Taihō Kōki

{{short description|Japanese sumo wrestler (1940–2013)}} {{hatnote|In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Taihō.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | native_name = 大鵬幸喜 | name = Taihō Kōki | image = File:Taiho Kōki 1961 Scan10008-2.JPG | caption = Taihō, May 1961 | birth_name = Kōki Naya | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|5|29}} | birth_place = Shisuka, Karafuto, Empire of Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|1|19|1940|5|29}} | death_place = Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | height = {{height|meters=1.87}} | weight = {{convert|153|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | heya = Nishonoseki | record = 872-181-136 | debut = September 1956 | highestrank = Yokozuna (September 1961) | retireddate = May 1971 | eldername = Taihō | yushos = 32 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme) | prizes = Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (1) | goldstars = 1 (Asashio III) | update = June 2020 }}

{{nihongo|'''Taihō Kōki'''|大鵬幸喜||born {{nihongo|'''Kōki Naya'''|納谷幸喜|Naya Kōki}}, {{langx|uk|Іва́н Маркіянович Бори́шко}}, ''Ivan Markiyanovych Boryshko''; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013|lead=yes}} was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the 48th ''yokozuna'' in 1961 at the age of 21, the youngest ever at the time.

Taihō won 32 tournament championships between 1960 and 1971, a record that was unequaled until 2014. His dominance was such that he won six tournaments in a row on two occasions, and he won 45 consecutive matches between 1968 and 1969, which at the time was the best winning streak since Futabayama in the 1930s. He is the only wrestler to win at least one championship every year of his top division career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantopleague.jp/column/sportstory/sportstory_0076.html|title=Ōzumō: Taihō|language=ja|publisher=Japan Top League|access-date=2009-06-07}}</ref> He was a popular grand champion, especially amongst women and children.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> After retiring from active competition, he became a sumo coach, although health problems meant he had limited success.

Taihō was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2004, and became the first sumo wrestler to be honored as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 2009. When he died in January 2013, he was widely cited as the greatest sumo wrestler of the post-war period.<ref name="carlson">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/27/taiho|title=Taiho obituary|last=Carlson|first=Michael|date=27 January 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/taiho-dominant-postwar-sumo-champ-dies-at-72.html?_r=0|title=Taiho, Dominant Postwar Sumo Champ, Dies at 72|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=22 January 2013|work=New York Times|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9829982/Taiho.html|title=Taiho|date=27 January 2013|publisher=The Telegraph (London)|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>

==Early career== Taihō's birth name was Ivan Boryshko.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-27 |title=Taiho |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/27/taiho |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He was born on the island of Sakhalin (Karafuto Prefecture) to a Japanese mother Kiyo Naya<ref name="Taiho48">[http://www.taiho-yokozuna.com/profile/index.html Official website of Taiho]</ref> and an ethnic Ukrainian father Markiyan Boryshko<ref name="Taiho48"/> who was born in Runivshchyna in present-day Berestyn Raion, Kharkiv Oblast<ref>{{cite news |title=Virtual Exhibition "Life of a Sumo Champion" (29 May - 1 September 2020) |url=https://japan.mfa.gov.ua/en/news/virtual-exhibition-life-sumo-champion-29-may-1-september-2020 |publisher=Embassy of Ukraine in Japan |date=28 May 2020}}</ref> and had fled the Bolshevik Revolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news2000.org.ua/print?a=%2Fpaper%2F6934 |title=Yokuzuna with Ukrainian roots |publisher=Sport review |date=August 31, 2006 |access-date=2008-11-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922011648/http://news2000.org.ua/print?a=%2Fpaper%2F6934 |archive-date=September 22, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Weiner, Michael|title=Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=0-415-20854-8|page=167}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/19143.html|title=President of Ukraine Awards Sumo Wrestler Taiho Koki, of Ukrainian Origin, with Order of Merit III Degree|publisher=Official Website of the President of Ukraine|date=January 18, 2011|access-date=2011-05-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320095831/http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/19143.html|archive-date=March 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=yomiuri2 /> However, he is regarded as having come from Teshikaga, Hokkaido, where he moved to as a child after the Soviet Union took control of Sakhalin in 1945. While on a sumo tour to the Soviet Union in 1965 he tried to locate his father without success, though he later succeeded and was allowed to reunite with him.<ref name="Sharnoff">{{Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lora |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |isbn=0-8348-0283-X}}</ref>

He entered professional sumo in September 1956, joining Nishonoseki stable at the age of 16. He initially fought under his real name of Naya Kōki. Upon promotion to the second ''jūryō'' division in May 1959 he was given the ''shikona'' (ring name) of "Taihō", meaning "Great Peng" ("peng" is often translated to "phoenix"). Taihō rapidly rose through the ranks after his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in January 1960. In his first tournament in the division, he recorded eleven consecutive wins from day one, a record that took 64 years to be equaled by Takerufuji.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/922338680a19-urgent-sumo-takerufuji-ties-taihos-top-tier-rookie-win-streak-record-of-11.html|title=Sumo: Takerufuji ties Taiho's top-tier rookie win streak record of 11|date=20 March 2024|publisher=Kyodo News|access-date=20 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320111745/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/922338680a19-urgent-sumo-takerufuji-ties-taihos-top-tier-rookie-win-streak-record-of-11.html|archive-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> Scoring twelve victories in total, he was a runner-up in the tournament and was awarded the Fighting Spirit prize.<ref name="NHKLegend">{{Cite episode|title=Taiho: Yokozuna of Yokozuna |series=Grand Sumo Legends|language=English, Japanese|network=NHK World-Japan|date=2026-01-09}}</ref> He reached the rank of ''komusubi'' in July 1960, and ''sekiwake'' in September.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> In November 1960, he won his first top division tournament championship, making him the youngest champion in history at the time, at 20 years and five months.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> It earned him promotion to ''ōzeki'', also the youngest ever at the time, after only one year in the top division.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Following two consecutive tournament victories (his second and third) he became a ''yokozuna'' in September 1961, less than two years after his top division debut.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Because the island of Sakhalin is/was claimed as a Japanese territory, Taihō is not considered the first non-Japanese ''yokozuna''. Taihō was the first of three great ''yokozuna'' who hailed from Hokkaido, the most northerly of the main islands of Japan, who dominated sumo during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The others were Kitanoumi and Chiyonofuji.

==''Yokozuna''== At the time of his promotion, Taihō was the youngest wrestler ever to achieve sumo's highest rank of ''yokozuna'' at 21 years and three months,<ref name="NHKLegend"/> a record subsequently surpassed by Kitanoumi. Taihō was promoted to the rank simultaneously with Kashiwado, with whom he had a rivalry since January 1960.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Their rivalry created what became known as the {{nihongo|"''Haku-Hō'' Era"|柏鵬時代|Haku-Hō Jidai}}, a term coined by taking a ''kanji'' from each of their names, and boasted the popularity of sumo.<ref name="NHKLegend"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Buckton, Mark|title=Hakuho, and other foreign-born wrestlers, dominate the Autumn Basho |work=Japan Times|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20070925mb.html|date=September 25, 2007|access-date=2008-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018225403/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20070925mb.html |archive-date=2007-10-18}}</ref> Although Kashiwado only won five tournament championships in his career, their individual fight record against one another was more competitive; tied at 16, until Kashiwado lost their last five matches shortly before he retired.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Taihō later remarked, "There was Taihō because there was Kashiwado. There was Kashiwado because there was Taihō."<ref name="Banzuke">{{cite web|title=Taiho Oyakata Press Conference – May 21|publisher=Banzuke.com/Sumo Mailing List|url=http://www.banzuke.com/05-3/msg00539.html|date=May 21, 2005|access-date=2008-06-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707211642/http://www.banzuke.com/05-3/msg00539.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Outside of competition they had a genuine friendship, which continued until Kashiwado's death in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nobuaki Omi|title=Squabbling yokozuna need history lesson|publisher=Daily Yomiuri Online|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080709TDY21101.htm|date=July 9, 2008|access-date=2008-07-09}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

[[File:Taiho original tegata.jpg|thumb|right|A Taihō ''tegata'' (handprint and signature)]] Taihō's tenure at sumo's highest rank was dominant, especially in the early part of his career. Between July 1962 and May 1963, he became the first wrestler to win six consecutive tournament championships.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> This record held until 2005, when Asashōryū won seven. Eight of Taihō's championships were achieved with a perfect record of 15 wins and no losses (''zenshō-yūshō''), a record that stood until 2013, when it was broken by Hakuhō. In May 1964, Taiho broke Futabayama's record for most tournament championships overall when he won his thirteenth.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Between March 1966 and January 1967, he once again won six consecutive championships.<ref name="NHKLegend"/>

After sitting out three straight tournaments due to a knee injury, Taihō came back and won the September 1968 championship with a 14–1 record and embarked on a winning streak.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> He won the next two tournaments with perfect records, placing him in pursuit of Futabayama's record 69 consecutive wins.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> However, Taihō's win streak ended at 45 in March 1969, after the judges incorrectly overturned the gyōji's decision in his match against Toda.<ref name="NHKLegend"/><ref name="streak end">{{cite web | author= Sharnoff, Lora | title=Natsu Basho Preview: Lone Yokozuna Asashoryu poised to become one of sumo's all-time greats | publisher = Weekender Online | url=http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/040506/sports-sumo.html|date=March 2004| access-date=2007-06-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212330/http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/040506/sports-sumo.html |archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref> This caused such a furor that video replays were introduced in the very next tournament.<ref name="NHKLegend"/><ref name="streak end"/>

Taihō's 32nd and final championship came in January 1971 after a playoff with Tamanoumi, maintaining his record of winning at least one championship every year of his top division career. He had a good score of 12–3 in the following March tournament; however, he announced his retirement five days into the May 1971 tournament after his second loss, which was to promising young wrestler Takanohana.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> Taihō said he decided to retire after seeing the young wrestlers coming up and consulting with his eldest daughter, who said "go ahead"; he acknowledged she was too young to understand and that he was therefore using her to persuade himself.<ref name="NHKLegend"/> Taihō had been a ''yokozuna'' for nearly ten years. His career win ratio was in excess of 80%, which is also a post-war record. He became the first former ''rikishi'' to be offered (and accept) membership of the Japan Sumo Association without having to purchase a share (''ichidai toshiyori''), in recognition of his great achievements.<ref name="MinaHall">{{cite book | last=Hall | first=Mina | title=The Big Book of Sumo | type=Paperback | publisher=Stone Bridge Press | year=1997 | location=Berkeley, CA, USA | isbn=1-880656-28-0 | page=[https://archive.org/details/bigbookofsumohis00hall/page/95 95] | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/bigbookofsumohis00hall/page/95 }}</ref>

==After retirement== [[File:横綱審議委員会ー１.JPG|thumb|Aobajō (left) and Taihō at a ''Yokozuna'' Deliberation Council ''keiko sōken'' (December 23, 2011)]]

Taihō branched off from his old ''heya'' and opened Taihō stable in December 1971. In February 1977, at the age of 36, he suffered a stroke, and his subsequent health problems may have played a part in him being passed over for the chairmanship of the Sumo Association.<ref name="carlson"/> He had extensive rehabilitation sessions to get the left side of his body moving again.<ref name="Banzuke"/> In general he did not manage to replicate his own wrestling success as a trainer, but he did produce Ōzutsu, a ''sekiwake'' who fought in 78 consecutive top division tournaments from 1979 to 1992. He had his ''kanreki dohyō-iri'' ceremony to mark his 60th birthday in 2000, although his restricted mobility meant he could not perform it in full. In fact, suffering from a stroke at the age of 36, he was originally scheduled not to perform the ceremony at all, but only to pose for a commemorative photo with his ''tsuna'' tied behind him. However, he was able to complete his Unryū ring-entering style by tightly pinching the skin of his stomach with the fingers of his left hand so that his left arm, which was not free to move, would not slump down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20230831-B4UIHQLCONKTXNISTEN7JCZLNU/|title=【ベテラン記者コラム（４９５）】元横綱にだけ許される還暦土俵入り６０歳の体と審美性|language=ja|date=31 August 2023|work=Sankei Sports|accessdate=1 September 2023}}</ref> In May 2002, Taihō recruited the Russian wrestler Rohō. He handed over control of his stable to his son-in-law, ex-''sekiwake'' Takatōriki, in February 2003.

Taihō reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2005 and became the curator of the Sumo Museum at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20050910a1.html|title=Asashoryu shoots for sixth straight|date=September 10, 2005|work=Japan Times|access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> He still maintained close contact with his old stable, inviting ''yokozuna'' Hakuhō to train there in May 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sanspo.com/sports/top/sp200805/sp2008050706.html|script-title=ja:【大相撲】白鵬に大鵬"合格点"「現役時代の私に似ている」|language=ja|publisher=Sanspo|date=May 7, 2008|access-date=2008-07-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144924/http://www.sanspo.com/sports/top/sp200805/sp2008050706.html |archive-date = May 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nikkansports.co.jp/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20080506-356752.html|script-title=ja:白鵬が大鵬さんの目の前で申し合い30番|language=ja|publisher=Nikkan Sports|date=May 6, 2008|access-date=2008-07-04}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Taihō was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese government in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1902A_Z10C13A1000000/ |title=元横綱・大鵬の納谷幸喜さんが死去 72歳 |date=2013-01-19 |publisher=The Nikkei |language=ja |access-date=2020-09-26}}</ref> In November 2009, he was one of 15 people to receive the Person of Cultural Merit award from the Japanese government, becoming the first sumo wrestler to be so honored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20091028p2a00m0na007000c.html?inb=rs |title=Rakugo storyteller Beicho Katsura, ex-Yokozuna Taiho among culture award winners |date=October 28, 2009 |publisher=Mainichi Daily News |access-date=2009-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101154628/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20091028p2a00m0na007000c.html |archive-date=November 1, 2009 }}</ref>

After suffering a stroke at 36 in 1977, Taihō used a wheelchair in the last stage of his life.<ref name=yomiuri2>{{cite news|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/T130119003415.htm|title=Sumo great Taiho dies at 72|date=January 20, 2013|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name=khaleej>{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=/data/sportstalk/2013/January/sportstalk_January25.xml&section=sportstalk|title=Japan mourns death of sumo legend Taiho|date=January 20, 2013|work=Khaleej Times|publisher=Galadari Printing and Publishing Co. L.L.C|access-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref> He died of heart failure in a Tokyo hospital on January 19, 2013, at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130119/sport/ex-sumo-grand-champion-dies.453800|title=Ex-Sumo Grand Champion dies|date=January 19, 2013|publisher=The Times of Malta|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> His death was announced by the Japan Sumo Association.<ref name="JT Death">{{cite news | url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130119x3.html | title=Taiho dies at 72 after legendary sumo career | work=Japan Times | date=January 19, 2013 | access-date=January 19, 2013 | location=Kyodo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/former-grand-champion-taiho-dies-at-72-held-record-for-most-championships-in-sumo/2013/01/19/841619a6-6250-11e2-81ef-a2249c1e5b3d_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183203/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/former-grand-champion-taiho-dies-at-72-held-record-for-most-championships-in-sumo/2013/01/19/841619a6-6250-11e2-81ef-a2249c1e5b3d_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2019|title=Former grand champion Taiho dies at 72, held record for most championships in sumo|date=January 19, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 20, 2013|location=Sports section}}</ref> In its obituary, ''Nikkan Sports'' named him "the strongest yokozuna in history."<ref name=khaleej /><ref>{{cite web|title=Taiho|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9829982/Taiho.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2 August 2013|date=27 January 2013}}</ref> In February 2013, he posthumously became the second sumo wrestler to be commended with the People's Honour Award, with Yoshihide Suga calling him a "national hero."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/16/sumo/government-to-honor-late-yokozuna/ |title=Government to honour late yokozuna |date=2013-02-16 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2020-09-26}}</ref> After winning the March 2013 championship, Hakuhō urged the crowd to get to their feet and honour Taihō's memory with a moment of silence.<ref name="wallst">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/12/25/sumo-champion-hakuho-looks-to-break-record-in-2015/|title=Sumo Champion Hakuho Looks to Break Record in 2015|last=Hongo|first=Jun|date=25 December 2014|publisher=The Wall St Journal|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> He said that Taihō gave him regular advice, and told him that records are meant to be broken.<ref name="wallst"/> Hakuhō would indeed surpass Taihō's all-time championship record by winning his 33rd ''yushō'' in January 2015, two years after Taihō's death.

==Fighting style== Taihō was noted for his skill and power when he grabbed his opponents' ''mawashi'' or belt– techniques known as ''yotsu-sumo''.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> His preferred grip was ''hidari-yotsu'', a right hand outside, left hand inside position. His most common winning move was ''yorikiri'', a frontal force out, which accounted for about 30 percent of his wins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi_kim.aspx?r=3987|title=Taiho bouts by kimarite|publisher=Sumo Reference|access-date=2009-08-19}}</ref> His most frequently used throws were ''sukuinage'' (beltless arm throw) and ''uwatenage'' (overarm throw). Although critics said he lacked a clear winning-strategy, Taihō himself said, "If you're fixated on a style, you'll be in trouble if it's blocked. I was able to adapt to any situation. That was my approach: a natural style."<ref name="NHKLegend"/>

He was particularly diligent about training, and was known to invite every new member of the top division to train with him.

==Family== He married in 1966 at the height of his fame (coincidentally, the final day of the May Tournament that year, which he won, was also his 26th birthday), to the daughter of a ''ryokan'' proprietor. Their lavish reception at the Imperial Hotel was attended by 1000 guests and over 200 reporters. He was the first to hold a press conference afterwards, now a common occurrence with sumo marriages.<ref>{{cite book|author=Schilling, Mark|title=Sumo: A Fan's Guide|publisher=Japan Times|year=1994|isbn=4-7890-0725-1|page=77}}</ref>

Taihō's youngest daughter married the former ''sekiwake'' Takatoriki, who took over the running of Taihō stable (renamed Ōtake stable) after Taihō's retirement. When Ōtake was dismissed from sumo after a gambling scandal, he divorced Taihō's daughter. Taihō's grandson Konosuke Naya (born 2000) joined Ōtake stable as a professional sumo wrestler in January 2018, initially fighting under the ''shikona'' Naya before switching to Ōhō. He was followed into sumo by his brothers Kosei in November 2019, with the ''shikona'' {{interlanguage link|Mudohō Kosei|ja|3=夢道鵬幸成|lt=Mudōhō}}; and Takamori in March 2020, initially with the ''shikona'' Hozan before switching to {{interlanguage link|Naya Takamori|ja|3=納谷幸林|lt=Naya}}. Taihō's fourth and eldest grandson, Yukio Naya (born 1994), is a professional wrestler.

==Career record== *''The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.'' {{Sumo record box start|Taihō Kōki<ref>{{cite web | title=Taiho Koki Rikishi Information | publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=taiho&heya=-1&shusshin=-1&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1 | access-date=2013-01-28}}</ref>}} {{Sumo record year start|1956}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho|MAEZUMOU}} {{Basho|NOTE|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1957}} {{Basho|jk|23|w|7|1}} {{Basho|jo|83|e|6|2}} {{Basho|jo|29|w|7|1}} {{Basho|NOTE|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|sa|71|w|7|1}} {{Basho|sa|37|e|6|2}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1958}} {{Basho|sa|20|w|6|2}} {{Basho|sa|1|e|8|0|P Champion}} {{Basho|ma|31|w|7|1|P}} {{Basho|ma|9|e|7|1}} {{Basho|ma|2|w|3|5}} {{Basho|ma|7|e|6|2}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1959}} {{Basho|ma|4|e|6|2}} {{Basho|ma|1|e|6|2}} {{Basho|j|20|w|9|6}} {{Basho|j|16|e|9|6}} {{Basho|j|10|e|13|2}} {{Basho|j|3|e|13|2 Champion}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1960}} {{Basho|m|13|w|12|3||j|f}} {{Basho|m|4|e|7|8}} {{Basho|m|6|e|11|4|||f|*}} {{Basho|k|1|w|11|4}} {{Basho|s|1|w|12|3||j|t}} {{Basho|s|1|e|13|2||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1961}} {{Basho|o|2|e|10|5}} {{Basho|o|2|w|12|3||j}} {{Basho|o|1|w|11|4||j}} {{Basho|o|1|e|13|2||y}} {{Basho|o|1|e|12|3|PP|y}} {{Basho|y|1|w|13|2||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1962}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2|P|j}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2|P|y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1963}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|12|3}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1964}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|10|5}} {{Basho|y|2|e|1|4|10}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1965}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|y|1|w|13|2||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|2|e|13|2||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1966}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=e}} {{Basho|y|2|e|13|2||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2|P|y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1967}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|13|2||j}} {{Basho|y|1|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|2|1|12}} {{Basho|y|2|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|2|2|j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1968}} {{Basho|y|1|e|1|3|11}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=y|r-no=2|tozai=e}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1969}} {{Basho|y|1|e|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|3|2|10}} {{Basho|y|1|w|13|2||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|e|6|4|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1970}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=e}} {{Basho|y|2|e|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|12|3||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|2|2|11}} {{Basho|y|2|e|12|3}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1|P|j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1971}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1|P|y}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Basho|INTAI|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w|win=3|loss=3}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record box end}}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622120620/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/mei_yokozuna/taiho.html Japan Sumo Association profile]

{{Yokozuna box | previous = Kashiwado Tsuyoshi | number = 48th | active = 1961–1971 | next = Tochinoumi Teruyoshi}}

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