Kasugao Katsumasa

Kasugao Katsumasa is a former professional sumo wrestler from South Korea. After making his professional debut in November 1998 under a different shikona, a ring name, he used the name Kasugao from May 1999. His highest rank was Maegashira 3, and he spent 32 tournaments in makuuchi, the top division. In juryo, the second division, he won the championship twice, in the November 2002 and January 2011 tournaments. In April 2011 he received a recommendation to retire as a disciplinary measure from the Japan Sumo Association over the professional sumo match-fixing scandal, and he retired in May 2011. As an active wrestler his last stable was Kasugayama stable. Over 74 career tournaments he compiled a record of 464 wins and 452 losses. At 184 cm tall, he weighed 150 kg.