Weight 117 kg (258 lb) Retired November 1962 Makuuchi rank Ozeki Record 441-352-92 Name Kotogahama Sadao Height 1.77 m | Debut November 1945 Role Sumo wrestler Children Kotougusa Highest rank Ozeki (May 1958) Died June 7, 1981 | |
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Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (2)Technique (5)Fighting Spirit (1) Similar People Matsunobori Shigeo, Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Kotokaze Koki, Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Wakanohana Kanji I | ||
Kotogahama Sadao (Jap 琴ヶ濵貞雄) (10 October 1927 – 7 June 1981) was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan.
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He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira. After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.
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