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Wakanohana Kanji I
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Movies: 1Series: 0
TMDB ID: 3857255
IMDb ID: nm6028807
Known for: Acting
Born: March 16, 1928
Died: September 1, 2010
Age: 82
Place of birth: Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 1956
Years active: 1
Also known as
若乃花 幹士 • Wakanohana Kanji
Biography
Wakanohana Kanji I (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, Hepburn: Wakanohana Kanji, March 16, 1928 – September 1, 2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" (土俵の鬼, Dohyō no Oni) due to his great fighting spirit and endurance. Wakanohana's younger brother (by twenty-two years) was the late former ōzeki Takanohana Kenshi and he was the uncle of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Kōji. He won ten top division yūshō or tournament championships during his career and at a fighting weight of around 100 kg was one of the lightest yokozuna ever. He had a long-standing rivalry with Tochinishiki and was one of the most popular wrestlers of the 1950s. After his retirement in 1962, he established the Futagoyama stable and was also head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1988 until 1992.
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