Wakanohana Masaru

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wakanohana Masaru
Occupation	Japanese Sumo Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1971(1971-01-20)
Age	53
Birthplace	Suginami
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Capricorn

Wakanohana Masaru Biography

Wakanohana Masaru is one of the most popular and richest Japanese sumo wrestler who was born on January 20, 1971 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Masaru Hanada (Hua Tian Hu Shang , formerly Hua Tian Sheng , Hanada Masaru born on January 20, 1971) is a Japanese former sumo wrestler. As a wrestler, he was identified for his nickname Wakanohana III Masaru (Ruo Nai Hua Sheng ) and his rise up the ranks along with the younger brothers of Takanohana Koji witnessed a surge in popularity of sumo in the 1990s early. He is the older son to his father, the previous ozeki Takanohana I. He served as his stablemaster and the cousin to Wakanohana I, who was a well-known Yakozuna from the 1950s. Wakanohana was a long-serving Ozeki who won five tournament championships and later joined his brother in yokozuna rank in 1998. He was the first grand champions of siblings. After a brief , injured yokozuna career, He retired in 2000, becoming a TV personality and restaurant manager. In the year of his dad’s passing, 2005 led to an outrage in the media between him and his younger brother.

He took to his dohyo in the Ryogoku Kokugikan, for the first moment since his resignation in the year 2000 at the time he was attending this year’s Hakuho Cup which is an amateur sumo competition for kids.

Wakanohana published his autobiography, Dokuhaku (Strong Spirit), in 2001. He wrote of his constant fear during his career that he could be badly injured in a bout, and revealed that he never slept well during tournaments.

After a brief spell as a member (or elder) of the Japan Sumo Association, he eventually left sumo completely and has worked as an entertainer in Japan, as well as trying to enter the professional world of American football. On March 23, 2002, Hanada signed with the Arizona Rattlers. Wakanohana owned and operated a chain of chanko nabe (literally “meal pot”, the staple food of sumo wrestlers) restaurants in Japan called “Chanko Dining Waka”. On May 6, 2010, it was announced in the news that the “Chanko Dining Waka” chain was filing for bankruptcy, citing debts of over 147 million yen.

Wakanohana was promoted to yokozuna, in 1998, after winning two championships consecutively in May and March in the year 1998. He had played in 29 times at Ozeki before getting to the yokozuna rank the third longest waiting time. He as well as Takanohana were the first brother and sister pair to attain yokozuna status. But his time at the sumo’s highest ranking was short and plagued by injuries, and it was not possible to increase his number of championship victories. His best performance as a yokozuna was January 1999, when he came to the end of the day as leading the tournament with a score of 13-1. But he was knocked out by Chiyotaikai and later, in the match between them to win the title, he fell an additional match after the initial fight was deemed by judges as too close for call, even though many observers thought Wakanohana was clearly the winner of the contest. He was not able to complete the remaining three events because of a leg injury and later his decision to pull out of the tournament he returned to in September 1999, despite suffering an injury to his thigh muscle the tenth day meant that he would be just the second Yokuza to complete a 15-day event that had more wins than losses (the other yokozuna who suffered the same fate was Onokuni just ten years earlier). He decided to keep wrestling following a meeting with his father. He was also backed by the president of the Japan Sumo Association, the former Yutakayama Katsuo. He said there was no reason to retiring as his record was directly attributed to injuries.

Wakanohana Masaru Net Worth

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

He began his journey into the sumo game in March 1988 along with the younger brother of Takanohana was also enrolled in the stable of his father’s training which was then called Fujishima stable. Two brothers moved out of the family quarters and were able to join the other new recruits within the communal area. They were taught not to use the term “coach” for their dad. the oyakata (coach) just. The two brothers who would later be rivals Akebono as well as Kaio began their careers within that same month. At the beginning of his career, he wrestled with the name Wakahanada after being given the name of his uncle’s fighter several times prior to his rise to Ozeki. Wakanohana translates to the flowering stage in Japanese.

He was a part of into the elite division first in September of 1990 along with Akebono as well as Takatoriki. He was first promoted to San’yaku rank in November of 1991, after which his status was elevated to the rank of komusubi. In January 1992, he beat Asahifuji in what would be Yokozuna’s last match to win one of the gold stars or kinboshi. With his brother’s weight and power, he took longer than Takanohana’s time to climb the ranks. He was an maegashira wrestler in January 1993, the time where Takanohana was promoted to Ozeki. But in the subsequent tournament the young man won his first championship in the top division or yusho by 14-1 records. After a 10-5, in May 1993, and runners- up honors at the end of July in 1993, his was able to join his brother at the rank of ozeki for the first time two brothers were placed at the same ozeki rank. The second title he won in a tournament was in November 1995 in which he defeated Takanohana (by then an Yakozuna) in a game. It was the sole time he faced the brother of his in a fight. He was injured during the next tournament it was the same. The same was the case following his third title at the beginning of January. In that time, he was absent from two tournaments and barely kept his status as an ozeki with only a handful of victories upon his return to the field in July. He finished second in tournaments on five occasions in Ozeki rank, with four of them in 1996. Due to the power of the Futagoyama stable and the Futagoyama stable, he was exempted from the necessity of battling top wrestlers, including Takanonami Takatoriki, and Akinoshima.

After sitting out the next two tournaments Wakanohana returned in March 2000, even though he was not fully recovered from his injury, with most observers expecting him to wait until May. After losing three of his first five bouts he announced his retirement from sumo. He had been at sumo’s top rank for only 11 tournaments, withdrawing from or missing six of them, and at 29 years of age, he was the sixth youngest yokozuna to retire. It was noted by a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council that had he not been promoted he would have been remembered as a fine ōzeki like his father, rather than as a disappointing yokozuna.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Wakanohana Masaru Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Wakanohana Ranked on the list of most popular Japanese sumo wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Wakanohana Masaru celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.