Fujie was born in Hyōgo prefecture and graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1905, with a specialty in artillery.

After serving on the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, Fujie was dispatched as a military attaché to Europe, initially to the Japanese embassy at Paris, France, and later to Bucharest, Romania and Sophia, Bulgaria.

After his return to Japan, he served as instructor at the Army Staff College and was appointed commander of the IJA 5th Field Artillery Regiment.

[1] Fujie was later on the staff of the IJA 16th Division, and accompanied the Japanese delegation to the Geneva Disarmament Conference.

[2] Subsequently commander of the IJA 12th Area Army, he retired in March 1945, but was recalled in June the same year to command the IJA 11th Area Army for the final defense of the Tohoku region of Japan against the projected American invasion.