Kitabayama Hidetoshi

Kitabayama Hidetoshi was a professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaido whose highest rank was ozeki, the second-highest rank. Born on 17 May 1935, he made his professional debut in May 1954 under a different shikona, a ring name, and used the name Kitabayama from September 1954. In makuuchi, the top division, he recorded 396 wins and 273 losses and won one top-division championship. As an active wrestler his last stable was Tokitsukaze stable, and he retired in May 1966. On 20 July 2010 he died at the age of 75.