# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terao-tsunefumi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:36:55.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terao-tsunefumi"
name: "Terao Tsunefumi"
slug: "terao-tsunefumi"
description: "Terao Tsunefumi  was a Japanese sumo wrestler. He was born in Tokyo, but brought up in Kajiki, Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan. He fought out of Izutsu stable. The highest rank he reached was sekiwake. Despite his relatively light weight he had an extremely long career, spanning 23 years from 1979 until 2002, and was known as the \"iron man\" of sumo. After retiring, he was the owner of the Shikoroyama stable until his death in 2023."
tagline: "Sumo wrestler (1963–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terao-Tsunefumi20160522.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1963-02-02"
deathDate: "2023-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.105172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Tsunefumi"
    title: "Terao Tsunefumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Tsunefumi"
    title: "Terao Tsunefumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Tsunefumi"
    title: "Terao Tsunefumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "ترائو تسونه‌فومی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BA%E5%B0%BE%E5%B8%B8%E5%8F%B2"
    title: "寺尾常史"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969607"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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