Livin’ like a King

Konishiki. This name may mean something to some and nothing to others. Konishiki is a Hawaii-born wrestler that attained the second-highest ranko in Sumo Wrestling (”Ozeki” - the first being “Yokozuna”). His main claim to fame is that he also is the first foreign born wrestler to attain this rank. He weighed around 270kg during his fighting career and was nicknamed the “Dump truck”.
Dude is huge.

Anyway, watching a Discovery Channel docco this evening on Sumo prompted me to post this as they even ventured into Konishiki’s Hip Hop career :

Nowm you can see Konishiki on Nihongo de Asobo (にほんごであそぼ) on NHK TV - Teaching kids Japanese. Awesome.

Friday, April 13th, 2007 Japan, Japanese Culture, Japanese Traditions, Japanese Trivia Trackback URL for this entry