Pinion Tanaka is a champion sumo wrestler, also known as a Yokozuna. He is a 2004 Yoko Zuna XL (based on a 2009-2011 Honda Pilot and 1999-2004 Toyota bB). He is painted tan with a black grille and gray bumper. He wears a blue mawashi and has chrome rims.
History[]
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.
Bio[]
- 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)
Trivia[]
- He is named after, Cars 2 studio member, Brian Tanaka.