Haku is a former Tongan professional wrestler best known for his work in WWE. Hailing from Tonga's main island, his early life revolved around academics at Tonga College, where he honed his skills on the rugby field. However, a unique opportunity arose at 15 when he was chosen as part of a group sent to Japan by the Tongan king to study sumo wrestling. This journey would mark the beginning of Haku's foray into the world of combat sports. In Japan, he adopted the sumo name Fukunoshima and competed professionally, reaching the rank of Makushita 27.
His chapter of Sumo Wrestling closed in the 1970s and then he entered the world of professional wrestling. He got married to Dorothy Koloamatangi in 1987 and the couple are parents to four kids - two biological and two adopted. All three sons of Haku have followed in their father’s footsteps and are successful professional wrestlers themselves.
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Haku Kids
Tonga Loa
Tonga Loa, whose real name is Tevita Fifita, is Haku's biological son. Haku has trained and mentored Tevita throughout his wrestling career, and they share a deep bond. Tevita, following in his adoptive father's footsteps, became a second-generation professional wrestler. He started his career in WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2009. Now known as Tonga Loa in WWE, Tevita is currently tearing it up on SmackDown alongside his brother. They've reunited their iconic tag team, the Guerrillas of Destiny, within the Bloodline faction. Haku, undoubtedly proud of his son's achievements, expressed his appreciation for them being part of WWE under Triple H's leadership.
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Tama Tonga
Tama Tonga is the nephew of Haku. His name is Alipate Aloisio Leone and he was born in October 1982. Tonga is the son of the sister of Haku’s wife. In 1991, he and his brother Hikuleo were both adopted by Haku and her wife when the two were visiting the Tongan island. Since then, Haku has trained and mentored Tonga in his professional wrestling journey. Tama Tonga made his debut in 2008 and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2010. He spent 14 long years there and won many championships including the IWGP Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight Championship, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, and World Tag League. In 2024, he joined WWE as a member of The Bloodline.
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Hikuleo
Hikuleo is the real brother of Tama Tonga and the nephew and adoptive son of Haku. He was born in 1991 and has since lived with Haku and his wife. He trained alongside Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa under the guidance of Haku. He joined NJPW in 2016 and has won the Strong Openweight Championship, Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Tag Team Championship. In 2021 and 2022, he made appearances on other major wrestling promotions like Impact Wrestling and even All Elite Wrestling. However, besides these sporadic appearances, Hikuleo has been an NJPW wrestler for almost all of his professional wrestling career thus far.
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Vika
Vika is the only daughter of Haku. She was born to Haku and Dorothy Koloamatangi. However, not much is known about her as Haku has maintained his family life private from the public.
Ties with the Anoa’i Family
While Haku is not a member of the Samoan Anoa’i family, he is hailed highly by the Samoan wrestlers. Many might even think that Haku and his sons Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa are members of the Samoan family, given their role in upholding the position of The Bloodline in WWE. However, Haku and his sons are not related to the family as they are Tongan and the Anoa’i family is Samoan. Nonetheless, Haku was a huge support to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson when he began his wrestling career, and The Rock considers Haku to be his dear uncle.
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