Konishiki

Konishiki

Musician · b. 1963

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Discography

Albums
KMSKMS2000

Tracklist not collected yet.

Achievements

Award
Hawai‘i Sports Hall of Fame

Archive

Passport
Born

1963-12-31

Identifiers & aliases
Description

professional sumo wrestler

Extract from Wikipedia

Saleva'a Fuauli Atisano'e, better known by his shikona, Konishiki Yasokichi , is an American-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. He was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach ōzeki, the second-highest possible rank in the sport. During his career, he won the top division championship on three occasions and came very close to becoming the first foreign-born grand champion, or yokozuna, prompting a social debate in Japan as to whether a foreigner could have the necessary cultural understanding to be deemed acceptable in sumo's ultimate rank. At a peak weight of 287 kg (633 lb) he was also at the time the heaviest wrestler ever in sumo, earning him the nicknames "Meat Bomb" and, most famously, "The Dump Truck".

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