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
Kitanoumi in 2013
A Kitanoumi tegata (handprint and signature)
Kitanoumi (right) with Takanohana Koji in 2013
Makuuchi
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Makuuchi, or makunouchi, is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Since 2004 its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers, ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by t
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
…from Sōbetsu, Hokkaido. He entered professional sumo at the age of 13 and set several youth-related records, including promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna at the age of 21. Despite being the most dominant wrestler in the sport during the 1970s with 24 tournament championships in his career, he was not…
A makuuchi match with the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō defeating Dejima as the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū watches in the background
yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right
A tsuna belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
68th yokozuna Asashoryū's Unryū-style Yokozuna Dohyō-iri