David Madison/Getty Akebono Taro, the Hawaiian-born sumo wrestling star and WWE fighter, has died. He was 54. On Thursday, April 11, the family of the wrestler, who was the first foreign-born sumo ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler ... he entered the world of professional wrestling. The sumo boom of the Heisei Era (1989-2019 ...

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Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or ...

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