Green Destiny ~ Supporting Pro Wrestling NOAH

Naomichi Marufuji
Height: 5'9" / 176cm
Weight: 194lbs / 88kg
Date of Birth: 9/26/79
Place of Birth: Kita-Adachi-gun, Saitama
Debut: August 28th, 1998 (vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Title History:

PRO WRESTLING NOAH

GHC Heavyweight Title (1):
- Jun Akiyama (9/9/06) / Mitsuharu Misawa (12/10/06)

GHC Hardcore Openweight Title (1):
- Jun Akiyama (10/16/04) / Mohammed Yone (3/5/05)

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title (1):
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12/9/01) / Makoto Hashi (4/7/02)

GHC Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Minoru Suzuki) Doug Williams & Scorpio (6/18/05) / Mohammed Yone & Takeshi Morishima (10/28/05)
- (w/ Takashi Sugiura) D-Lo Brown & Buchanan (10/27/07)

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ KENTA) Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama (7/16/03) / Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura (6/5/05)

WORLD ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING

WEW Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Tamon Honda) Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (10/22/00) / Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (12/23/00)

Tournament History:

- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Tournament (2003): Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama (24:27) when Marufuji used a Shooting Star press on Murahama.
- 2 Day Tag Tournament (2004): Takeshi Rikio & Naomichi Marufuji beat Kenta Kobashi & KENTA (23:21) when Rikio used the Muso on Kobashi.

Signature Moves:

Finishing Moves:
- "Shiranui" - Springboard backflip three-quarter facelock diving reverse DDT
- "Perfect Inside Cradle" - Armlock inside cradle
- "Pole Shift" - Wrist-clutch fisherman driver

Other Signature Moves:
- Slingshot elbow drop
- Superkick

Profile:

An amaresu combatant during his school days in Saitama, Marufuji competed in inter-high school championships. He decided to become a professional wrestler, and joined All Japan, showing glimpses of future greatness early in his career with a high risk style. After the NOAH split, Marufuji truly broke out as a young junior heavyweight superstar, debuting a new costume, and becoming a spectacular high-flyer. He won great popularity, and became a leader of NOAH's upstart junior heavyweight division. One of NOAH's biggest hopes for the future, Marufuji will be counted on to help lead the company one day. Alongside KENTA, Marufuji captured the GHC Jr. Tag Championship belts in a tournament to crown the first champions during the month of July 2003. Marufuji followed up this success in sensational fashion when he became the 2004 Super J Cup champion, beating Takehiro Murahama in February 2004 for the honor. In September 2006, Naomichi Marufuji became the first (and so far only) wrestler to have won all 5 GHC titles in Pro Wrestling NOAH when he defeated Jun Akiyama to win the GHC Heavyweight Title. To date he is the youngest and lightest GHC Heavyweight Champion in history.