Naomichi Marufuji
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Naomichi Marufuji (丸藤正道) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Career
Marufuji pursued amateur wrestling during his high school days before joining All Japan Pro Wrestling, apparently inventing the shiranui finisher. For the first two years of his career, under Giant Baba and Mitsuharu Misawa's isolationist policy, he was a jobber; one of the few rare interpromotional matches he worked in Michinoku Pro Wrestling in 1999, a six-man tag lucha libre match, gave him a chance to shine. After the NOAH secession, he joined the upstart promotion and became an integral part of its Junior Heavyweight division, impressing many with his high-flying style. He would go on to form a successful tag team with KENTA, as well as win the 2004 Super J-Cup. Marufuji is expected to be one of NOAH's future aces. Marufuji is credited as being the inventor of the Shiranui.As part of his foreign excursion to the US along with Kenta Kobashi and KENTA, Marufuji challenged Bryan Danielson for the ROH World Heavyweight Title on December 17, 2005, in Edison, New Jersey. Danielson retained his title, but the crowd gave Marufuji a loud ovation after the match.
On March 5, 2006, Marufuji scored the biggest victory in his career, pinning former AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and GHC Heavyweight Champion Akira Taue.
Marufuji returned to the United States to wrestle for Ring of Honor on the main event of the Best in the World show on March 25, 2006 show in New York City, teaming with KENTA (Kobayashi) for the first time in the United States against the team of Samoa Joe and ROH World Heavyweight champion Bryan Danielson; the team of Marufuji and KENTA won after KENTA pinned Danielson, but after Marufuji tried and failed to lift Joe.
Marufuji will return to Ring of Honor for a 3rd tour, along with KENTA, when he debuts in East Windsor, Connecticut and makes his 2nd appearance in New York City.
It has been reported that Marufuji will challenge Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on September 9, 2006, at the Budokan Hall.
Profile
- Height: 175 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight: 88 kg (211 lb)
- Date of birth: September 26, 1979
- Hometown: Kita-Adachi-gun, Saitama, Japan
- Professional debut: August 28, 1998 (vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Finishing and signature moves
- Shiranui
- Top rope shiranui
- Shiranui from the ring apron to the floor
- Capture suplex
- Belly to back suplex into powerbomb
- Flash Kick (Superkick)
- Springboard missile dropkick
- Underhook brainbuster
- Australian-style German suplex
Championships and accomplishments
- *1-Time GHC Tag Team Champion (with Minoru Suzuki)
- *1-Time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion
- *1-Time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with KENTA)
- *1-Time GHC Hardcore Openweight Champion
- World Entertainment Wrestling
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