Takanohana Koji

Takanohana Koji was a former sumo wrestler from Nakano Ward, Tokyo, and the 65th yokozuna. He was born on 12 August 1972. His father was the ozeki Takanohana Toshiaki. He made his professional debut in March 1988 under the shikona Takahanada and won his first makuuchi championship in the January 1992 tournament. Upon becoming ozeki he changed his shikona to Takanohana, and he later took the name Takanohana. He became yokozuna after the November 1994 tournament. He won 22 career makuuchi championships. He retired in January 2003, and his last stable as an active wrestler was Futagoyama stable. His career record was 794 wins and 262 losses over 90 career tournaments. When he joined sumo, he belonged to Fujishima stable.