Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion ...

Remember a Japanese heavyweight wrestler who once defeated former WWE superstar Big Show in a sumo fight at WrestleMania 21? The giant wrestler is no more. Taro Akebono recently passed away due to ...

I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...

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.