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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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(2)Musashimaru's retirement ceremony held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hawaiian-born ozeki Konishiki (R) has a word in the ear of former yokozuna (grand champion) Musashimaru during the latter's retirement knot-cutting ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 2.

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TSE rings bell to raise funding for Special Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo ozeki Konishiki (L) rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 28 with two mentally disabled people as part of a global campaign at stock exchanges to raise money for the Special Olympics.

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Former ozeki Konishiki to debut as TV entertainer

Former ozeki Konishiki (R), who has cut his ties with the Japan Sumo Association, meets the press Tuesday Oct. 13 along with TV celebrity and film director Takeshi Kitano. The Hawaiian-born Konishiki said he will pursue a career in the TV entertainment business, starting this week with a weekly TV program with Kitano.

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Konishiki quits sumo group

Former ozeki Konishiki touches his tie as he leaves a Tokyo hotel room Monday evening Sept. 28. Konishiki, whose name is Yasokichi Shiota in his adopted country, said he resigned from the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) because he needs more time to devote himself to volunteers activities as a ''bridge'' between Hawaii and Japan.

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(2)Musashimaru's retirement ceremony held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hawaiian-born ozeki Konishiki (R) has a word in the ear of former yokozuna (grand champion) Musashimaru during the latter's retirement knot-cutting ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 2. (Kyodo)

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TSE rings bell to raise funding for Special Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo ozeki Konishiki (L) rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 28 with two mentally disabled people as part of a global campaign at stock exchanges to raise money for the Special Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Former ozeki Konishiki to debut as TV entertainer

Former ozeki Konishiki (R), who has cut his ties with the Japan Sumo Association, meets the press Tuesday Oct. 13 along with TV celebrity and film director Takeshi Kitano. The Hawaiian-born Konishiki said he will pursue a career in the TV entertainment business, starting this week with a weekly TV program with Kitano. ==Kyodo

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Konishiki quits sumo group

Former ozeki Konishiki touches his tie as he leaves a Tokyo hotel room Monday evening Sept. 28. Konishiki, whose name is Yasokichi Shiota in his adopted country, said he resigned from the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) because he needs more time to devote himself to volunteers activities as a ''bridge'' between Hawaii and Japan.