Akebono Tarō (May 8, 1969 – April 10, 2024) was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990. After two consecutive yusho or tournament championships in November 1992 and January 1993 he made history by becoming the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo.

KNOWN FOR

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
2005
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
2016
K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!!
2006
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
2016
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
2010
Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2010
2010
K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!
2005
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
20
2022
El Chapo and the Curse of the Pirate Zombies
as Zombie Pirate Lord
2016
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
as Akebono
2016
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
as Akebono
2015
RIZIN IZA
2013
AJPW Anniversary Tour 2013 - Day 9
as Akebono
2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as Akebono
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
as Akebono
2012
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
as Akebono
2012
Ikkyu-san
as Big man
2010
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
as Akebono
2010
DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior
as Akebono
2010
Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2010
as Akebono
2007
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
as Akebono
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
as Akebono Taro
2006
K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!!
as Self
2005
WWE WrestleMania 21
as Akebono
2005
K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!
as Chad Rowan
2005
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
2004
K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!!
as Self
2003
K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!
as Self