Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 ⁄2 in) Stable Michinoku Debut March, 1999 | Weight 123 kg (271 lb) Record 310-291-0 Name Kirinowaka Taro | |
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Born Masayuki Okamoto
September 18, 1983 (age 40)
Minamiaso, Kumamoto ( 1983-09-18 ) Highest rank Juryo 4 (September, 2009) | ||
Kirinowaka Tarō (born 18 September 1983 as Masayuki Okamoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1999, but never reached the top division. The highest rank he achieved was jūryō 4. He was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association, as a result of the 2011 match-fixing scandal. In October 2013 he formed a professional wrestling wrestling tag team with another former sumo wrestler, Wakakirin.
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