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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.
Yokozuna is the highest rank of sumo wrestling. 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.
Joseph Yokozuna Fatu (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 .
best rank maegashira 5, former amateur yokozuna, followed previous year's amateur yokozuna, Endō into Oitekaze: Endō 遠藤: West Maegashira 9 2013-3 Oitekaze October 19, 1990 (age 34) Ishikawa: four-time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut: Enhō 炎鵬: West Makushita 30
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.
Taihō Kōki (Japanese: 大鵬 幸喜, born Kōki Naya (納谷 幸喜, Naya Kōki), Ukrainian: Іва́н Маркіянович Бори́шко, Ivan Markiyanovych Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the 48th yokozuna in 1961 at the age of 21, the youngest ever at the time.
Yokozuna Takekuma: at 43 oldest wrestler ever to be promoted to yokozuna: Sakaigawa Namiemon: 1857-11 1881-1 Yokozuna Sakaigawa: a number of dubious yokozuna titles were awarded in his period, diluting the integrity of the title, his title is the only one from his time still recognized: Takasago Uragorō: 1863-07 1873-12 maegashira Chiganoura ...
He was the dominant wrestler in the sport during the 1970s. Kitanoumi was promoted to yokozuna at the age of 21, becoming the youngest ever to achieve sumo's top rank. He won 24 tournament championships during his career and was one of a series of truly great yokozuna who came from Hokkaido, the largest