HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hawaii native and former sumo grand champion Akebono Taro has passed away at age 54. Akebono, whose English name was Chad Rowan was born in Waimanalo on May 8, 1969. Akebono ...

Chad Rowan, better known as Akebono, who has died of heart failure aged 54, was a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler who in 1993 became the first yokozuna, or grand champion, to have been born outside Japan; ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

American-born sumo wrestling legend Taro Akebono, who famously appeared at WrestleMania two decades ago, is dead at age 54. The New York Times reports Akebono died of heart failure in early April ...

Hawaiian-born Akebono was the first foreigner to win the highest ranking in Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. He died in Tokyo this month, age 54. Sumo wrestling fans are mourning a former ...

Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his family announced in a statement Thursday. Widely considered to have blazed a trail for other foreign sumo wrestlers, the 54-year ...

Akebono Tarō (May 8, 1969 – April 10, 2024) was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by ...

Born in Hawaii, he moved to Japan in 1988 and won 11 grand championships. His success drove a resurgence in the sport’s popularity. By Victoria Kim Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang Taro Akebono, a ...

Tarō Akebono, the first foreign-born Sumo champion who made a splash at WrestleMania 21, died at age 54. The Hawaii native died of heart failure in early April, the New York Times reported. Born ...

Royce Gracie, UFC legend joins Keyshawn Johnson on the All Facts No Brakes podcast where he recalls a time fighting legendary sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō. Akebono stood at a towering 6 ft, 8 in and ...

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