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Former sumo champion Akebono dies at 54

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Akebono, who retired from sumo in 2001, won 11 championships while garnering celebrity status as a talent on Japanese TV shows

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The winner of 11 championships – the 10th most in modern sumo history – Akebono was physically imposing at 203 centimeters and 233 kilograms . His fighting style relied on his immense size to thrust his foes out of the ring. He entered the sumo world in 1988 and rose to its highest rank of yokozuna in January 1993, becoming modern sumo’s 64th yokozuna. He later became a Japanese citizen, taking the name Taro Akebono.

“Throughout his 35 years in Japan, Akebono strengthened the cultural ties between the United States and his adopted homeland by uniting us all through sport,” US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel Emanuel posted on X.

 

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