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Pinion Tanaka is a champion sumo wrestler, also known as a Yokozuna. He is based on a 2009-2011 Honda Pilot and 1999-2004 Toyota bB, painted tan with a black grille and gray bumper. He wears a blue mawashi and has chrome rims.

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In Cars 2, he competes against Kingpin Nobunaga at the sumo arena in Tokyo. He easily takes Kingpin down, to the delight of Mater and Lightning McQueen.

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  • Pinion Tanaka is a gold-painted micro van and a professional Sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan, who's always a menacing sight in the ring in his signature teal mawashi.[1]

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Names in other languages[]

  • Finnish: Pusasiko Tanaka
  • Japanese: びにおん・たなか (transcription: Bini on Tanaka)
  • Russian: Пиньон Танака (transcription: Pinyon Tanaka)

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