Speaking of sumo, maybe we Chinese will be relatively unfamiliar, we usually pay more attention to martial arts, sanda, want to see the plot, we will also choose WWE. And the person I want to talk about today, he is the great yokozuna in the sumo wrestling world, but he has played a lot of crossovers, and he is also a celebrity in the circle, his name is Shotaro, Japanese media broke the news that on April 11, 2024, the Japanese yokozuna Justaro unfortunately passed away at the age of 54.
Born in the United States and later naturalized to Japan, Akebono has a strong interest in sumo wrestling, and has experienced n matches in 13 years, challenging 10 classes, and finally becoming "Oyokozuna" from "Shonoguchi". Akebono also became Japan's first foreigner, Oyokozuna. Remember the guy who played sumo wrestling with Big Show at WWE WrestleMania?
Brother Daxiu is known as the largest player in the sports world, and his body size is visible to the naked eye and is one size larger than Ltaro, but he was easily thrown out of the circle by Ltaro and lost the game.
I've read a lot of reports, and they're all fooling people, saying, "Why do Japanese people like such perverted sports?" Because of money and beautiful women, they get a huge amount of money every year, and beautiful women smile on their faces. "It's all fake, it's trying to trick me into learning sumo?
First of all, about money, the highest-level Yokozuna's annual income is about 40 million yen to 50 million yen, and he can only get 10 million yen for winning the championship, which is converted into RMB only 1.9 million to 2.37 million a year, and the championship bonus is 473,500 yuan.
For Akebono Taro, 13 years of sumo wrestling was his most glorious moment. But unfortunately, Akebono couldn't handle interpersonal relationships, and he didn't have a good relationship with his master and teammates, so he quit the sumo world and began to cross borders. He went to K-1, thinking that he was infinitely powerful, and the same is true in the martial arts world, but in the face of Sapp, he never imagined that he would lose so ugly, but he bled and was said to be able to share 100 million yen with Sap.
In the same year, Akebono lost to Japan's No. 1 heavyweight Musashi, Chinese sanda player Zhang Qingjun, and American kickboxing representative Rick in the K-1 arena.
Transitioning from kickboxing to MMA, Akebono met first-time UFC champion Hoyce Gracie, got locked in the first round, and threw in the towel. He was knocked out three times in a row by South Korean giant Choi Hong-wan in a year's time, and the crossover was frustrated until 2006, when Akebono announced his retirement after losing to Brazilian giant Silva. The Yokozuna transition was a failure, with a miserable professional record, 13-1 win in 14 fights, 5 knockouts, and 3 submissions.
Speaking of which, Akebono also came to China in 2006 and had a push competition with Taiji master Wang Zhanjun on "Wulin Wind", and finally Akenotaro lost to the Chinese for the second time, and I still remember that the topic of Taiji vs. Sumo King was very hot.
A few months ago, some media broke the news that Akenosaurus had been receiving treatment and was not in good condition, and he had been taken care of by his wife, and the news of his death was issued on the 11th, and he had been battling the disease. Looking back at Ltaro's life, although he is only 54 years old, he has different wins and losses, but he also dares to fight, challenge himself, challenge new things, and finally live a wonderful life.