# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takamiyama-daigoro
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:26.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takamiyama-daigoro"
name: "Takamiyama Daigorō"
slug: "takamiyama-daigoro"
description: "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."
tagline: "American sumo wrestler"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1944-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.595449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9cbc2f1e-a362-4cb9-9557-0d771aa88a2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigoro"
    title: "Takamiyama Daigoro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D"
    title: "Takamiyama Daigorō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigoro"
    title: "Takamiyama Daigoro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "高見山大五郎 (1944年生)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D"
    title: "Takamiyama Daigorō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Такамияма Дайгоро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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