HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hawaii native and former sumo grand champion Akebono Taro has passed away at age 54. Akebono, whose English name was Chad Rowan was born in Waimanalo on May 8, 1969. Akebono ...

Chad Rowan, better known as Akebono, who has died of heart failure aged 54, was a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler who in 1993 became the first yokozuna, or grand champion, to have been born outside Japan; ...

American-born sumo wrestling legend Taro Akebono, who famously appeared at WrestleMania two decades ago, is dead at age 54. The New York Times reports Akebono died of heart failure in early April ...

"It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while receiving care at a hospital in the Tokyo area," the family said in a statement. According to The New ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Tarō Akebono, the first foreign-born Sumo champion who made a splash at WrestleMania 21, died at age 54. The Hawaii native died of heart failure in early April, the New York Times reported. Born ...

Legendary sumo wrestler Akebono Taro died of heart failure this month. Akebono, the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna, was 54. "It is with sadness that we announce ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of yokozuna — or grand ...

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Tokyo — Hawaii-born Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand ...