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Solofa Fatu Jr. [1] (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with the WWE and also competed under the variety of names in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Rikishi at Tribute to the Troops in 2003. Rikishi would eventually become a face again and reunited with Scotty 2 Hotty, who returned after an 18 month absence from a neck injury to compete on the SmackDown! brand in October 2003. Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty won the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 5, 2004 after defeating the Basham ...
A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to professional wrestlers, employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country ...
The original members, Joe Anoa'i, better known as Roman Reigns, was born in Pensacola, Florida as the son of Sika Anoa'i of The Wild Samoans and twin brothers Jonathan Fatu and Joshua Fatu, also known as Jimmy and Jey Uso respectively as part of The Usos and sons of Solofa Fatu (better known as Rikishi), were born in San Francisco; as the trio ...
Kimarite (Japanese: 決まり手) is the technique used in sumo by a rikishi (wrestler) to win a match. It is officially decided or announced by the gyōji (referee) at the end of the match, though judges can modify this decision. The records of kimarite are then kept for statistical purposes.
The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023.
Raiden Tameemon (雷電爲右衞門), born Seki Tarōkichi (January 1767 – 11 February, 1825), was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Tōmi, Nagano Prefecture. He is considered one of the greatest rikishi in history, although he was never promoted to yokozuna. To date, he holds the record for best top division win ratio of all time.
Popular rikishi may be given many of these keshō-mawashi. [5] Yokozuna have matching sets of three keshō-mawashi, with two being worn by his wrestler "assistants" (his tachimochi and tsuyuharai) during his ring entrance ceremony. [5] In the Edo period, the keshō-mawashi also served as the wrestler's fighting mawashi. However, as the aprons ...