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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

1955 - 2016

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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢; June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Chiyonofuji was considered one of the greatest yokozuna in sumo's history, winning 31 tournament championships (yūshō) at the top division (makuuchi), second only to Taihō at the time of his retirement. He was particularly remarkable for his longevity in sumo's top rank, which he held for a period of ten years from 1981 to 1991. Promoted at the age of twenty-six after winning his second championship, his performance improved with age, winning more tournaments in his thirties than any other wrestler and dominating the sport in the second half of the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu is the 76th most popular wrestler (down from 47th in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from Japan (down from 986th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 76 out of 1,027. Before him are The Great Khali, Giant Baba, Jimmy Snuka, Ivar Johansson, Johan Richthoff, and Eduard Pütsep. After him are Rudolf Svensson, Wade Barrett, Kevin Nash, Roddy Piper, Vladimir Kozlov, and Richárd Weisz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 203. Before him are Tony Woodcock, Lena Endre, Wendy Brown, Khalid al-Islambouli, Pat Mastelotto, and Mansur Yavaş. After him are Buck Adams, Patricia Scotland, Toshio Matsuura, Anthony Horowitz, Dannel Malloy, and Simon Yam. Among people deceased in 2016, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 228. Before him are Vladica Kovačević, Faina Melnik, Hannes Löhr, Vilmos Zsigmond, Giovanni Coppa, and Klim Churyumov. After him are Zubaida Tharwat, Manuel Velázquez, Peter Maxwell Davies, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Antonin Scalia, and Arnold Palmer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 999 out of 6,245. Before him are Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Mikio Sato (1928), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Masabumi Hosono (1870), and Naoya Shiga (1883). After him are Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Futabatei Shimei (1864).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ranks 5. Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Giant Baba (1938). After him are Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), and Jiichiro Date (1952).

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