Dejima Takeharu
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Dejima Takeharu is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1996, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year. In J
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Dejima in May 2009
Dejima demonstrating his thrusting techniques against Kokkai
Takanohana Kōji
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Takanohana Kōji is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992
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…11–4 record, and in the following basho in July 1999 he won his first top division yūshō or tournament championship, defeating yokozuna Akebono and Takanohana and both ōzeki to score 13–2 and then beating Akebono once again in a playoff. Dejima chose to henka the yokozuna in this bout, for which he received…
Takanohana, January 2015
Tegata (hand print autograph) of Takanohana
Takanohana as a judge in March 2005