# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kotozakura-masakatsu-i
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:38:20.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kotozakura-masakatsu-i"
name: "Kotozakura Masakatsu I"
slug: "kotozakura-masakatsu-i"
description: "Kotozakura Masakatsu  was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. He was the sport's 53rd yokozuna. He made his professional debut in 1959, reaching the top division in 1963. After several years at the second highest rank of ōzeki, in 1973 he was promoted to yokozuna at the age of thirty-two years two months, becoming the oldest wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna since 1958, when the current six tournaments system was established. After his retirement he was head coach of Sadogatake stable and produced a string of top division wrestlers."
tagline: "Sumo wrestler (1940–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kotozakura_Masakatsu_Bronze_statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1940-11-26"
deathDate: "2007-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.616432000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%B4%E6%AB%BB%E5%82%91%E5%B0%87"
    title: "琴櫻傑將"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotozakura_Masakatsu"
    title: "Kotozakura Masakatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotozakura_Masakatsu_I"
    title: "Kotozakura Masakatsu I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotozakura_Masakatsu"
    title: "Kotozakura Masakatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "کوتوزاکورا ماساکاتسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakatsu_Kotozakura"
    title: "Masakatsu Kotozakura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%B4%E6%AB%BB%E5%82%91%E5%B0%87"
    title: "琴櫻傑將"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%ED%86%A0%EC%9E%90%EC%BF%A0%EB%9D%BC_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4%EC%93%B0"
    title: "고토자쿠라 마사카쓰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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