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Sumo Wrestling in Hawaii
Articles and information about Sumo Wrestling in Hawaii.
Profiles of Hawaiian Sumo Wrestling Champions
This Public Broadcasting System (PBS) article
features profiles of the top Hawaiian sumo wrestlers,
including Wayne Vierra, Akebono,
Jesse Kuhaulua, Konishiki, Sentoryu,
and Emannuel Yarbrough.
Hawaiian Scales Sumo Heights
This 1999 article by Juliet Hindell for the British
Broadcasting Corporation features sumo wrestling
champion Fuamalu Penitani of Hawaii,
who is professionally known as "Musashimaru".
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Takamiyama of Hawaii
According to Asahi.com, the first sumo wrestler not born
in Japan was Takamiyama of Hawaii, who was known as "Jesse".
He went to Japan in 1964 and became hugely popular.
Sumo East and West
A documentary about the spread of sumo wrestling, Japan's
national sport, to countries all over the world, with a focus
on the arrival bigger and heavier sumo wrestlers
of Polynesian descent from Hawaii.
What is Sumo Wrestling?
Wikpedia introduction to the sport of sumo wrestling.
See also:
All Martial Arts in Hawaii
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