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Akebono Taro is a former professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler of Japanese descent from Waimanalo, Hawaii.  He began sumo in Japan in 1988 and was trained by pioneering Hawaiian wrestler Takamiyama. Early Life & Family On May 8, 1969, Chadwick Haheo Rowan—better known by his stage name Akebono Taro—was born to Janice and Randolph…