[9] He shortened his ring name to Mr. Fuji and toured many territories, including Don Owen's Portland, Oregon based NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling where he won many championships.

He formed a tag team with Professor Toru Tanaka and the duo were managed by the Grand Wizard.

[1][3] They defeated Sonny King and Chief Jay Strongbow on June 27, 1972, for their first World Tag Team Championship.

[11][12] They quickly ascended to main event status, defending the titles against WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales and Bruno Sammartino on several occasions, throughout the year.

[14] They continued to feud with Garea and Calhoun for the titles before defeating them on September 11 in a rematch to win their second WWWF World Tag Team Championship.

On September 19, 1975, they participated in a four-team tournament where they defeated former WWWF rivals Tony Garea and Dean Ho in the finals to win the vacant NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship.

This culminated in a title match on June 28, 1982, at Madison Square Garden (MSG) where the Strongbows won the championship.

[12][23] The feud of these two teams ended after Fuji and Saito lost the titles to the Strongbows on the October 30 episode of Championship Wrestling.

Afterward, Fuji continued to wrestle on his own until his in-ring retirement and Chung Lee stayed with the WWF until 1988 in the lower mid-card to preliminary wrestler.

He wore a black tuxedo and bowler hat, akin to the James Bond series character Oddjob, and carried a little bag of salt.

[1] He acquired Kamala from The Wizard, managing him in singles or tag matches with Sika, while also leading "Cowboy" Bob Orton (who often teamed with Muraco).

[1] Interviewed after the contest, Fuji claimed that he had turned on Demolition because, since winning the championship, they had become insubordinate and disrespectful to him, whereas the Powers would be utterly obedient and loyal apprentices.

[29] Fuji sold the individual contracts of Powers of Pain to managers Slick and Bobby "the Brain" Heenan and brought The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato) to the WWF.

Under Fuji's tutelage, Yokozuna won the 1993 Royal Rumble match and two WWF World Championships, first from Bret Hart at WrestleMania IX, and again from Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring.

By this point Yokozuna had fired Cornette and became a fan favorite; Fuji joined him in the endeavor, even carrying the American flag at times.

In 1997, he successfully sued the makers of the video game WCW vs. nWo World Tour, claiming that the character "Master Fuji" was based on him.

[citation needed] He was a part-time usher at Knoxville Center's (formerly East Town Mall) movie theater.

[30] Fujiwara was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2007,[6] by his former charge and Fuji Vice co-star Don Muraco.

In the wake of the billion dollar settlement between the NFL and former players over CTE issues, daughter Kelli Fujiwara Sloan, representing the estate, participated in a class action lawsuit against WWE in which it was claimed the promotion did not protect its employees from head trauma.