Yutakayama Katsuo

Yutakayama Katsuo
豊山 勝男
Yutakayama (right) and Mieko Hirota in 1963
Personal information
BornKatsuo Uchida
(1937-08-18) 18 August 1937 (age 87)
Niigata, Japan
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight137 kg (302 lb)
Career
StableTokitsukaze
Record413–245–8
DebutMarch, 1961
Highest rankŌzeki (March, 1963)
RetiredSeptember, 1968
Elder nameNishikijima
Championships1 (Jūryō)
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (4)
Outstanding Performance (3)
Gold Stars1 (Kashiwado)
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Yutakayama Katsuo (born 18 August 1937 as Katsuo Uchida) is a former sumo wrestler from Niigata, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki. Although he never won a top division tournament championship he was a runner-up on eight occasions. Before wrestling professionally he was an amateur champion at Tonodai University and he was the first former collegiate competitor to reach the ōzeki rank. After retirement he was head coach of the Tokitsukaze stable. From 1998 until 2002 he was the chairman (rijichō) of the Japan Sumo Association.