Tofu Musubi“Taro #Akebono, the first foreign-born [#sumo] 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.
He was 54.
Akenobo was born in #Hawaii in 1969 as Chad Rowan.”
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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.