Re: Akebono

[Richard Webb <webb@phys3.physics.wsu.edu>]

Stephen Forrest writes:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 24 Jul 1994, Lumbering Ox wrote (in reply to my earlier post?)
> >
> > Where is Akebono from?
> >
> The banzuke lists him, like Musashimaru and Konishiki, as coming from
> Beikoku = U.S.A.  More specifically, Akebono and Musashimaru are from the
> state of Hawaii (Konishiki is from Samoa, I believe).
>         -Steve Forrest
> 
All three are from Hawaii.  Musashimaru emigrated from American
Samoa to Hawaii when he was 11 years old I believe.  Konishiki is
also of Samoan heritage but I think he was born and raised in
Hawaii.  Akebono's heritage I do not know but I suspect that he is
also a large percentage Samoan based on his appearance and the
appearance of his parents.

Richard Webb
webb@phys3.physics.wsu.edu

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