Originally posted by deSelys 
Woaw I didn't know that Sumo was an american/european sport! 
  Didn't say it was, just  used a photo of socio-economically advanced fat people.  However...
 
 Jan 22 - Akebono, sumo's first foreign-born Yokozuna grand champion, retired today, ending a career which saw the former Hawaiian high-school basketball star not only excel in the sport but adapt to the ultra-conservative sumo world.
 
 the 67th Yokozuna, the second Hawaiian born Grand Champion sumo.
2 American Grand Champions in our lifetime... looks like it is starting to be an American sport as well as Japanese.