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Kitanofuji Katsuaki (****anese: 北の富士 勝昭, born
March 28, 1942 as
Takezawa Katsuaki (竹澤 勝昭)) is a
former ****anese
professional sumo
wrestler from Asahikawa...
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weighed just 71 kg (157 lb).
Chiyonoyama died in 1977, at
which time
Kitanofuji, the 52nd
yokozuna and also a
Hokkaido native, took over the stable. His...
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Sadanoyama was
known as
Dewanoumi for much of his time as an elder, and
Kitanofuji as Kokonoe. "Hakuho: Sumo wrestling's
greatest champion retires". Retrieved...
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promoted to Yokozuna. Both
Kitanofuji and
Kotozakura retire. 1973 in sumo -
Wajima wins 3,
Kotozakura wins 2, and
Kitanofuji wins his last yusho. Kotozakura...
- others, then ōzeki
Kitanofuji and
attaching the new
stable to the
Takasago group of stables.
After Chiyonoyama died in 1977,
Kitanofuji, who had already...
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Tamanoumi II (5)
Kitanofuji (6)
Tamanoumi II (6)
Kitanofuji (7)
Kitanofuji (8) 1970
Kitanofuji (3) Taihō (31)
Kitanofuji (4)
Kitanofuji (5)
Tamanoumi II...
- He was
promoted to
yokozuna simultaneously with his
friend and
rival Kitanofuji in
January 1970 and the two men
represented the
dawning of a new era after...
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Championships 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Maku****a)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1) Technique(6) Gold
Stars 2 (Kotozakura,
Kitanofuji) * Up to date as of June 2020....
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subsequent yokozuna Yoshibayama, Taihō,
Kitanoumi and his own
recruits Kitanofuji and Chiyonofuji.
After his
retirement he left the
Dewanoumi group of stables...
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shimpan overruled the gyōji and said that
Kitanofuji was the
winner because his
opponent was shini-tai and
Kitanofuji was
entitled to put his hand down first...
