Tsurugamine Akio

Tsurugamine Akio was a sumo wrestler from Kagoshima Prefecture. He was born on 26 April 1929. He was 177 cm tall and weighed 114 kg. He made his professional debut in June 1947. His highest rank was sekiwake, the third-highest rank. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 550 wins and 583 losses over 77 tournaments. He earned 10 kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). He received the Outstanding Performance Prize (shukun-sho) twice. He received the Fighting Spirit Prize (kanto-sho) twice. He received the Technique Prize (gino-sho) 10 times. His career record was 685 wins and 678 losses over 95 career tournaments. He retired in July 1967. He died on 29 May 2006 at the age of 77. His last stable as an active wrestler was Izutsu stable.