Asasegawa Takeya

Asasegawa Takeya was a sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture. He was born on 4 May 1942. He was 177 cm tall and weighed 139 kg. He made his professional debut in May 1957. His highest rank was Maegashira 1. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 188 wins and 236 losses over 29 tournaments. He earned 4 kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). He received the Technique Prize (gino-sho) once. His career record was 493 wins and 471 losses over 84 career tournaments. He retired in 1971. He died on 22 September 2017 at the age of 75. His last stable as an active wrestler was Isegahama stable.