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About Takanotsuru Shinichi
- Takanotsuru Shinichi (born 18 June 1976 as Shinichi Sekiyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan.
- He made his professional debut in March 1992, and reached the top division in January 2003.
- His highest rank was maegashira 8.
- He retired in May 2006 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association coaching at Naruto stable.
- He had jun-toshiyori status for a year and then borrowed the Nishiiwa kabu from May 2007.
- He became Naruto Oyakata and took over as stablemaster of Naruto when the previous stablemaster (ex-yokozuna Takanosato) died in November 2011.
- Due to a dispute with Takanosato's widow over who owned the Naruto stock he changed his oyakata name to Tagonoura in December 2013 and changed the stable name to Tagonoura stable.
- He oversaw the promotion of Kisenosato to yokozuna in January 2017, and Takayasu to ozeki in May of the same year.
- He commented on Kisenosato's retirement in January 2019, "I was delighted when he became yokozuna but when you see him closely, you can tell that he was struggling a lot.
- These two years went like a flash."
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