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Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
known as Kitanoumi Toshimitsu (北の湖敏満), was a sumo wrestler. He was the dominant ''yokozuna'' in sumo during the 1970s. Kitanoumi was promoted to ''yokozuna'' at the age 21, becoming the youngest ever to achieve sumo's top rank, and he remained a ''yokozuna'' for a record 63 tournaments. He won 24 tournament championships during his career and was one of a series of truly great ''yokozuna'' who came from Hokkaidō, the northernmost main island of Japan. He still holds the record for most bouts won as a ''yokozuna'' (670). Following his retirement in 1985 he established the Kitanoumi stable. He was chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2002 until 2008, and from 2012 until his death.
==Career==
Born in Sōbetsu, Usu District, Kitanoumi began his professional career in January 1967 at 13, whilst still in middle school. He joined Mihogaseki stable, and was promoted to sumo's second highest ''jūryō'' division in May 1971 and the top ''makuuchi'' division a year later.〔 He won his first top division ''yūshō'' or tournament championship in January 1974 and was promoted to ''ōzeki'' immediately afterwards. He secured promotion to ''yokozuna'' just three tournaments after that. At 21 years 2 months, he was the youngest ever ''yokozuna'',〔 beating the previous record held by Taihō by one month.
Kitanoumi was the most successful wrestler in sumo for the rest of the 1970s. His dominance meant that he was not that popular with the general public.〔 When he was defeated by underdog Takanohana in a playoff for the championship in September 1975, the audience threw so many ''zabuton''—or cushions—into the ring in delight, that Kitanoumi said he could "hardly see the ceiling".〔 His best year was 1978, when he won 5 of the 6 tournaments and won 82 out of a possible 90 bouts, a record that stood until 2005.〔 His chief rival during these years was Wajima,〔 but Kitanoumi was much more consistent. He was heavy at 169 kg, was extremely strong and had excellent balance. He was also remarkably injury free and rarely missed a tournament. From July 1973 until September 1981 he chalked up fifty consecutive ''kachi-koshi'', or tournament records of at least 8 wins out of 15, which is a record for the top division.〔
By the beginning of the 1980s he had a new rival, Chiyonofuji, who earned promotion to ''ōzeki'' and then ''yokozuna'' by defeating him in decisive matches in January and July 1981. In November 1981 Kitanoumi withdrew from a tournament for the first time. After that his record was patchy, with many absences.〔 His 24th and final title came in May 1984, with a perfect 15–0 record. This was seen by many as a fitting end to a great career and he wanted to retire after that tournament, but was persuaded by the Sumo Association to carry on until the opening of the new Ryōgoku Kokugikan stadium in January 1985.〔 Three days into the tournament, without winning a match, he announced his retirement.〔 He had been ranked as a ''yokozuna'' on the ''banzuke'' in 63 tournaments, which remains the most in history.〔 During his career he had won 951 matches, the most in history at the time (he was overtaken by Ōshio in 1987). Of those victories, 804 came in the top division (a record broken by Chiyonofuji in 1991), and 670 of those came at the ''yokozuna'' rank, still a record as of 2015.〔
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