During his reign, other Hawaii wrestlers would also become stars ... US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel wrote Akebono was a “giant in the world of sumo, a proud Hawaiian and a bridge between ...

After that, the 58-year-old fight icon made the bold decision to face a 6ft 8in, 490lb sumo wrestler. ‘David vs Goliath’ matchups had become popular in Japan in the noughties. Boxing legend ...

He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of ... saddened to learn of the passing of Akebono, a giant in the world of sumo, a proud Hawaiian and a bridge between the United ...

David Madison/Getty Akebono Taro, the Hawaiian-born sumo wrestling star and WWE fighter ... At the height of his career, he was a giant — both literally and figuratively. According to the ...

Seven Mongolian youths, aspiring to become rikishi sumo wrestlers, arrived in Japan in 2000. While awaiting to be recruited by stables, they trained and practiced at an amateur dojo. But there was ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squashed legends like ... Eventually, though, the size that made the giant so great became his greatest undoing.

The 21-year-old Oho is the youngest wrestler now competing in the top division. He did not seem rattled by the high expectations, pulling off two straight wins to open the New Year Grand Sumo ...

Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy ... made with katsuo (fermented and dried skipjack tuna) and kombu (giant kelp). Konnyaku, also called konjac, is slippery and grey, with ...