# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takanohana-koji
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:24:13.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takanohana-koji"
name: "Takanohana Kōji"
slug: "takanohana-koji"
description: "Takanohana Kōji  is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the sixth highest total ever. The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s."
tagline: "Japanese sumo wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takanohana_II_2011.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1972-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.27
  momentum:             16.93529773811355
  historical:           15.05030533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A"
    title: "تاكانوهانا كوجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "تاكانوهانا كوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "تاکانوهانا کوجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_III"
    title: "Takanohana III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E4%B9%83%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%89%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "貴乃花光司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_Koji"
    title: "Takanohana Koji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Takanohana"
    title: "Kōji Takanohana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Таканохана Кодзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Takanohana Kōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%B5%E4%B9%83%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%89%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "贵乃花光司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E4%B9%83%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%89%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "貴乃花光司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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