Kaiketsu Masateru
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Kaiketsu Masateru was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki on two occasions. He also won two top division tournament championships. After his retirement in 1979 he be
Kaiketsu as chairman on the opening day of September 2011 tournament.
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
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Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, born Toshimitsu Obata, was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sōbetsu, Hokkaido. He entered professional sumo at the age of 13 and set several youth-related records, incl
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…but then took his first top division yūshō or championship in November as a komusubi. He scored twelve wins against three losses, and defeated yokozuna Kitanoumi in a playoff. He followed this up with an 11–4 score in January 1975. His combined total of wins over the last three tournaments was 30, below the…
Kitanoumi in 2013
A Kitanoumi tegata (handprint and signature)
Kitanoumi (right) with Takanohana Koji in 2013