# Takamiyama Daigorō

> Takamiyama Daigorō  is an American-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for Takasago stable for twenty years from 1964 to 1984, his highest rank was sekiwake. Takamiyama set a number of longevity records in sumo, including most tournaments ranked in the top makuuchi division, and most consecutive top division appearances. In July 1972, he became the first foreign-born wrestler to win the top division championship. He is also the first foreign-born wrestler ever to take charge of a training stable, founding Azumazeki stable in 1986. His most successful wrestler was fellow Hawaiian Akebono who reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna in 1993. Takamiyama retired as a coach in 2009.

*American sumo wrestler*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/takamiyama-daigoro

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1944-06-16
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9cbc2f1e-a362-4cb9-9557-0d771aa88a2a)
- [Takamiyama Daigoro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigoro)
- [Takamiyama Daigorō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D)
- [Takamiyama Daigoro](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigoro)
- [高見山大五郎 (1944年生)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E8%A6%8B%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E_(1944%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F))
- [Takamiyama Daigorō](https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D)
- [Такамияма Дайгоро](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707800)

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