Wakanohana Masaru

Wakanohana Masaru was a former sumo wrestler from Tokyo and the 66th yokozuna. He was born on 20 January 1971, and his height was 181 cm and his weight was 131 kg. He made his professional debut in March 1988 and became yokozuna after the May 1998 tournament. In makuuchi, he recorded five championships, the Outstanding Performance Prize (shukun-sho) three times, and two kinboshi. His career record was 573 wins and 286 losses over 73 tournaments. His last stable as an active wrestler was Futagoyama stable, and he retired in March 2000.