Also known as
Toshiyuki Sakata · Tosh Togo · Mr. Sakata
Description
American Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting (1948 London), professional
wrestler as Tosh Togo, and actor best known as Oddjob in James Bond's
Goldfinger. He wrestled for the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance and trained
Rikidōzan alongside Bobby Bruns during the 1951-1952 tour of Japan.
Students (1)
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Rikidōzan
sports_martial_artsCatch Wrestling
Probable
(1951–1952)
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Sakata trained Rikidōzan alongside Bobby Bruns during the 1951-1952 Japan Pro
Wrestling Alliance tour; confirmed by Sakata's Wikipedia biography
“Trainer: Bobby Bruns, Harold Sakata”
“Sakata also wrestled in Japan for the Japanese Wrestling Association between
1955 and 1957, and was an early mentor and sometimes-tag-partner to Rikidōzan.”
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01KYFYZCMHDH93FTPT3DXYNCXJ
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Harold Sakata. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYFYZCMHDH93FTPT3DXYNCXJ - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KYFYZCMHDH93FTPT3DXYNCXJ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Harold Sakata}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYFYZCMHDH93FTPT3DXYNCXJ}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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