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
Takanohana, January 2015
Tegata (hand print autograph) of Takanohana
Takanohana as a judge in March 2005
Wakanohana Masaru
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Masaru Hanada is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana Masaru, and his rise through the ranks alongside his younger brother Takanohana Kōji saw
Takanohana Kōji
…sixth highest total ever. The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s. Takanohana was…
Wakanohana, January 2020
Wakanohana III original Ozeki tegata (handprint & signature)
Wakanohana's handprint displayed on a monument in Ryōgoku, Tokyo