Takanosato Toshihide

Quick Facts

Full Name	Takanosato Toshihide
Date Of Birth	Sep 29, 1952(1952-09-29)
Age	72
Date Of Death	November 7, 2011, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Birthplace	Namioka
Country	Japan
Birth City	Aomori Prefecture
Horoscope	Libra

Takanosato Toshihide Biography

Takanosato Toshihide is one of the most popular and richest Sumo Wrestler who was born on September 29, 1952 in Namioka, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Takanosato played football and judo before turning to sumo. He was from the same area of Japan as Wakanohana Kanji II and the two entered professional sumo together in July 1968, joining Futagoyama stable. Takanosato reached the top makuuchi division in May 1975 but had some indifferent results and fell back to the jūryō division on several occasions. A late developer, he did not reach the san’yaku ranks until 1979, by which time Wakanohana was already a yokozuna. In 1980 he was runner-up in two consecutive tournaments, but he did so from the maegashira ranks. Nicknamed “Popeye” because of his brawny physique, he was one of the few wrestlers in his day to use weight training, which is now commonplace in sumo. By 1981 he was a san’yaku regular, and in January 1982 he produced his third runner-up performance, this time at sekiwake rank, and earned promotion to ōzeki. Following his promotion he announced that he had been suffering from diabetes for many years, and had devised a special diet to keep the illness under control. He won his first top division championship in September 1982 with a perfect 15–0 record. He was runner-up in the tournaments of March and May 1983, and then took his second championship in July. Following this tournament was promoted to yokozuna.

Takanosato’s fourth tournament championship in January 1984 proved to be his last, and thereafter his yokozuna career was disappointing. He missed most of 1985 through injury, only managing to complete one tournament, although he did take part in the three day exhibition tournament held in Madison Square Garden in June. He announced his retirement in January 1986 at the age of 33.

Takanosato Toshihide Net Worth

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

Takanosato Toshihide (Toshihide Takaya, September 29, 1952 – November 7, 2011) was a sumo wrestler from Namioka, Aomori, Japan. He was the sport’s 59th yokozuna from 1983 to 1986 and won four top division tournament championships. After retirement he established Naruto stable which he ran from 1989 until his death.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Takanosato Toshihide height 5 ft 11 in Tammi weight 349  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Tammi Ranked on the list of most popular Sumo Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Takanosato Toshihide celebrates birthday on September 29 of every year.