Masanobu Fuchi

Masanobu Fuchi is one of those wrestlers who never chased the spotlight but somehow outlasted almost everyone who did. Born in Fukuoka in 1954, he spent the bulk of his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling, quietly becoming one of the most dependable veterans the promotion ever had. He's not the guy who sold out stadiums on his name alone, but he's exactly the kind of craftsman you want in the ring when things need to actually work — tight holds, clean execution, no wasted motion. There's something genuinely admirable about a career built on consistency over decades rather than one flashy moment. He kept competing well into an age when most guys are long retired, and that kind of stubbornness reads less like ego and more like pure love for the craft.

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Masanobu Fuchi is a Japanese professional wrestler born on January 14, 1954, in Tobata-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is known primarily for his long career in professional wrestling in Japan. He has wrestled exclusively for All Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut in 1974, is now a director and co-head booker there, and holds the record for the longest World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign at 1,309 days.

Name (English)

Masanobu Fuchi

Name (Japanese)

渕正信

Reading

ふち まさのぶ

Born

January 14, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Tobata-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

• Official sitehttps://www.fuchi-masanobu.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%95%E6%AD%A3%E4%BF%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6782575

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Professional Wrestler

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.