Daijuyama Tadaaki

Daijuyama Tadaaki
太寿山 忠明
Personal information
BornTadaaki Sakazume
(1959-04-08) 8 April 1959 (age 65)[1]
Niigata, Japan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight159 kg (351 lb)
Career
StableFutagoyama
Record585-618-28
DebutMarch, 1975
Highest rankSekiwake (November, 1981)
RetiredMay, 1991
Elder nameHanakago
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (3)
Gold Stars7
Kitanoumi (4)
Chiyonofuji (3)
* Up to date as of February 2010.

Daijuyama Tadaaki (太寿山 忠明, born 8 April 1959 as Tadaaki Sakazume (坂爪 忠明, Sakazume Tadaaki)) is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 tournaments, winning four special prizes, and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was a runner-up to Chiyonofuji in the July 1982 tournament. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in 1991 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association.[2] He re-established the Hanakago stable in 1992 and produced his first top division wrestler Kōryū in 2008. The stable folded in 2012 and he moved to Minezaki stable to work as an assistant coach before retiring in March 2024.

  1. ^ "Minezaki Beya". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Oyakata (Coaches) List". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 17 August 2016.