Oginohana Akikazu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Oginohana Akikazu
Occupation	Rikishi
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1967(1967-11-18)
Age	57
Birthplace	Minato
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Scorpio

Oginohana Akikazu Biography

Oginohana Akikazu is one of the most popular and richest Rikishi who was born on November 18, 1967 in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Oginohana was among seven wrestlers born during the school year 1967-1968 that made it to the top division, with the other including Ryukozan, Daishoho, Takatoriki, Mainoumi, Kenko and Terunoumi however, he was the only one of the seven who are still participating in sumo and ozeki, with Mainoumi having decided to quit upon retiring, Takatoriki having been expelled and the remaining four having passed away. Additionally that none of the seven were yokozuna, ozeki or even yokozun as well the way they are viewed in Japan they are often compared negatively to their counterparts in professional baseball, where “Kuwata-Kiyohara Generation” is regarded as the golden time.

Oginohana continued to be a part of the world of sumo as coach at Dewanoumi stable as well as an senior member to the Japan Sumo Association. In the two years following his retirement, he was a jun-tosiyori and used his former fighting name (a method that has since been removed) In 2000, however, his name was changed to Takasaki Oyakata. He succeeded his father, who was at the age of retirement for coaches over 65 years old. In February 2014, he was appointed the head coach of the Dewanoumi stable and succeeded sekiwake Washuyama as well. He was close to retirement age. He also serves as an official judge for tournaments and is a substitute for the chief judge Kasugano as well as Fujishima. In January 2016 , he has been elected as a member of the Sumo Association’s board directors.

Both Oginohana along with his friend and friend, Ryukozan both achieved winning records during their makuuchi debuts. However, Ryukozan fell ill and died from heart attacks in a session of training a couple of weeks later. Oginohana appeared to lose a lot from his fighting spirit following this event. The expected rise to San’yaku ranks was never achieved and he did not win any kind of prize, either a Sansho or other special award. He was twice in a position that could have won the Fighting Spirit Prize if he had won on the last game however both times he was unable to win (to Terao on his top division debut in January 1990, and Takahanada at the end of March, 1991). He was a victim of juryo on several occasions, and ultimately winning the juryo championship four times, which was second only to Masurao’s 5. His final participation in top division came in March of 1996. After that, the end of his career came in July 1998, when he fell short of thirteen fights, and was likely to be moved into the makushita division. The record of his top division was with 169 wins and 216 losses with five absences, with a rate of winning of .439 The highest ranking was maegashira 2 which he achieved in May of 1990.

Oginohana Akikazu Net Worth

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

Oginohana Akikazu (born on November 18, 1967, aka Akikazu Koiwai) is an ex- sumo wrestling champion from Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. His professional debut was in July 1983 and made it to the top division in January. His most prestigious rank was maegashira 2. He was retired in July 1998. His father is the sekiwake of former Oginohana Masaaki, and the older brother of the former Komusubi Oginishiki. Since 2014, he is the leader of the Dewanoumi stable.

He was not a great enthusiasm for sumo during his time at school and instead was a part on the team for baseball. But, after recovering from an injury sustained in baseball, he was convinced to drop out of school and be a part of the Dewanoumi stable, where his father, Sekiwake who was formerly Oginohana Masaaki, worked as an instructor. Initially , he was fighting under the name, the name of his family of Koiwai He made his debut as a professional at the age of seven in June 1983. He took his father’s shikona or name for fighting on March 27, 1987. At the same time, his younger brother joined the stable and started using his name of his family as a shikona (he was later changed to Oginishiki). As he progressed through the ranks, Oginohana’s sturdy and supple body, as well as the force of his right-arm overarm throw, were greatly appreciated. He resembled physically to the former yokozuna Wakanohana II as well as being loved by female sumo fans. He was the winner of the makushita division title in May 1988, and then reached the sekitori level after his promotion to juryo in the summer of 1989. He won the division title with a an 13-2 record in November 1989. He was elevated to the top makuuchi division for the subsequent tournament in January of 1990.

On 4 July 2019 Dewanoumi Oyakata collapsed at a training session whilst supervising jonokuchi wrestlers. It was diagnosed as variant angina and he was saved by the availability of an automated external defibrillator, which was required by the Sumo Association to be installed at every stable following the death of his stablemate Ryūkozan in 1990. He returned to work on 9 July.

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Oginohana Ranked on the list of most popular Rikishi. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Oginohana Akikazu celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.