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Akebono, a Hawaiian who was the first foreignborn sumo wrestler to become a grand champion, has died of heart failure at the age of 54, Japanese media said on April 11, 2024. The 11time champion reached the sport’s highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in 1993 and became a Japanese citizen in 1996.

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