Acting credits
9
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Akebono Tarō
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 9Series: 0
TMDB ID: 2632838
IMDb ID: nm1850858
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1969
Died: April 10, 2024
Age: 54
Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2007 - 2015
Years active: 9
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q41152
Also known as
Tarô Akebono • Akebono • Bono-chan • Bono-kun • Bono Tiger • Great Bonosuke • Monster Bono
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Akebono Tarō.
RIZIN IZA
2015 Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
as Akebono
2013 Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as Akebono
2013 Movie
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
as Akebono
2012 Movie
Ikkyu-san
as Big man
2012 Movie
Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2010
as Akebono
2010 Movie
8.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
as Akebono
2010 Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
as Akebono
2007 Movie
6.7
Ocean's Thirteen
as Tarô Akebono
2007 Movie