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Rank Ring name Max. weight Stable Highest rank Birth date Birthplace Death date 1 Ōrora Satoshi 大露羅: 292.6 kg (645 lb) Yamahibiki (also Kitanoumi) Makushita 43 April 26, 1983 (age 41) Zaigrayevo, Buryat ASSR, Soviet Union: 2 Konishiki 小錦: 287 kg (633 lb) Takasago: Ōzeki December 31, 1963 (age 61)
He won a total of five championships at Nihon University. He then entered professional sumo as a member of the Onoe stable. He broke the record for the largest new recruit, weighing in at 233 kg in 2007. The previous record holder, Hokutomori, weighed in at 205 kg when he joined professional sumo in 1994.
On his first day of high school, sumo practitioner Hinomaru Ushio joins Odachi High's sumo club. Despite his short stature (professional sumo has a height requirement of 167 centimeters (5.5 feet)), Hinomaru aims to become the best in high school to force the professional sumo association to let him compete, and then reach the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.
It was not always the strongest ōzeki but those with the most influential patrons who were chosen. The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names.
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), Hawaiian singer whose weight peaked at 343 kg (756 lb; 54 st 0 lb). Paul Kimelman (born 1947), holder of Guinness World Record for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time (1982). Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's World's Heaviest Twins.
Mariusz Pudzianowski was born in Biała Rawska, Poland.His father, Wojciech, was a weightlifter. [7] Pudzianowski quickly became interested in sports. Since the age of 11, he has been training the Kyokushin style of karate. [2]
He’s not the strongest fighter, nor is he the most interesting, but whenever he’s on-screen (or on the page, for the manga readers), it’s always a fun time. Brook Toei Animation
Levan Saginashvili, nicknamed the Georgian Hulk, is a Georgian professional arm-wrestler who holds the World's number 1 ranking on the Right Hand. Winner of the World Armwrestling Championship seven times, the European arm-wrestling championship six times, the Vendetta Top 8 four times, and the current holder of the East vs West Super Heavyweight Championship, Saginashvili is widely regarded ...