Mitoizumi Masayuki

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mitoizumi Masayuki
Occupation	Sumo Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1962(1962-09-02)
Age	62
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Virgo

Mitoizumi Masayuki Biography

Mitoizumi Masayuki is one of the most popular and richest Sumo Wrestler who was born on September 2, 1962 in Japan.

Mitoizumi was discovered by Takamiyama, a famous Hawaiian born sumo wrestler, who met the 16-year-old and his brother at a department store where Takamiyama was making a personal appearance. He was persuaded to join Takasago stable and made his professional debut in March 1978. Initially fighting under his own surname of Koizumi, he switched to the shikona of Mitoizumi (reference to his birthplace) in 1981. He was troubled early in his career by illness and in 1982 he seriously injured his knee and was hospitalised for four months, causing him to miss tournaments and plunge down the rankings. This was just one of many injuries he would have to battle with over the course of his long career.

Mitoizumi’s younger brother, Umenosato, was also a sumo wrestler at Takasago stable. He fought for 21 years from 1980 to 2001 but only made the jūryō division on one occasion in July 1993. He now works at Nishikido stable as a manager.

Mitoizumi Masayuki Net Worth

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

Mitoizumi Masayuki (born 2 September 1962 as Masato Koizumi) is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. His professional career spanned 22 years, from 1978 until 2000. The highest rank he reached was sekiwake. He won over 800 career bouts and took the yūshō or championship in the top makuuchi division in 1992. Mitoizumi was nicknamed the “Salt Shaker”, due to his habit of throwing enormous quantities of purifying salt onto the ring (dohyō) during the pre-match preliminaries. He is now a coach, and is known as Nishikido Oyakata.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mitoizumi Masayuki height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ⁄2 in) Mykola weight 183 kg (403 lb) & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Mitoizumi Masayuki Dating?

According to our records, Mitoizumi Masayuki married to Yukiko Ono (m. 2016). As of December 1, 2023, Mitoizumi Masayuki’s is not dating anyone.

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Mitoizumi’s official retirement ceremony (danpatsu-shiki) took place on 9 June 2001, with a record 470 patrons, wrestlers and coaches taking part in the hair-cutting ritual. He remained in the sumo world as a coach at Takasago stable under the elder name Nishikido Oyakata and he effectively led it during the illness of its head, former komusubi Fujinishiki. However, he lost out on the chance to succeed him, due to personal problems with his fianceé from whom he eventually split. Instead, control of Takasago stable passed to former ōzeki Asashio who merged it with Wakamatsu stable. As a result, in December 2002 Mitoizumi instead opened up his own training stable, or heya, Nishikido stable, operating out of the old Takasago building. The stable did not produce a sekitori until November 2017 when Mitoryū was promoted to jūryō. Unusually for the head of a stable, he remained single for many years, before marrying a soprano, Yukiko Ono, in February 2016. Nishikido also works as a judge of tournament bouts.

Facts & Trivia

Mykola Ranked on the list of most popular Sumo Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mitoizumi Masayuki celebrates birthday on September 2 of every year.