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Early Life and Arrival in Japan
Born to Samoan parents, Atisano'e was introduced to sumo through a local Latter-day Saints mission leader who recognized his innate aptitude for grounded physical stability. He arrived in Japan in 1982 to join the famed Sakaigawa stable. Upon arrival, his natural weight of approximately 175 kg was noted, but his weight gain over subsequent years was largely attributed to the cultural expectation that high-ranking rikishi (wrestlers) must maintain a certain density of psychological inertia, often a…