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.

The giant wrestler is no more. Taro Akebono recently passed away due to heart failure in Tokyo this month. Akebono had been battling illness since collapsing in the city of Kitakyushu seven years ...

“It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while receiving care at a hospital in the Tokyo area,” the family said in a statement obtained from ...