Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan. He moved to Tokyo in the late 1980s and won his first grand championship in 1993.

Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan. He moved to Tokyo in the late 1980s and won his first grand championship in 1993.

Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan. He moved to ...

Born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono became the first non-Japanese yokozuna – a sumo grand champion, the highest rank in the sport. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono ...

Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan. He moved to Tokyo in the late 1980s and won his first grand championship in 1993.

Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the ...

Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan. He moved to Tokyo in the late 1980s and won his first grand championship in 1993.

Akebono was born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Waimanalo, Hawaii, in 1969, the New York Times reported. He began his wrestling career in 1988 when he moved to Japan after a fellow Hawaiian ...

Taro Akebono was born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Waimanalo, Hawaii, in 1969. He played basketball in high school and briefly at Hawaii Pacific University before moving to Japan in 1988 at the ...

Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan. He moved to Tokyo in the late 1980s and won his first grand championship in 1993.