MANILA, Philippines - Filipino-Japanese sumo champion Takayasu Akira and his parents arrived in the country yesterday.
Akira – who stands at 6’1†and weighs around 326 pounds – said they are flying to Cebu, his mother’s hometown, for a vacation.
“That’s where I grew up. I started working, delivering drinking water to my neighbors to earn a few centavos to help my mother, who was then separated from my father,†Eiji Akira, he said.
Bebelita Bernadas said it was her 24-year-old son’s first vacation in the Philippines.
“He’s that big because he has a large appetite. We had a restaurant in Japan from 1991 to 2007,†she said.