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He made his pay-per-view debut on November 25 at Survivor Series, easily defeating the much smaller Virgil with his huge weight advantage. [17] Yokozuna's career soon took off and he was billed as a potential favorite to win the Royal Rumble match on January 24, 1993, doing so by last eliminating Randy Savage. [18]
Yokozuna May 2, 1971 (age 53) American Samoa: 10 Akebono 曙: 236 kg (520 lb) Azumazeki: Yokozuna May 8, 1969 Waimānalo, Hawaii, United States: April 2024 (aged 54) 11 Tokushinhō 德真鵬: 234 kg (516 lb) Kise (also Kitanoumi) Jūryō 6 May 13, 1984 (age 40) Mie, Japan: 12 Sakaefuji 栄富士: 232 kg (511 lb)
The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 43 more yokozuna have been promoted.
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢, June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport.
Hoshoryu's uncle Asashoryu, a former yokozuna who was known as the bad boy of sumo, was forced to quit the sport in 2010 after breaking a man's nose in a drunken brawl outside a nightclub ...
He was the sport's 27th yokozuna from 1918 until 1925. Generally he is considered one of the pioneers of modern sumo. [1] He remains the lightest yokozuna in the history of the sport with a weight of 104 kg. [2]
He often seemed to feel under pressure as a yokozuna, suffering from weight loss and lack of sleep. His winning percentage at the rank was just .596 (the worst ever after Maedayama and Mienoumi) with 102 wins and 69 losses (plus 84 absences). He gave away 33 kinboshi, 36 percent of all his yokozuna matches against maegashira.
received yokozuna licenses from Gojo family and Yoshida family: Tsurugizan Taniemon: 1827-3 1852-2 Ōzeki Onomatsu: offered a yokozuna license but rejected it: Hidenoyama Raigorō: 1828-3 1850-3 Yokozuna Hidenoyama: shortest yokozuna ever, wrestlers outside his stable once staged a strike against his authority: Shiranui Dakuemon: 1830-11 1844-1 ...