Rikidōzan
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Mitsuhiro Momota, better known by the ring name Rikidōzan, was a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler. He was known as the father of professional wrestling in Japan, nicknamed "The
Rikidōzan as the Japanese Heavyweight Champion in 1954
Rikidōzan in 1949, in traditional sumo keshō-mawashi
Momota's apartment, nicknamed the Riki Mansion, in 2007
Momota entered Sannoh Hospital after being stabbed
Antonio Inoki
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Antonio Inoki was a Japanese professional wrestler, professional wrestling trainer, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. He is best known as the f
Rikidōzan
…He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017, becoming the first ethnic Korean inductee and the third puroresu inductee (after Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami). Kim Sin-rak was born on November 14, 1924, in Kankyōnan-dō, which was then part of Korea under Japanese rule and is now part of…
Inoki, circa 1983
Antonio Inoki wrestling with Ernie Ladd in June 1975
Inoki delivering a speech in North Korea, 2014. Inoki's regular visits to the country strained his relations with the Japanese Diet.
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