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Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month ...
Akebono Tarō (Japanese: 曙 太郎, Hepburn: Akebono Tarō, born Chadwick Haheo Rowan; 8 May 1969 – 6 April 2024 [3]) was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the ...
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 ...
Pioneeing US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono died aged 54 Thursday, the Japan Sumo Association confirmed.
jūryō champion, died as an active oyakata: Kaiki: 1965-9 1987-3 Sekiwake Tomozuna: Now head of Tomozuna stable and on board of JSA: Kurosegawa: 1966-1 1984-5 Komusubi Isegahama: jūryō champion, active as an elder in the JSA under the name Kiriyama: Chiyozakura: 1966-3 1978-5 Maegashira 5 Dewanoumi Kokonoe: two-time jūryō champion: Daigō ...
Takamiyama Daigorō (髙見山 大五郎, born 16 June 1944 as Jesse James Wailani Kuhaulua) is an American-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for Takasago stable for twenty years from 1964 to 1984, his highest rank was sekiwake.
By 2013, foreign born wrestlers made up just seven percent of the 613 wrestlers active in professional sumo, yet occupied one third of the 42 spots in the top division. [7] No Japanese-born wrestler won a top division tournament between Tochiazuma in January 2006 and Kotoshōgiku in January 2016, with 56 of the 58 tournaments held in that ...
Wily was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 14, 1968. In 1987 he was recruited as a sumo wrestler in Japan. Weighing in at nearly 440 lbs (200 kg), he was among the largest sumo wrestlers in the world.