Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - he kaitakaro hokai hukapapa a Hapani i tenei wa kei te Nikko Ice Bucks o te Asia League Ice Hockey. Ko Fukufuji te kaitakaro Hapanihi tuatahi i puta i roto i te whakataetae National Hockey League. Ko te whiringa tuatahi a Japan, ko Hiroyuki Miura, i tohua e nga Montreal Canadiens i te 1992 NHL Draft
, engari kaore ano ia kia takaro i tētahi kēmu NHL. Ko Fukufuji te tangata whenua tuatahi o Hapani i tohua hei kaitiaki whaainga i te NHL me te tuarua o nga taangata Hapanihi i tohua.