Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: he kaitakaro hākinakina hukapapa a Hapani i tenei wa me te Nikko Ice Bucks o te Rōpū Hakinakina hukapapa o Ahia. Ko Fukufuji te kaitakaro Hapanihi tuatahi i puta i roto i te whakataetae National Hockey League. Ko Hiroyuki Miura, te kaitākaro tuatahi o Hapanihi, i tīpakohia e te Montreal Canadiens i te tau kotahi mano tekau mā iwa
1992 NHL Draft, engari kaore ano kia takaro i tetahi 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.