Tochinishiki Kiyotaka | |
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栃錦 清隆 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Ōtsuka Kiyoshi February 20, 1925 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | January 10, 1990 | (aged 64)
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 132 kg (291 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Kasugano |
Record | 576–244–32–1 draw |
Debut | January, 1939 |
Highest rank | Yokozuna (October 1954) |
Retired | May, 1960 |
Elder name | Kasugano |
Championships | 10 (Makuuchi) |
Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (1) Technique (9) |
Gold Stars | 1 (Azumafuji) |
* Up to date as of June 2020. |
Tochinishiki Kiyotaka (Japanese: 栃錦 清隆, February 20, 1925 – January 10, 1990) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo. He was the sport's 44th yokozuna. He won ten top division yūshō or tournament championships and was a rival of fellow yokozuna Wakanohana I. He became the head coach of Kasugano stable in 1959 and was head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1974 until 1988.