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Daiyū Tatsumi

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Height
  
1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in)

Stable
  
Izutsu

Debut
  
May, 1956

Weight
  
113 kg (249 lb)

Record
  
614-596-4

Name
  
Daiyu Tatsumi

Born
  
Tatsumi Yanagida May 27, 1940 (age 83) Onejime, Kagoshima, Japan (
1940-05-27
)

Highest rank
  
Maegashira 1 (September, 1968)

Daiyū Tatsumi (born 27 May 1940 as Tatsumi Yanagida) is a former sumo wrestler from Ōnejime, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1956 and reached the top division in May 1963. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Kabutoyama, coaching at Izutsu stable. In 1989 he branched out from Izutsu and started up Kabutoyama stable, which he ran until it folded in December 2002. He became a coach at Minato stable, and worked there until he reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age of 65.

Career record

  • The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
  • References

    Daiyū Tatsumi Wikipedia