Rikishi and The Usos inducted Yokozuna into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012. Vince McMahon has always favored large wrestlers, and few have been bigger than two-time WWE champion Yokozuna. The Japanese wrestler held both titles during his first tenure with the company from 1973 to 1976, and returned in 1981 for another championship run. In total, he won more than 100 matches during his time in WWE. After leaving the company again in 1987, he returned on January 4, 1992 and worked his last match at the age of 39. He died a year later on January 1, 1993 due to heart failure. Yokozuna is one of only three wrestlers (The Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels are the others) to be voted into the WWE Hall of Fame by their peers. In addition to being a double winner, Yokozuna is also a four-time candidate. He was nominated in 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2002 before being eliminated each time. Yokozuna's nephew, Mitsuharu Misawa, has also had a successful career in wrestling and is considered by many to be the greatest pro wrestler in Japan today. Misawa started his professional wrestling career at the young age of 18 in 1972.