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Solofa Fatu Jr. [1] (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with the WWE and also competed under the variety of names in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to professional wrestlers, employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country ...
The Sons of Samoa are a tag team currently wrestling in the Puerto Rican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Council and WXW. The team consists of Afa Jr. and L.A. Smooth. The team was formed at WXW in 1998, briefly as a stable with Samu. The team reformed in April 2009 at a WXW show with Afa Jr. and L.A. Smooth.
Aoiyama Kōsuke (Japanese: 碧山 亘右, born 19 June 1986 as Daniel Ivanov (Bulgarian: Даниел Иванов)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler or rikishi from Elhovo, Bulgaria. He made his professional debut in 2009, reaching the top division two years later, debuting in the November 2011 tournament.
The original members, Joe Anoa'i, better known as Roman Reigns, was born in Pensacola, Florida as the son of Sika Anoa'i of The Wild Samoans and twin brothers Jonathan Fatu and Joshua Fatu, also known as Jimmy and Jey Uso respectively as part of The Usos and sons of Solofa Fatu (better known as Rikishi), were born in San Francisco; as the trio ...
This is a list of foreign-born professional sumo wrestlers by country and/or ethnicity of origin, along with original name, years active in sumo wrestling, and highest rank attained. Names in bold indicate a still-active wrestler. There are 186 wrestlers who have listed a foreign country as their place of birth on the banzuke or official ...
Jacob Fatu was trained by his uncle, Solofa Jr., and debuted in 2012 in a winning effort teaming with his relative, Black Pearl. [2] He spent most of 2013 through 2015 competing in California for independent promotions, often teaming with fellow Anoaʻi family members.
A rikishi is a sumo wrestler.. Rikishi may also refer to: . Rikishi (wrestler) (born 1965), American professional wrestler Rikichi Andō, alternatively Ando Rikishi (1884–1946), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945