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Konishiki Yasokichi is a 45-year-old one of Japan's most recognizable celebrities. Now that he's retired from the sport that made him so popular, he's become a hip-hop artist and host of his own children's television show. He was the heaviest sumo wrestler of all time weighing 580 pounds(264 kg). Two years ago he underwent gastric bypass surgery and has lost much of the weight that previously threatened his good health.
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Location:
Tokyo
Japan
35° 41' 22.1568" N, 139° 41' 30.1416" E