The Linsantity is not unique to the islands. Through the years, there have been frenzies over Hawaii sports stars that have reached fever pitch. Such as: Jesse Kuhaulua Star is born: Kuhaulua went to Japan to become Takamiyama, a sumotori whose success helped popularize the centuries-old sport in Hawaii. In 1972, he became the first foreign-born sumotori to win a top-division championship ...