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.

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  Rikidōzan

  sports_martial_artsCatch Wrestling Probable

  Probable

  Sakata trained Rikidōzan alongside Bobby Bruns during the 1951-1952 Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance tour; confirmed by Sakata's Wikipedia biography

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1951–1952)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  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”

  — Rikidōzan (Wikipedia EN)link history info

  “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.”

  — Harold Sakata (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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