Kasugafuji Akihiro, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Kasugafuji Akihiro

Japanese sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1966

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2017

Profession: rikishi

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Kasugafuji Akihiro (February 20, 1966 – March 9, 2017), born as Shoki Iwanaga, was a Japanese sumo wrestler and coach from Oshika, Miyagi.
He was an active wrestler in professional sumo from 1981 until 1996, reaching a highest rank of maegashira 1.
After his retirement he re-established the Kasugayama stable in 1997 and trained his own wrestlers.
He left the Japan Sumo Association in 2012 after an expenses scandal, and was involved with a legal dispute in 2013 with his successor as head of Kasugayama stable which was not resolved until shortly before his death in 2017.