Tamanoumi Masahiro

Tamanoumi Masahiro was a former sumo wrestler from Aichi Prefecture. His highest rank reached was yokozuna, and he became yokozuna after the January 1970 tournament. He made his professional debut in March 1959 and retired in September 1971. His last stable as an active wrestler was Kataonami stable, and his career record was 619 wins and 305 losses over 76 career tournaments. He was in makuuchi for 46 tournaments and won six makuuchi top-division championships. He took the name Tamanoumi from March 1970, and before that he had a different shikona. He was born on 5 February 1944 and died on 11 October 1971 at the age of 27.