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| Born | Motoshi Okuma (1941-12-17)December 17, 1941 |
| Died | December 27, 1992(1992-12-27) (aged 51)[2] |
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| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 130 kg (290 lb) |
| Trained by | Giant Baba |
| Debut | June 5, 1962 |
Motoshi Okuma (大熊 元司,Ōkuma Motoshi, December 17, 1941 – December 27, 1992) was a Japaneseprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures inAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW),Japan Wrestling Association (JWA),International Wrestling Enterprise (IWE) and theNational Wrestling Alliance (NWA). During most of his career he teamed withGreat Kojika.
Okmura was a sumo wrestler from May 1957 to May 1962.[3] He made his wrestling debut in 1962 forJapan Wrestling Association after being trained byGiant Baba.
In 1967, Okmura made his debut in North America working forNWA Mid-America teaming withGreat Kojika as the Rising Suns. They also worked in Georgia in 1968.
He left the Japan Wrestling Association in 1971 and returned to North America teaming with Masio Koma in Florida and Texas.
In 1972, he returned to Japan and started working for a brand new promotion calledAll Japan Pro Wrestling.
In 1974, he made his final North American tour where he worked forAmerican Wrestling Association,Eastern Sports Association in New Brunswick, and Texas. He left North America in 1975.
Okmura wrestled what became the final match of his career on 4 December 1992, teaming withHaruka Eigen, andMasanobu Fuchi losing toAndre the Giant,Giant Baba andRusher Kimura.[4] This also was Andre's last match as he died a month later.
Okmura died fromrenal failure on December 27, 1992, at 51.
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