Chiyotaikai Ryuji

Chiyotaikai Ryuji was a former sumo wrestler from Oita Prefecture whose highest rank reached was ozeki. He was born on 29 April 1976. He made his professional debut in November 1992. Around that time he had a different shikona, and he took the name Chiyotaikai from November 1993. He won his first makuuchi championship in the January 1999 tournament and won three makuuchi championships. He was in makuuchi for 75 tournaments, and his career record was 771 wins and 528 losses over 104 career tournaments. His last stable as an active wrestler was Kokonoe stable, and he retired in January 2010.