- "okamisan" (coach and coach's wife). Kōji
initially wrestled under the name
Takahanada (貴花田), and it was
understood that he
would only be
allowed to
adopt his...
- due to the match-fixing
scandal *Hoshi
would later become Hokutoumi. *
Takahanada would later become the 2nd Takanohana. *Tamanoshima
would later become...
- (then
known as
Takahanada). It was
estimated that half of the ****anese po****tion
watched the
match on TV. Coincidentally,
Takahanada's father, Takanohana...
- tournament,
although he did have a
memorable win over the
young rising star
Takahanada in March. He had to wait
until May 1991 for his
first title as a yokozuna...
- case, the
meaning is "junior".
Wrestlers can
change their shikona, as
Takahanada did when he
became Takanohana (貴ノ花) and then
Takanohana (貴乃花). Another...
-
leaving no
yokozuna for the next
eight months,
championships are
split Takahanada* 2,
Akebono 2, and 1 each for
Konishiki and
Mitoizumi 1991 in sumo - Hokutoumi...
- last
tournament in
charge he
presented the Emperor's Cup to his nephew,
Takahanada, who had
become the
youngest ever top
division tournament winner. Upon...
- his
tsuppari fighting style.
After being defeated by the 18-year-old
Takahanada in
March 1991,
which he
regarded as the most
disappointing loss of his...
- third. By
middle school he was
training every day at a sumo dojo. He met
Takahanada (later the 65th
yokozuna Takanohana) when a
regional tour came to Hirozaki...
- 1992
tournament he
faced Takahanada, who
needed the win to
clinch his
first top
division tournament championship.
Takahanada was the
nephew of Misugisato's...
