Yutakayama Katsuo | |
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豊山 勝男 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Katsuo Uchida 18 August 1937 Niigata, Japan |
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 137 kg (302 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Tokitsukaze |
Record | 413–245–8 |
Debut | March, 1961 |
Highest rank | Ōzeki (March, 1963) |
Retired | September, 1968 |
Elder name | Nishikijima |
Championships | 1 (Jūryō) |
Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (4) Outstanding Performance (3) |
Gold Stars | 1 (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.