Yokozuna

Yokozuna was a genuine main-event monster in an era stacked with cartoonish giants, and what set him apart was how shockingly agile he was for his size, that top-rope Banzai Drop still makes me wince. His feud with Bret Hart and the WrestleMania moments where Lex Luger and Hulk Hogan tried to slam him are core 90s WWF memory for me. He carried that immovable-object aura better than almost anyone. The tragedy of losing him at just 34 hangs over his legacy, but as a member of the Anoa'i dynasty he's woven into wrestling's bloodline forever, and the Hall of Fame nod was deserved.

Yokozuna (born Rodney Anoa'i, October 2, 1966 - October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler of Samoan descent and a member of the famed Anoa'i wrestling family. Performing under a sumo-inspired gimmick in the World Wrestling Federation in the early-to-mid 1990s, he was a two-time WWF Champion and headlined WrestleMania. He died in 2000 at the age of 34 and was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Name (English)

Yokozuna

Name (Japanese)

ロドニー・アノアイ

Reading

ろどにー・あのあい

Born

October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

193cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

Professional wrestler / Actor / Amateur wrestler

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B3%E3%83%85%E3%83%8A

Tags

• From California
• Professional wrestler
• Actor
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.