HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While the world is feeling the loss of Akebono Taro, a grand champion in the sumo world, his family is mourning the man behind the legend. In Waimanalo, Akebono grew up ...

WWE star Akebono Taro is dead at the age of 54. Akebono’s family announced via a statement to the Associated Press on Thursday that the Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler had passed away earlier this ...

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 ...

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.

The world is mourning the loss of Akebono Taro, one of Hawaii’s most legendary athletes and an iconic figure in sumo wrestling. Born Chad Rowan, Akebono has passed away, leaving behind a legacy ...