# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wakanohana-kanji-ii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:26.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wakanohana-kanji-ii"
name: "Wakanohana Kanji II"
slug: "wakanohana-kanji-ii"
description: "Wakanohana Kanji  was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th yokozuna. He was popular with sumo fans and was well-known for his rivalry with Kitanoumi. After retirement, he became the head coach of Magaki stable. Due to poor health, he left the Japan Sumo Association in December 2013. He died of lung cancer in July 2022 at the age of 69."
tagline: "Japanese Sumo Wrestler(1953-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wakanohana_II_handprint.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1953-04-03"
deathDate: "2022-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.68
  momentum:             1.329336365515815
  historical:           7.59728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E4%B9%83%E8%8A%B1%E5%B9%B9%E5%A3%AB_(%E4%BA%8C%E4%BB%A3)"
    title: "若乃花幹士 (二代)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakanohana_Kanji_II."
    title: "Wakanohana Kanji II."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakanohana_Kanji_II"
    title: "Wakanohana Kanji II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakanohana_Kanji_II"
    title: "Wakanohana Kanji II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "واکانوهانا کانجی دوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E4%B9%83%E8%8A%B1%E5%B9%B9%E5%A3%AB_(2%E4%BB%A3)"
    title: "若乃花幹士 (2代)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%8B%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A5_%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%96%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%B2"
    title: "ꯋꯥꯀꯥꯅꯣꯍꯥꯅꯥ ꯀꯥꯟꯖꯤ ꯲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8_(II)"
    title: "Ваканохана Кандзи (II)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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