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Yokozuna, born Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi on 2 October 1966 in San Francisco, California, was a professional wrestler and actor holding United States citizenship. He worked in professional wrestling from 1984 to 2000, was coached by Afa Anoa'i, and was related to Afa Anoa'i, Bianca Sugătoarea and Reno Anoaʻi. He had a height of 193 and a mass of 267, and spoke English and Samoan. Yokozuna received the WWE Hall of Fame award and had two children. He died on 23 October 2000 in Liverpool of pulmonary edema, from natural causes.
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Acting · San Francisco, California, USA
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though…
Known for
- Biography: WWE Legends2021
- Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man2018
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased2016
- WWE: True Giants2014
- The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History — Yokozuna2012
- WWE Hall Of Fame 20122012
- Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection2009
- WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s — Yokozuna2009
- Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story — Self - Yokozuna2006
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology — Yokozuna2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,555
- Total plays
- 93,704
Tags
Banda formada por los hermanos Tranquilino; Arturo (Guitarra) y Jose Antonio (Bateria). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yokozuna">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i , ( 1966-10-02 ) October 2, 1966, San Francisco, California , U.S.
- Died
- October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23) (aged 34), Liverpool , England
- Cause of death
- Pulmonary edema
- Family
- Anoaʻi
- Ring names
- Giant Kokina Great Kokina Kokina Kokina Anoai Kokina Maximus Kokina the Samoan Wild Samoan Kokina Yokozuna
- Billed height
- 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- Billed weight
- 589 lb (267 kg)
- Billed from
- Japan, " The Land of the Rising Sun " , Polynesia
- Trained by
- Afa Anoaʻi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Liverpool
- Languages spoken
- Samoan
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- WWE Hall of Fame
- Mass
- 267
- Image
- Yokozuna walking.jpg
- Height
- 193
- Number of children
- 2
Show 12 more facts
- cause of death
- pulmonary edema
- date of birth
- 1966-10-02
- date of death
- 2000-10-23
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Rodney Anoa'i
- head coach
- Afa Anoa'i
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
- relative
- Reno Anoaʻi
- name in native language
- Yokozuna
- birth name
- Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. He was also known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Great Kokina.
Anoa'i's character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, with his ring name being a reference to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. While Anoaʻi wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was a Samoan American and was billed as hailing from Polynesia. However, he was managed by the Japanese character Mr. Fuji (in reality a Japanese American) who would follow Anoaʻi to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt while waving a Japanese flag.
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