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2 unusual facts about Asahiyama stable


Asahiyama stable

During the 1970s the stable was home to six Tongan wrestlers (including Sione Vailahi and Tonga Fifita) recruited by former maegashira Futaseyama, but when he died in 1975 they were caught up in a succession dispute between former maegashira Ryūō and the man who eventually became the new head, former komusubi Wakafutase.

Yashinoshima

He was one of six Tongan wrestlers recruited by the Asahiyama stable.



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