Takekaze Akira

Quick Facts

Full Name	Takekaze Akira
Occupation	Sumo Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1979(1979-06-21)
Age	45
Birthplace	Moriyoshi
Country	Japan
Birth City	Akita Prefecture
Horoscope	Gemini

Takekaze Akira Biography

Takekaze Akira is one of the most popular and richest Sumo Wrestler who was born on June 21, 1979 in Moriyoshi, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Born in Moriyoshi, Kitaakita District, Narita practised sumo in college and was a very dominant player, having achieved the student equivalent of yokozuna after winning the Kokutai (Japan Games) and All Japan University Championship sumo tournaments in 2001, his fourth year at Chuo University. He made his professional debut in May 2002, joining former ōzeki Kotokaze’s Oguruma stable.

Takekaze had to pull out of his debut tournament in the top division due to injury and fell back to the jūryō division. However upon winning the jūryō championship in September 2003 with a 13–2 record he was promoted back to the top division. He took time to adjust to the stronger opposition in makuuchi and did not achieve a kachi-koshi or winning record above the mid maegashira ranks until May 2007. However, in January 2008 he produced his best score in the top division, 12–3, which included a defeat of ōzeki Kotoōshū. He was awarded his first special prize, for Fighting Spirit. Consequently, in the March, 2008 tournament he debuted at the komusubi rank, finally breaking into san’yaku. He was the first wrestler from his stable to make the titled ranks.

Takekaze Akira Net Worth

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

Takekaze Akira (born June 21, 1979 as Akira Narita) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Akita Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2002, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year. He was a runner-up in one tournament, earned two special prizes for Fighting Spirit, and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna. Takekaze is in first place for the slowest promotion from makuuchi debut to the third highest sekiwake rank in history. Aged 35 years and 2 months, he is in first place for the eldest to make his sekiwake debut post World War II. He was a member of Oguruma stable. He retired in January 2019 to become an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Oshiogawa Oyakata.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Takekaze Akira height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 ⁄2 in) Tammara weight 317 lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Takekaze Akira Dating?

According to our records, Takekaze Akira married to Naomi Narita. As of December 1, 2023, Takekaze Akira’s is not dating anyone.

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In July 2014 Takekaze earned his first kinboshi or gold star for a defeat of a yokozuna with a win over Harumafuji. His 9–6 score at maegashira 4 was enough to earn him promotion to sekiwake for the first time, as everyone else in the division from sekiwake down to maegashira 3 had a losing score, with the exception of sekiwake Gōeidō who was promoted to ōzeki. Not only did Takekaze become the oldest sekiwake debutant since the end of World War II at the age of 35 years two months, but the 64 tournaments it took to reach the sekiwake rank from his top division debut is also a record. He performed creditably in the September 2014 tournament, only just missing out on kachi-koshi with a 7–8 record. He remained in the san’yaku ranks at komusubi for the following tournament in November, but could only score 2–13. In 2015 he managed only two winning tournaments and dropped down the rankings. By January 2016 he had fallen to maegashira 13, his lowest rank for seven years but secured his top division status with a 10–5 result. He went on to secure four winning records out of six tournaments in 2016.

Facts & Trivia

Tammara Ranked on the list of most popular Sumo Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Takekaze Akira celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.

He announced his retirement during the January 2019 tournament after his eighth loss at the low rank of jūryō 12 made demotion to the makushita division virtually certain. He is the owner of the Oshiogawa toshiyori kabu and is staying in sumo as a coach at Oguruma stable. His danpatsu-shiki was held in front of a 9000 crowd at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan on 1 February 2020, with his son taking part in a bout with him, and around 200 to 300 people participating in the hair-snipping ritual.