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 of 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.

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.

Championships and accomplishments

• 5-Time WWWF World Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka 3 times & Mr. Saito twice)
• 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 (with Haru Sasaki 3 times and Tony Borne once)
• 1-Time WWC North American Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time WWC North American Tag Team Champion (with Pierre Martel)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 445 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

Awards

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1984 Worst Manager
• 1985 Worst Manager
• 1987 Worst Manager
• 1988 Worst Manager
• 1989 Worst Manager
• 1990 Worst Manager
• 1991 Worst Manager
• 1992 Worst Manager
• 1993 Worst Manager
• 1994 Worst Manager
• 1995 Worst Manager

American professional wrestlers | Professional wrestling managers and valets | 1935 births | Japanese Americans | Living people

Harry Fujiwara