Kotomitsuki Keiji

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kotomitsuki Keiji
Occupation	Sumo Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Apr 11, 1976(1976-04-11)
Age	48
Birthplace	Toyota
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Aries

Kotomitsuki Keiji Biography

Kotomitsuki Keiji is one of the most popular and richest Sumo Wrestler who was born on April 11, 1976 in Toyota, Japan.

Kotomitsuki had an extremely successful college sumo career, winning a record 27 amateur national titles while at Nihon University. He made his professional debut in March 1999. Because of his achievements as an amateur, he was given makushita tsukedashi status and allowed to leapfrog the lower divisions. Initially fighting under the shikona of Kototamiya, adapted from his own surname, he adopted the name of Kotomitsuki upon reaching the jūryō division in November 1999. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in May 2000 but missed the entire tournament through injury. On his proper debut three tournaments later, he was runner-up to yokozuna Akebono with an outstanding 13–2 record. He was awarded all three special prizes on offer; a rare achievement. He was immediately promoted to sekiwake.

Kotomitsuki took his only top division yūshō or championship in September 2001, whilst ranked as a maegashira. He won with a 13–2 record in a tournament that saw only one ōzeki and one yokozuna complete all 15 days. He finished in third place with a strong 12–3 score in January 2002 but suffered a broken jaw on the 14th day of the Osaka tournament in March, which required surgery and forced him to miss the following tournament in May. Due to his stablemaster not submitting the paperwork in time, he failed to get public injury status and fell back to the maegashira ranks. He recovered to produce another runner- up performance in September 2002, and was also runner-up in September 2003 and January 2004, each time from a maegashira position.

Kotomitsuki Keiji Net Worth

Kotomitsuki Keiji is one of the richest Sumo Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kotomitsuki Keiji 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kotomitsuki Keiji (琴光喜 啓司 , born April 11, 1976 as Keiji Tamiya (田宮 啓司 ) ) is a former sumo wrestler from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top makuuchi division in November 2000 and won one yūshō or tournament championship, in September 2001. He was a runner-up in eight other tournaments, and earned thirteen sanshō or special prizes. He is one of five wrestlers in the history of sumo to receive all three sanshō in the same tournament, accomplishing the feat in the November 2000 honbasho. After a record 22 tournaments at sekiwake, he achieved promotion to sumo’s second highest rank of ōzeki in July 2007 upon winning 35 out of 45 bouts in three consecutive tournaments. This made him at 31 the oldest man to reach ōzeki in the modern era. He wrestled for Sadogatake stable. On July 4, 2010, he was expelled from professional sumo by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in an illegal gambling ring.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kotomitsuki Keiji height 1.81 m David weight 154 kg (340 lb) & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kotomitsuki Keiji Dating?

According to our records, Kotomitsuki Keiji is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Kotomitsuki Keiji’s is not dating anyone.

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Shortly before the September 2008 tournament Kotomitsuki announced his engagement, to a former hospital worker from Aichi Prefecture whom he had known since 1999. They married in October and the wedding ceremony was held in April 2009. They have one daughter.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Sumo Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kotomitsuki Keiji celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.

In May 2010, Kotomitsuki faced allegations of gambling on professional baseball, which is illegal in Japan. He initially denied the claims, which were reported in the tabloid magazine Shukan Shincho. The Sumo Association launched an investigation, and in June he changed his position and admitted in a survey (along with 29 others in the sumo world) that he did indeed bet on baseball games. His stablemaster said Kotomitsuki would sit out the forthcoming Nagoya tournament. Sumo Association official Hakkaku Oyakata said he felt “betrayed” by Kotomitsuki. He was questioned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on May 22, and his subsequent confession was also reported to the authorities. The head of the Sumo Association Musashigawa Oyakata said that Kotomitsuki had received threats to himself and his family, “and that’s why he couldn’t (initially) admit he’d been gambling.” It emerged that Kotomitsuki had paid 3.5 million yen in “hush money” in December to a former wrestler, Mitsutomo Furuichi, whose brother (an active rikishi) and a tokoyama from Onomatsu stable had acted as intermediaries to collect Kotomitsuki’s winnings. Furuichi, who was allegedly accompanied by a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate, then demanded more money from Kotomitsuki the following month, saying that the gang had wanted 100 million yen. Furuichi was subsequently arrested on extortion charges.