# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akebono-taro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:23.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akebono-taro"
name: "Akebono Tarō"
slug: "akebono-taro"
description: "Akebono Tarō  was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by the pioneering Hawaiian wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990. After two consecutive yusho or tournament championships in November 1992 and January 1993 he made history by becoming the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo."
tagline: "American professional wrestler and rikishi (1969–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SumoAkebono.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-05-08"
deathDate: "2024"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.1
  momentum:             4.891086638573334
  historical:           23.66157466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Ake64"
    handle:    "Ake64"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/akebono64"
    handle:    "akebono64"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1850858/"
    handle:    "nm1850858"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أكيبونو تارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اكيبونو تارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D"
    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Akebono Taro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آکه‌بونو تارو"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아케보노 다로"
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    title: "Акэбоно Таро"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Akebono"
    title: "Tarō Akebono"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D"
    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Акэбоно, Таро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Акебоно Таро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Akebono Taro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
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    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2632838"
    title: "Akebono Tarō"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump