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Kitanofuji Katsuaki (****anese: 北の富士 勝昭,
March 28, 1942 –
November 12, 2024, born
Takezawa Katsuaki (竹澤 勝昭)) was a ****anese
professional sumo
wrestler from...
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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...
- from
those of the two
previous yokozuna from his stable,
Chiyonoyama and
Kitanofuji.
Chiyo (千代, "thousand years") is a word used to mean forever, and Fuji...
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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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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...
- 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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wrestler to
achieve the rank of ōzeki in the
modern era. 52nd
yokozuna Kitanofuji and 64th
yokozuna Akebono die. Takakeishō retires. 2023 in sumo - Tochinoshin...
- had with
former yokozuna Kitanofuji in the
yokozuna sister's
chankonabe restaurant in Sakata, Yamagata. He's been a
Kitanofuji fan ever
since he watched...
- be
considered for
promotion at the same time,
since Kitanofuji and
Tamanoumi in 1970 (
Kitanofuji and
Tamanoumi would both
subsequently be
promoted to...
