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Rodney Anoaʻi
Acting
02 Oct 1966
† 23 Oct 2000
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hai...
Also Known As
Yokozuna, Kokina Maximus, The Great Kokina, Wild Samoan Kokina


























