Record 393-364-71 Height 1.88 m Debut March, 1992 Weight 168 kg | Championships 1 (Jonidan) Retired May 2006 Name Takanotsuru Shinichi Stable Tagonoura stable | |
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Born Shinichi Sekiyama
June 18, 1976 (age 47)
Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan ( 1976-06-18 ) Highest rank Maegashira 8 (March, 2003) | ||
Takanotsuru Shinichi (born 18 June 1976 as Shinichi Sekiyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1992, and reached the top division in January 2003. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He retired in May 2006 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association coaching at Naruto stable. He had jun-toshiyori status for a year and then borrowed the Nishiiwa kabu from May 2007. He became Naruto Oyakata and took over as stablemaster of Naruto when the previous stablemaster (ex-yokozuna Takanosato) died in November 2011. Due to a dispute with Takanosato's widow over who owned the Naruto stock he changed his oyakata name to Tagonoura in December 2013 and changed the stable name to Tagonoura stable. He oversaw the promotion of Kisenosato to yokozuna in January 2017.