Taiga Satoru

Taiga Satoru was a sumo wrestler from Kagoshima Prefecture. He was born on 3 January 1950. He was 178 cm tall and weighed 145 kg. He made his professional debut in March 1965. His highest rank was Maegashira 1. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 183 wins and 217 losses over 27 tournaments. He earned 2 kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). He received the Technique Prize (gino-sho) once. His career record was 446 wins and 446 losses over 74 career tournaments. He retired in 1977. He died on 16 July 2009 at the age of 59.