Akebono Tarō
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Akebono Tarō was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by the pioneering Hawaiian wrestle
Akebono in 2001
Sumo Akebono
Original tegata (handprint and signature) of sumo wrestler yokozuna Akebono
Akebono (left) and his mentor, Keiji Mutoh
Makuuchi
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Makuuchi, or makunouchi, is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Since 2004 its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers, ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by t
Akebono Tarō
…yusho or tournament championships in November 1992 and January 1993 he made history by becoming the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. One of the tallest and heaviest wrestlers ever, Akebono's rivalry with the young Japanese hopefuls Takanohana and Wakanohana…
A makuuchi match with the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō defeating Dejima as the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū watches in the background
yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right
A tsuna belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
68th yokozuna Asashoryū's Unryū-style Yokozuna Dohyō-iri