RE: [sumo] Former rikishi and sumo themed wrestlers in "pro" wrestling

["Lon Howard" <itsulon@hotmail.com>]

From: "owen A" <oshakam@hotmail.com>
> To: sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu
> Subject: [sumo] Former rikishi and sumo themed wrestlers in "pro" wrestling
> Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 11:54:21 -0800

(snip)

> Lastly, growing up in Hawai'i where there is a huge Japanese population, 
> there were a few "sumo" themed wrestlers there for the local wrestling 
> promotion back in the '60's and '70's.  The one I always wondered about was 
> named Kongozan.  He had the build and a name that sounded real.  Does 
> anyone remember a person using that shikona?  I guess if he really was in 
> sumo it would have been in the '50's.
>
> Did I miss anyone?  Or should I say, how many have I missed?
>
> Aloha, Owen

Don't know about Kongozan but there was a single digit Maegashira/sometimes 
sanyaku named Kongo in the early to mid 1970s, and one other Kongo in Juyro 
in the 1960s.

(Apologies to Owen for the double post - neglected to send to the list on 
first try)

Lon Howard
Shomishuu

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