Harry Fujiwara

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Harry Fujiwara
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Ring name(s)	Mr. Fuji Master Fuji The Devious One The Samurai Warrior
Billed height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Billed weight	108 kg (239 lb)
Born	May 4, 1935 Honolulu, Hawaii
Billed from	Osaka, Japan

Harry Fujiwara, known best by the ring name Mr. Fuji, is a former heel professional wrestler, who is best known for his work as a manager. As a manager, he would often throw salt in the eyes of face wrestlers. Although he was billed as Japanese, he was in fact a Japanese-American born in Hawaii.

As a wrestler, Mr. Fuji held World Wrestling Entertainment's World Tag Team Championship several times with different partners including Professor Toru Tanaka (3 times when the company was known as the WWWF), and also Mr. Saito (twice when it was known as the WWF).

Fuji would "blind" his opponents by throwing salt in their eyes. He would carry a little bag of salt in his tights. The throwing of the salt was a take-off on what sumo wrestlers do as they enter the ring. The meaning is said to be a way to invite good luck before the match.

Among the wrestlers who were victimized by the blinded salt were Rick Martel, Chief Jay Strongbow, Jules Strongbow, and Ricky Steamboat.

Before joining the WWF, he had a career in Hawaii with Peter Maivia's Wrestling Hawaii. He often was associated with one of Hawaii's biggest heels, Tor Kamata.

After leaving wrestling, Fujiwara retired to the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1997, he sued the makers of the video game WCW vs. nWo World Tour claiming that the character Master Fuji was based on him. The outcome of the lawsuit is unknown.

[edit] Wrestlers managed by Mr. Fuji

George "The Animal" Steele
Magnificent Muraco
Killer Kahn
Jim Neidhart
Sika
Kamala
Demolition (Ax & Smash)
Powers of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord)
Berzerker
The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka & Akio Sato and later Kato)
Crush
Yokozuna
Owen Hart
Bob Orton, Jr.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

5-Time WWWF World Tag Team Champion (3-time with Toru Tanaka, 2-time with Mr. Saito)
1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (San Francisco version)
1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (with Genichiro Tenryu)
1-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka)
1-Time IWA Tag Team Champion (with Tiger Jeet Singh)
1-Time British Empire Commonwealth Champion
1-Time Canadian Heavyweight Champion
1-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka)
1-Time Hawaiian Tag Team Champion (with Karl Von Steiger)
1-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka)
1-Time NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion
4-Time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (3-time with Haru Sasaki, 1-time with Tony Borne)
1-Time WWC North American Heavyweight Champion
1-Time WWC North American Tag Team Champion (with Pierre Martel)