Filipino-Japanese sumo champion visiting PH

He hasn’t been in the country in a long time.

The 6’1″ and 326-pound Akira, whose mother is a Filipina named Bebelita Bernadas, will reportedly be flying to Cebu, his mother’s hometown.

The Philstar report quoted Akira as saying, “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.”

Akira is a certified sumo star in Japan.

Screengrab of photo posted on Philstar.com




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