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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki throws the ceremonial first pitch before the first game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on March 18, 2025.

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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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Konishiki probed over alleged assault

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Konishiki, a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality. Police sent papers to prosecutors earlier this month on Konishiki, 47, for an alleged assault, after he got into trouble with one of his neighbors over dog waste, Tokyo police said Dec. 14, 2011.

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Konishiki visits quake-hit areas as Santa Claus

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Children look happy after receiving presents from Konishiki (C back row), a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality, dressed up as Santa Claus, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2011. Konishiki is touring the Tohoku region, which was severely hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to give presents to local children.

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Yamamotoyama is heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler at 251.5 kg

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, a juryo-division sumo wrestler, has broken the weight record of Japanese sumo wrestlers, tipping the scale at 251.5 kilograms during a physical checkup at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on Aug. 22, according to the Japan Sumo Association. The previous record was held by Susanoumi, who weighed 240 kg during the physicals prior to the summer grand tournament in 1998. The heaviest sumo wrestler on record is Konishiki from Hawaii at 284 kg.

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(2)Rice arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is greeted by retired sumo wrestler KONISHIKI on arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 18.

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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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World Wheelchair Basketball Championships open in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Konishiki welcomes members of the British wheelchair basketball squad before it faced off against the U.S. team in the first match of the 2002 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships at Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium on Aug. 23. Players from 13 countries will take part in the 10-day championships, also known as the Gold Cup, which are being held for the first time in Asia.

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Konishiki helps passport campaign

Former sumo wrestler Konishiki (L) receives a new passport Friday Feb. 19 from Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura as part of the ministry's campaign to prevent passport loss. Konishiki, who was born Salevaa Atisanoe in Hawaii and became a naturalized Japanese citizen under the name Yasokichi Shioda in 1994, received a 10-year passport to replace his expiring five-year passport.

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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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Nagoya Tournament 1996

Mainoumi (L) vs Konishiki (R). Mainoumi won the game.

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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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(2)Rice arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is greeted by retired sumo wrestler KONISHIKI on arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Yamamotoyama is heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler at 251.5 kg

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, a juryo-division sumo wrestler, has broken the weight record of Japanese sumo wrestlers, tipping the scale at 251.5 kilograms during a physical checkup at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on Aug. 22, according to the Japan Sumo Association. The previous record was held by Susanoumi, who weighed 240 kg during the physicals prior to the summer grand tournament in 1998. The heaviest sumo wrestler on record is Konishiki from Hawaii at 284 kg. (Kyodo)

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Konishiki-Kids-Sumo

Konishiki taking sumo with kids.

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Konishiki visits quake-hit areas as Santa Claus

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Children look happy after receiving presents from Konishiki (C back row), a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality, dressed up as Santa Claus, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2011. Konishiki is touring the Tohoku region, which was severely hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to give presents to local children. (Kyodo)

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Konishiki visits quake-hit areas as Santa Claus

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Konishiki (L), a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality, dressed up as Santa Claus, gives a present to a girl in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2011. Konishiki is touring the Tohoku region, which was severely hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to give presents to local children. (Kyodo)

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Konishiki probed over alleged assault

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Konishiki, a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality. Police sent papers to prosecutors earlier this month on Konishiki, 47, for an alleged assault, after he got into trouble with one of his neighbors over dog waste, Tokyo police said Dec. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Hakuho-Konishiki talk show

Sumo grand champion Hakuho (R) and sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality Konishiki hold a talk show at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Russian wrestler sets heaviest record

Sumo wrestler Orora from Russia has a blood test at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2017. Orora weighed in at 288 kilograms, or 634.9 pounds, passing former ozeki Konishiki's 285 kilograms to become the heaviest sumo wrestler ever. (Kyodo) ==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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World Wheelchair Basketball Championships open in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Konishiki welcomes members of the British wheelchair basketball squad before it faced off against the U.S. team in the first match of the 2002 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships at Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium on Aug. 23. Players from 13 countries will take part in the 10-day championships, also known as the Gold Cup, which are being held for the first time in Asia. (Kyodo)

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Konishiki helps passport campaign

Former sumo wrestler Konishiki (L) receives a new passport Friday Feb. 19 from Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura as part of the ministry's campaign to prevent passport loss. Konishiki, who was born Salevaa Atisanoe in Hawaii and became a naturalized Japanese citizen under the name Yasokichi Shioda in 1994, received a 10-year passport to replace his expiring five-year passport. ==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.