Wrestlers bid farewell to original Wakanohana

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers line up to see off the hearse carrying the original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association chairman, on Sept. 4, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium. Wakanohana, the first of three prominent wrestlers to carry the name, died of kidney cancer on Sept. 1 at the age of 82.

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