 Important fighters since 2004 include, Mighty Mo, Buakaw Por.Pramuk, Kaoklai Kaennorsing, Aleksandr Pitchkounov, Choi Hong Man, Errol Zimmerman, Badr Hari, Zabit Samedov, Gökhan Saki, Junichi Sawayashiki, Min-Soo Kim, Keijiro Maeda, and Sergei Gur.In 2004, Chad Rowan a.k.a.Akebono, the first non-Japanese sumo wrestler to win the top ranking as Yokozuna, made his debut in K-1.