# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takanohana-kenshi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:16:02.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takanohana-kenshi"
name: "Takanohana Kenshi"
slug: "takanohana-kenshi"
description: "Takanohana Kenshi , born Mitsuru Hanada , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori. Making his debut in May 1965, his highest rank was ōzeki, which he reached in November 1972. He then went on to hold the rank for what was then a record fifty tournaments, before retiring in January 1981. He was extremely popular and was nicknamed the \"Prince of Sumo\"  due to his good looks and relatively slim build. He was the younger brother of Wakanohana Kanji I, and the father of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Kōji. After retiring from competition, he coached both of his sons to the rank of yokozuna as head of Futagoyama stable."
tagline: "Japanese sumo wrestler"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1950-02-19"
deathDate: "2005-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             9.507473807628477
  historical:           6.194410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_Kenshi"
    title: "Takanohana Kenshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_Kenshi"
    title: "Takanohana Kenshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_Kenshi"
    title: "Takanohana Kenshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E4%B9%8B%E8%8A%B1%E5%88%A9%E5%BD%B0"
    title: "貴之花利彰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E3%83%8E%E8%8A%B1%E5%88%A9%E5%BD%B0"
    title: "貴ノ花利彰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenshi_Takanohana"
    title: "Kenshi Takanohana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705754"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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