# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hokutoumi-nobuyoshi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:06:00.683Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hokutoumi-nobuyoshi"
name: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi"
slug: "hokutoumi-nobuyoshi"
description: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi  is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 61st yokozuna and won eight top division championships. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable. In 1989 he and Chiyonofuji were the first yokozuna stablemates to take part in a play-off for the championship. After a number of injury problems he retired in 1992, and is now the head coach of Hakkaku stable. In November 2015 he was appointed chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, following the death of Kitanoumi, initially to serve until the end of March 2016. He was then elected as head for a full term by his fellow board members in a vote held in March 2016. He was reappointed to a full term as chairman five times, most recently in 2026."
tagline: "Sumo wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi_Hakkaku_IMG_5617-2_20170304.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1963-06-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.84
  momentum:             6.236062007070981
  historical:           8.02984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "北勝海信芳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi"
    title: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi"
    title: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi"
    title: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "هوکوتومی نوبویوشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi"
    title: "Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E5%8B%9D%E6%B5%B7%E4%BF%A1%E8%8A%B3"
    title: "北勝海信芳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%91%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Хокутоуми Нобуёси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1624243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump