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In 2016, he appeared as a figure skating sumo wrestler in a television advertisement for GEICO. [7] In 2017 he promoted a new variety of mandarin orange called the "Sumo Citrus" in Lindsay, California. [8] He featured as a model for the Subaru car company. He appeared in a video for Vice Media showing the diet of a sumo wrestler. [9]
Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists ...
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In video games, Hinako Shijou from SNK's The King of Fighters series is a female sumo wrestler and one of the limited examples in the medium. She debuted in The King of Fighters 2000 as part of the "Woman Fighters Team". In the film Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, a female character pretends to be a male sumo wrestler while another engages with sumo at ...
Kitanoumi was the most successful wrestler in sumo for the rest of the 1970s. His dominance, and perceived stern demeanor, meant that he was not that popular with the general public. [ 3 ] When he was defeated by underdog Takanohana in a playoff for the championship in September 1975, the audience threw so many zabuton —or cushions—into the ...
His death was announced by the Japan Sumo Association. [28] [29] In its obituary, Nikkan Sports named him "the strongest yokozuna in history." [26] [30] In February 2013, he posthumously became the second sumo wrestler to be commended with the People's Honour Award, with Yoshihide Suga calling him a "national hero."
Akebono left the Sumo Association in November 2003 to join K-1. [25] The decision was influenced by financial problems due to the failure of his restaurant, among other financial difficulties. His koenkai, or supporters network, had dissolved after his marriage in 1998, depriving him of a valuable source of income. [17]
In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck