- same month. In the
early part of his
career he
wrestled under the name
Wakahanada (若花田),
being given his uncle's
fighting name a few
tournaments prior to...
- the 2nd Takanohana. *Tamanoshima
would later become the 3rd Tamanoumi. *
Wakahanada would later become the 3rd Wakanohana. *Wakamisugi II
would later become...
- Akebono, his
nemesis Akinoshima (for the
fifth time in a row) and
finally Wakahanada, he
announced his
retirement at the age of 31. Asahifuji's
three bout...
- not take the
championship in his
yokozuna debut,
losing it to
komusubi Wakahanada, who
along with his
first championship also
snaps up the
Technique Prize...
- can only
manage third place with a 12-3 score. Takahanada's
brother Wakahanada shares the
Technique prize.
Toyonoumi wins the
juryo division championship...
-
Yamaguchi *Togashi
later became Kashiwado *Uchida
later became Yutakayama I *
Wakahanada later became Wakanohana III The
following tables list the
champions before...
-
March 1992
tournament he
received a win by
default when his
opponent Wakahanada withdrew, but he then
broke his toe in
training the
following morning...
- kachi-koshi
winning score along with
three other makuuchi debutants, Akebono,
Wakahanada and Takatoriki. This
marked the
first time that four
wrestlers making...
- win/loss record. In
March 1990 he
defeated two ****ure yokozuna,
Akebono and
Wakahanada, and he also
looked to have
defeated a third, Takahanada, but he was disqualified...
- boom in sumo's po****rity
generated by the rise of the
Takahanada and
Wakahanada brothers.
During this
period his
illness was kept
secret from the public...
