Hawaiian-born sumo wrestling star Akebono Taro has died at the age of 54 due to heart failure. On Wednesday night, news broke that Akebono had died in a hospital in Tokyo.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii sports legend Akebono Taro, who made history when he became the first non-Japanese-born sumo wrestler to reach the sport’s highest title, has died. He was 54.

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him.

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