THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 11, 2024 at 19:04 JST
Akebono, right, the first foreigner to be promoted to yokozuna, makes his first public appearance in front of 4,000 fans at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 1993. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him. [Read More]
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