A generation of legends are dead! Former Japanese professional wrestler and former senator Antonio. Inoki, the eternal “God of Wrestling” in the hearts of the Japanese, passed away today (1st) due to heart failure at the age of 79.
Comprehensive Japanese media reports, Antonio. Inogi (real name: Inogi Kuanzhi), born in 1943, passed away this morning due to heart failure at the age of 79. He suffers from amyloidosis, a disease commonly associated with rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, etc., and may be infectious like mad cow disease. I was in poor health for the first two days and had been recuperating at home. This morning (1st) it suddenly became serious and finally passed away at home.
In the past few years, Zhumu has been suffering from illness. He has just passed his 78th birthday in 2021, and he has been misrepresented regarding his death. His last public appearance was on August 28th on the “24-hour TV” charity program. At that time, he was in a wheelchair for a brief interview. Now he has passed away from the disease, and the outside world is reluctant.
Inogi immigrated to Brazil with his family when he was a child. He won the shot put competition in a track and field event and accidentally attracted the attention of the “father of Japanese professional wrestling” Rikidoyama who was competing in Brazil at the time. boundary. Beginning in 1962, he played in the name of “Antonio Inoki”. After retirement, he moved to politics. In 1989, he founded the Sports and Peace Party. In the same year, he was elected to the Japanese Senate and became the first professional wrestler in history to be elected to the National Assembly.
Editor: Qin Yingwen
