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Takanohana Kōji

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Takanohana Kōji (Japanese: 貴乃花 光司, Hepburn: Takanohana Kōji; born August 12, 1972, as Kōji Hanada (花田 光司, Hanada Kōji)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the sixth highest total ever. The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s. Takanohana was the youngest ever to reach the top division at just 17, and he set a number of other age-related records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Takanohana Kōji is the 361st most popular wrestler (down from 278th in 2024), the 1,987th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,749th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Takanohana Kōji ranks 361 out of 1,027. Before him are Gangrel, Thierry Rey, Chad Gable, Scotty 2 Hotty, Santino Marella, and Aleksandar Tomov. After him are Vasile Pușcașu, John Smith, Adam Saitiev, Danny Hodge, Fandango, and Greg Valentine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Takanohana Kōji ranks 429. Before him are Raimondas Rumšas, Olivér Várhelyi, Jesper Strömblad, Predrag Đorđević, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, and Constantin Gâlcă. After him are Oleh Lyashko, Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Erika Marozsán, Masakazu Morita, Claudia Pechstein, and Sprent Dabwido.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takanohana Kōji ranks 1,987 out of 6,245. Before him are Tatsuya Fujiwara (1982), Mari Iijima (1963), Toshihiro Nagoshi (1965), Koichi Yokozeki (1979), Shingo Shibata (1985), and Ken Matsumoto (1987). After him are Nobutoshi Kaneda (1958), Yū Aoi (1985), Akemi Noda (1969), Daichi Hakkaku (1992), Yoshiharu Horii (1953), and Yui Horie (1976).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Takanohana Kōji ranks 20. Before him are Yuji Takada (1954), Shohachi Ishii (1926), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Kiyomi Kato (1948), Hitoshi Saito (1961), and Hidehiko Yoshida (1969). After him are Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Shohei Ono (1992), Toshihiko Koga (1967), Naoya Ogawa (1968), and Jushin Liger (1964).

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