tag Team Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
*Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | World Entertainment Wrestling
**FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/ind-h.html |title=Independent World Heavyweight Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-h.html |title=F.M.W. Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hido and Yukihiro Kanemura [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-t.html |title=F.M.W. Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month=|publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Gedo & Jado, Hido & Yukihiro Kanemura and Koji Nakagawa & Yukihiro Kanemura [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-6.html |title=F.M.W. World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**FMW/WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (2), Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku-zame [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-wew-6.html |title=W.E.W. 6-Man Tag Team Title |accessdate= |date= |year=2003 |month=|publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**WEW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-wew-s.html |title=W.E.W. Heavyweight Title |accessdate= |date= |year=2003 |month=|publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
**WEW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) withKyoko Inoue , Tetsuhiro Kuroda and The Sandman [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-wew-t.html |title=W.E.W. World Tag Team Title |accessdate=|date= |year=2003 |month=|publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
*Wrestle Association R
**WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (6 times) - first champions with Jado & Gedo andYoji Anjo &Bam Bam Bigelow [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/war/war-6.html |title=W.A.R. World 6-Man Tag Team Title |accessdate= |date= |year=2003 |month= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ]
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him # 119 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2000References
External links
* [http://fmwwrestling.us/Profiles.html FMW Profiles: Kodo Fuyuki]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kodo-fuyuki.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.bodyslamming.com/deceased/fuyuki.html Deceased Superstars - Hiromichi Fuyuki]
* [http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=2925&worker=Kodo+Fuyuki CageMatch.de - Kodo Fuyuki] ger
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