Wakanohana Masaru
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Masaru Hanada is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana Masaru, and his rise through the ranks alongside his younger brother Takanohana Kōji saw
Wakanohana, January 2020
Wakanohana III original Ozeki tegata (handprint & signature)
Wakanohana's handprint displayed on a monument in Ryōgoku, Tokyo
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
Wakanohana Masaru
…quarters and joined all the other new recruits in the communal area, and were instructed to refer to their father as oyakata (coach) only. Future rivals Akebono and Kaiō made their professional debuts in the same month. In the early part of his career he wrestled under the name Wakahanada (若花田), being given his…
Akebono in 2001
Sumo Akebono
Original tegata (handprint and signature) of sumo wrestler yokozuna Akebono
Akebono (left) and his mentor, Keiji Mutoh