Native Name: | 栃富士 勝健 |
Tochifuji Katsutake | |
Birth Name: | Haruo Kogure |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1946 |
Birth Place: | Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan |
Weight: | 141kg (311lb) |
Heya: | Kasugano |
Record: | 461-434-18 |
Debut: | May, 1961 |
Highestrank: | Maegashira 3 (May, 1971) |
Retireddate: | September, 1974 |
Eldername: | Yamawake |
Yushos: | 2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
Goldstars: | 2 (Kashiwado, Taihō) |
Update: | June 2020 |
Tochifuji Katsutake (born Haruo Kogure; June 8, 1946 – April 28, 2003) was a sumo wrestler from Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1961, and reached the top division in September 1968. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Yamawake. He coached at Kasugano-beya until 1990, when he joined Tamanoi-oyakata, who branched out to form Tamanoi-beya. He died on April 28, 2003, due to a myocardial infarction[1] [2]