Taylor Wily
Taylor Wily (born Teila Tuli, June 14, 1968) is an American actor, former sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is from Laie, Hawaii and is of American Samoan descent. He is commonly known for his recurring role as Kamekona Tupuola on "Hawaii Five-0". Sumo career. In March 1987, Wily was recruited by former "sekiwake" Takamiyama Daigorō, another Hawaiian, and joined Azumazeki stable, which Takamiyama had founded the previous year. He was given the "shikona" (sumo name) of Takamikuni. He was unbeaten in his first 14 official bouts, winning two consecutive "yūshō" or tournament championships. Weighing nearly , he  was one of the largest wrestlers in sumo. In March 1988, he was promoted to the third highest "makushita" division, and became the first foreign born wrestler to ever win the championship in that division. In the same month, future "yokozuna" Akebono Tarō, also from Hawaii, joined Azumazeki stable. As the highest ranking wrestler in the stable, he was a mentor to Akebono and gave him advice on how to adjust to life in Japan. In March 1989 Takamikuni reached his highest ever rank of "makushita" 2, and even fought two bouts with elite "jūryō" ranked wrestlers (one of whom , Tōryū Kenji, was a former "sekiwake"). Takamikuni was never to reach "sekitori" status himself. He did not compete in the following tournament, and retired from sumo in July 1989 due to knee problems. Sumo career record. Ultimate Fighting Championship. After leaving sumo, he competed as Teila Tuli in the first bout of the UFC 1 in November 1993, facing savate expert Gerard Gordeau. Tuli rushed forward, but lost his balance and was met with a brutal kick to the head that knocked a few of his teeth out, and a punch that broke Gordeau's hand, with the referee stopping  the fight as a TKO win for Gordeau. This was Tuli's only MMA fight. The match has been described as one of the top five David and Goliath match-ups in MMA history. Acting career. Credited as Taylor Wily, he had a role in the comedy film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" as a hotel worker who befriended the main character played by Jason Segel. He also has a recurring role on the television series "Hawaii Five-0". Wily made a cameo on the 20th edition of "The Amazing Race", and handed out clues to racing contestants. He also appeared as an  extra in "Magnum, P.I."s 1982 episode titled "The Eighth Part of the Village" in a street scene near a pool hall. He also appeared as a sumo wrestler in "Battle of the Titans", an episode of "One West Waikiki", another TV show filmed in Hawaii starring Cheryl Ladd. In that series, he had hair, unlike his character in "Hawaii Five-0", wrapped in the sumo style.