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In 2016, he appeared as a figure skating sumo wrestler in a television advertisement for GEICO. [7] In 2017 he promoted a new variety of mandarin orange called the "Sumo Citrus" in Lindsay, California. [8] He featured as a model for the Subaru car company. He appeared in a video for Vice Media showing the diet of a sumo wrestler. [9]
Theo, a nine-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama in the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023.
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Kitanoumi was the most successful wrestler in sumo for the rest of the 1970s. His dominance, and perceived stern demeanor, meant that he was not that popular with the general public. [ 3 ] When he was defeated by underdog Takanohana in a playoff for the championship in September 1975, the audience threw so many zabuton —or cushions—into the ...
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.
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 ...
In May 1995 Takanohana married television announcer Keiko Kono, eight years older than him. [69] They have a son and two daughters. [78] His son Yuuichi is a shoemaker and radio personality who is married to the daughter of former sumo wrestler Fujinoshin. [79] [80] It was reported in November 2018 that Takanohana and Kono had divorced. [81]
Musashimaru was the last Hawaiian wrestler in sumo, ending a dynasty that began with Takamiyama in 1964 and at one point in 1996 saw four from the islands ranked in the top division. [8] During his career he had won a total of twelve top division championships, one more than Akebono, and also won over 700 top division bouts, one of only six ...