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Takanohana Kenshi
Takanohana Kenshi 貴ノ花健士 (born Hanada Mitsuru; February 19, 1950 - May 30, 2005) was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ''ōzeki'', which he held for fifty tournaments. As an active ''rikishi'' he was extremely popular and was nicknamed the "Prince of Sumo" due to his good looks and relatively slim build. He was the father of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Kōji, and as head of the Futagoyama stable coached both of them to the ''yokozuna'' rank.
==Career==
He had been a champion swimmer while at school, but did not think he could make a living out of it. He was determined to join professional sumo, in spite of some opposition from his family. He began his career in the spring of 1965, joining Futagoyama stable which had been set up his elder brother, former ''yokozuna'' Wakanohana Kanji I, three years previously. He initially fought under his own surname of Hanada. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 1968 at the age of just 18, the youngest ever at the time (the record is now held by his son Takanohana). He weighed barely 100 kg, and would remain one of the lightest men in the top division for the rest of his career. He adopted the ''shikona'' of Takanohana in 1969. He was the last man to beat ''yokozuna'' Taihō, in May 1971. As he rose up the rankings he collected nine special prizes, including four prestigious ''Ginō-shō'', or Technique Awards.
After finishing as runner-up in consecutive tournaments in May and July 1972 he reached sumo's second highest rank of ''ōzeki'' in November 1972. He was promoted at the same time as his friend and rival Wajima, who quickly went on to be promoted to ''yokozuna''. Takanohana's progress was slower, but he did win two top division tournament (or ''honbasho'') championships in March and September 1975, each time delighting the crowds by defeating the giant ''yokozuna'' Kitanoumi in a playoff. He and Wakanohana were the first brothers ever to each win a top division tournament title. He was also runner-up in the January and March 1977 tournaments. However he was ultimately unable to defeat Kitanoumi or Wajima on a regular basis, and was hampered by his inability to put on weight, and so never made the ''yokozuna'' rank.〔 Nevertheless, he was an '' ōzeki'' for fifty tournaments, corresponding to over eight years in the rank. This was a record until July 2007 when it was broken by Chiyotaikai. He was a bigger crowd attraction than some ''yokozuna''.〔
By the early 1980s he was finding it harder to hold onto his rank, and had been overtaken by his stablemate Wakanohana Kanji II, and other younger wrestlers. After losing to the rising star Chiyonofuji twice in a row in September and November 1980, he decided the time was right to retire.
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