Tochinoumi Teruyoshi | |
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栃ノ海 晃嘉 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Shigehiro Hanada March 13, 1938 Aomori, Japan |
Died | January 29, 2021 | (aged 82)
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Kasugano |
Record | 475-261-104 |
Debut | September 1955 |
Highest rank | Yokozuna (January, 1964) |
Retired | November 1966 |
Elder name | Takenawa |
Championships | 3 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (6) |
Gold Stars | (1) asashio |
* Up to date as of January 2021. |
Tochinoumi Teruyoshi (Japanese: 栃ノ海 晃嘉, born Shigehiro Hanada (花田 茂廣, Hanada Shigehiro); 13 March 1938 – 29 January 2021) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aomori. He was the sport's 49th yokozuna, earning promotion in 1964. He was somewhat overshadowed by his yokozuna contemporaries Taihō and Kashiwado, but he was a noted technician and earlier in his career won six special prizes for Technique. He was one of the lightest yokozuna ever at just 110 kg. After his retirement from active competition in 1966 he was a coach at Kasugano stable, and was head coach from 1990 until his retirement in 2003.