Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Date of Birth

    

Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi

Sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1963

Profession: rikishi

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi

  • Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi (??? ??, born June 22, 1963, as Nobuyoshi Hoshi (?? ??)) is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan.
  • He is the sport's 61st yokozuna and won eight top division championships.
  • He wrestled for Kokonoe stable, as did yokozuna Chiyonofuji, and the two were the first yokozuna stablemates to take part in a play-off for the championship, in 1989.
  • After a number of injury problems he retired in 1992, and is now the head coach of Hakkaku stable.
  • In November 2015 he was appointed the chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, following the death of Kitanoumi, initially to serve until the end of March 2016.
  • He was then elected as head for a full term by his fellow board members in a vote held on March 28, 2016, and re-elected in 2018.

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