# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/musashimaru-koyo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:50:17.194Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/musashimaru-koyo"
name: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
slug: "musashimaru-koyo"
description: "Musashimaru Kōyō  is an American-born Japanese-naturalized former professional sumo wrestler. He was born in American Samoa, before moving to Hawaii at the age of 10. At 18 he moved to Japan and made his professional sumo debut in 1989, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1991. After reaching the rank of ōzeki in 1994 his progress seemed to stall, but in 1999 he became only the second foreign-born wrestler in history to reach the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. Musashimaru won over 700 top division bouts and took twelve top division tournament championships during his career. His sheer 235 kg (518 lb) bulk combined with 1.92 m of height made him a formidable opponent, and he was remarkably consistent and injury-free for most of his career. An amiable personality, his fan base was helped by a surprising facial resemblance to Japanese warrior hero Saigō Takamori. After becoming a Japanese national in 1996 and retiring in 2003, he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and founded the Musashigawa stable in 2013."
tagline: "American-Japanese sumo wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Musashimaru_Koyo-may24-2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1971-05-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.7
  momentum:             22.3624737210932
  historical:           9.846889333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2437813/"
    handle:    "nm2437813"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%8F%E4%B8%B8%E5%85%89%E6%B4%8B"
    title: "武藏丸光洋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashimaru_K%C5%8Dy%C5%8D"
    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashimaru_K%C5%8Dy%C5%8D"
    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "موساشیمارو کویو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashimaru_K%C5%8Dy%C5%8D"
    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashimaru_K%C5%8Dy%C5%8D"
    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashimaru_K%C5%8Dy%C5%8D"
    title: "Musashimaru Kōyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E8%94%B5%E4%B8%B8%E5%85%89%E6%B4%8B"
    title: "武蔵丸光洋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%91"
    title: "Мусасимару Коё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707347"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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