Taylor Wily Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the makushita division championship in 1988, becoming the first foreign-born wrestler to do so
• Recruited as a sumo wrestler in 1987 and joined the newly formed Azumazeki stable located in Tokyo shortly after
• Officially retired from sumo wrestling in July of 1989
• After assuming the sumo name of Takamishu in 1987, he would eventually go undefeated for his first 14 bouts, winning two consecutive yusho tournaments