Asahisato Kenji

Asahisato Kenji
旭里 憲治
Personal information
BornKenji Masuda
(1965-11-09) 9 November 1965 (age 58)
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Career
StableŌshima
Record553-543-3
DebutMarch 1981
Highest rankMaegashira 14 (March 1990)
RetiredJanuary 1998
Elder nameNakagawa
Championships1 (Makushita)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Asahisato Kenji (born 9 November 1965 as Kenji Masuda) is a former sumo wrestler from Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. His active career spanned 17 years and 102 tournaments from 1981 until 1998, and his highest rank was maegashira 14. Upon his retirement he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He took charge of Nakagawa stable in January 2017, but the stable was closed in July 2020 and he was demoted two rungs in the Sumo Association's hierarchy after he was found to have mistreated wrestlers in the stable.