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Shikishima Katsumori

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Record
  
416-418-44

Height
  
1.83 m

Debut
  
January, 1989

Weight
  
183 kg

Gold Stars
  
2 (Takanohana II)

Retired
  
May 2001

Name
  
Shikishima Katsumori


Shikishima Katsumori Shikishima Katsumori Rikishi Information


Born
  
Hiromichi Yoshitane December 15, 1970 (age 53) Funabashi, Chiba, Japan (
1970-12-15
)

Stable
  
Tatsutagawa → Michinoku

Highest rank
  
Maegashira 1 (March, 1998)

Championships
  
1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita)

Profiles

Shikishima Katsumori (born 15 December 1970 as Hiromichi Yoshitane) is a former sumo wrestler from Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 1989, and reached the top division in November 1994. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He defeated Takanohana twice in 1998 to earn his only two kinboshi for a yokozuna upset. His stablemaster, former sekiwake Aonosato retired in November 2000 and he moved from Tatsutagawa stable to Michinoku stable. He retired in May 2001 after being diagnosed with a heart ailment, and has remained in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and coach at Michinoku. He has borrowed a succession of elder names since his retirement. Since 2013 he has been known as Urakaze.

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References

Shikishima Katsumori Wikipedia