But when the fourth month dawns, and if the timing, weather, and conditions are just right, the Japanese Garden's Akebono and Beni Hoshi cherry trees will blossom around the serene spot.

The sumo match between Akebono and Big Show at WrestleMania 21 was a brief and ultimately underwhelming spectacle. Despite Akebono's legendary sumo status, the extended pre-match buildup and the ...

The theme of this year’s Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival is “smile.” The annual festival will celebrate the arrival of spring under more than 250 Akebono Japanese cherry trees in Garry Point Park on ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him.