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Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler.He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna.
This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony.
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢, June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Following his retirement as a wrestler, he was the stable master of Kokonoe stable until the time of his death.
Azumafuji Kin'ichi (Japanese: 東富士 欽壹, October 28, 1921 – July 31, 1973) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo. He was the sport's 40th yokozuna , and later a professional wrestler .
Joseph Yokozuna Fatu [2] (born March 18, 1993) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Solo Sikoa as the leader of The Bloodline .
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Kōji Kitao (Japanese: 北尾 光司, August 12, 1963 – February 10, 2019) [1] was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler, born in Mie.As Futahaguro Kōji (双羽黒 光司) he was sumo's 60th yokozuna, and the only one in sumo history not to win a top division tournament championship. [2]
Kisenosato accepted, formally becoming the 72nd yokozuna. [38] He was the first wrestler of Japanese descent to be promoted to yokozuna since Wakanohana in 1998. [39] As is the tradition for a new yokozuna, he performed his first yokozuna dohyō-iri, or ring-entering ceremony, on January 27 at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. [40]