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Sumo


1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable

1944 Takamiyama, Jesse Kuhaulua, Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion


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