Real Name - Masanobu Fuchi
Birthdate - 1/24/54
6' 230 lbs. - Fukuoka, Japan

Aliases - none

Athletic background - Wrestling, Track & Field (High School)

Teachers - n/a

Professional background - All Japan(`75-), Puerto Rico, Memphis(`81),

Peak Years - `80-`90

Groups - TEAM NO FEAR

Career Highlights -
- Wins the All Japan Junior Heavyweight title for the first of five times by beating Kunaki Kobayashi
- Defeats Mighty Inoue to regain the belt
- Beats Joe Malenko to win the title for the third time
- Wrestles All Japan kingpin, Toshiaki Kawada, after the NOAH split in an excellent match
- Teams with Kawada and has an awesome 30-minute draw with Yuji Nagata & Takeshi Iizuka

Finisher(s) -
- Pinning Back Suplex

Favorites -
- Reverse Bow & Arrow
- Yakuza Kick
- STF
- Half Crab
- Enzugiri

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 6
science - 8
aerial - 1
power - 6
strikes - 5

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 5
selling - 7
bumping - 5
heat - 5
carrying - 6
legacy - 4

Place in History - Masanobu Fuchi is the type of wrestler whose style and abilities can keep them around for many years. While his learning excursion years are probably not ones he looks back on kindly, they really cemented his reputation with anyone who saw him in those Memphis concession stand brawl classics. Upon returning the company took a while before they found a niche for him, helping establish youngsters in their junior division. Despite a nice crop of talent the All Japan juniors were always in the background. Fuchi was a loyal trooper though and his mat battles with Joe Malenko rank amongst the best All Japan ever produced in that style. He was the ever-present champion, until Yoshinari Ogawa took over duties and Fuchi moved into the comedic veteran matches. After the exodus in 2000, some ten years past his better years, Fuchi stepped it up in a big way being the wrestler the company needed before going back to his old self. A man who has done a lot that has gone overlooked from crazy brawls (that influenced partner Atsushi Onita to start FMW), great mat-based matches to a pair of really good matches in 2000 that showed he was still all man.