Better Know a Rikishi: Rikidozan Mitsuhiro

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In my ongoing series "Better Know a Rikishi," I decided to go way back between basho. Specifically to the 1940s and 1950s to look at Rikidozan, who was a Korean farm boy that became a sumo wrestler then a Japanese national icon as a professional wrestler. This also discusses some of the differences between sumo in the post-World War II era and now, as well as the ties between sumo and puroresu.

Hope you enjoy it for your Christmas Eve reading.

https://www.fantasybasho.com/post/better-know-a-rikishi-rikidozan-mitsuhiro