Rikidozan's kin wins judo practice match in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese professional wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki congratulates Yu Il Hun after the 14-year-old North Korean boy won a judo practice match at a pro wrestling promotion event in Pyongyang in August 2014. Yu's grandmother Kim Yong Suk is known in North Korea as the daughter of Rikidozan, a Korean-born wrestler regarded as the father of Japanese pro wrestling.

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