Kotogahama Sadao, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Kotogahama Sadao

Sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1927

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1981

Profession: rikishi

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Kotogahama Sadao (Jap ?????) (10 October 1927 – 7 June 1981) was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan. He reached the second highest rank of ozeki in 1958.
He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira.
After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable.
He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.