# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wajima-hiroshi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:01.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wajima-hiroshi"
name: "Wajima Hiroshi"
slug: "wajima-hiroshi"
description: "Wajima Hiroshi  was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nanao, Ishikawa. He was the sport's 54th yokozuna and is the first wrestler with a collegiate background to reach its highest rank. Entering professional sumo in January 1970, he won a total of 14 tournament championships or yūshō during his career before retiring in March 1981. He was nicknamed \"Golden Left\"  in reference to his trademark gold mawashi and his preferred technique of a left-handed underarm throw. He was later head coach of Hanakago stable, but after several controversies, Wajima was forced to leave the sumo world and turned to professional wrestling."
tagline: "Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Hiroshi_Wajima.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-01-11"
deathDate: "2018-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.52
  momentum:             20.18952939493635
  historical:           9.982284
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Wajima"
    title: "Wajima Hiroshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "واچيما هيروشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajima_Hiroshi"
    title: "Wajima Hiroshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajima_Hiroshi"
    title: "Wajima Hiroshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajima_Hiroshi"
    title: "Wajima Hiroshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "واجیما هیروشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E5%A4%A7%E5%A3%AB"
    title: "輪島大士"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Вадзима, Хироси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Wajima"
    title: "Hiroshi Wajima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E5%A4%A7%E5%A3%AB"
    title: "輪島大士"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajima_Hiroshi"
    title: "Wajima Hiroshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323616"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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