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Wakanami Jun (born Jun Tomiyama, 1
March 1941 – 17
April 2007) was a sumo
wrestler from Iwai, Ibaraki, ****an. His
highest rank was komusubi. He won a top...
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
United States,
sister city
since October 9, 1989
Wakanami Jun, sumo
wrestler Makoto Takimoto,
judoka "Ibaraki
prefectural official...
- Taihō (30)
Kiyokuni Tamanoshima* (2)
Kitanofuji (2) 1968
Sadanoyama (6)
Wakanami Tamanoshima* (1)
Kotozakura (1) Taihō (27) Taihō (28) 1967 Taihō (24) Kitanofuji...
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wrestler who has won the most jūryō
championships is Masurao, with five.
Wakanami, Tagaryū, Ichinojō,
Terunofuji and
Asanoyama are the only
wrestlers to...
- born 1997), ****anese
sprinter Jun
Yamazaki (born 1956), ****anese
diplomat Wakanami Jun (順, 1941–2007), ****anese sumo
wrestler Jun Aoi (ジュン), a
character in...
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renames his
Ajigawa stable Isegahama stable.
April 17:
Former komusubi Wakanami, aged 66, dies of pneumonia. June 26: Tokitaizan, a new recruit, dies in...
- did Daishōhō), and he had also met the
former Tatsunami stable wrestler Wakanami as an infant,
being held in his arms for a
photograph (as top
rikishi are...
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finish runner-up, his
final day
defeat handing the yūshō to
maegashira Wakanami, who did not face any
yokozuna or ōzeki
during the tournament. Kirinji...
- won the jūryō championship. He
thereby became the
second person (after
Wakanami) to
accomplish the
somewhat dubious feat of
capturing the
tournament championship...
- he also had a poor head-to-head record.
After finishing as runner-up to
Wakanami in
March 1968 and
Tamanoshima in May, he then had two make-koshi (losing...
