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Akebono's wife confirmed in March 2018 that her husband had suffered acute heart failure and had been in a medically induced coma for two weeks. He lost nearly 130 pounds, much of it in muscle, and still could not walk, requiring a wheelchair. He was to begin intensive physical therapy. [90]
Akebono was an 11-time grand tournament winner and he retired in 2001. The family's statement said friends and family will hold a “private celebration of his life." He is survived by his wife ...
Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his family announced in a statement Thursday. Widely considered to have blazed a trail for other foreign sumo wrestlers, the 54 ...
Akebono Taro § – Chadwick George Haheo Rowan – Hawaiian (Hawaii) – 1988–2001 – 64th yokozuna [32] Araiwa Kamenosuke – Cal Lee Martin – California – 1968–1971 – makushita 33 [33] Daiki Susumu – Percy Pomaikai Kipapa – Hawaiian (Hawaii) – 1991–1998 – juryo 10; Gosetsu – Laurent Raymond – Hawaii – 1982–1983 ...
Pioneeing US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono died aged 54 Thursday, the Japan Sumo Association confirmed.
Musashimaru took his first top division championship in July 1994 with a perfect 15–0 record, but in the following tournament he could manage only 11 wins and Takanohana overtook him to become yokozuna at the end of the year, joining Akebono who had become the first foreign born yokozuna in 1993. Musashimaru seemed content just to maintain ...
On December 31, 2006, Giant Silva finally faced a heavier opponent, the former yokozuna Akebono Tarō, at K-1 Premium 2006. The sumo wrestler clinched Silva and pressed him against the ropes, until Silva broke the hug and transitioned to a Kimura lock on the ground, submitting Akebono for his second and last win.
Asashōryū Akinori (Japanese: 朝青龍 明徳, born 27 September 1980, [2] as Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj, Mongolian Cyrillic: Долгорсүрэнгийн Дагвадорж; [tɔɮgɔrsʊːrengiːn tagw̜atɔrt͡ʃ]) is a Mongolian former professional sumo wrestler ().