Wakanohana Kanji (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, Hepburn: Wakanohana Kanji, March 16, 1928 – September 1, 2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" (土俵の鬼, Dohyō no Oni) due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.
Wakanohana's younger brother (by twenty-two years) was the late former ōzeki Takanohana Kenshi and he was the uncle of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Kōji. He won ten top division yūshō or tournament championships during his career and at a fighting weight of around 100 kg was one of the lightest yokozuna ever. He had a long-standing rivalry with Tochinishiki and was one of the most popular wrestlers of the 1950s. After his retirement in 1962 he established Futagoyama stable and was also head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1988 until 1992.
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WakanohanaKanji (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, Hepburn: WakanohanaKanji, March 16, 1928 – September 1, 2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the...
was also his stablemaster, and the nephew of WakanohanaKanjiI, a famous yokozuna of the 1950s. Wakanohana was a long serving ōzeki who won five tournament...
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WakanohanaKanji (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, 3 April 1953 — 16 July 2022) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th...
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rank he achieved was sekiwake. He was the brother in law of yokozuna WakanohanaKanjiI. He was born as Noburu Sugiyama in Marugame. He entered professional...
Futagoyama stable which had been set up his elder brother, former yokozuna WakanohanaKanjiI, three years previously. He initially fought under his own surname...
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merged following the retirement of Futagoyama Oyakata (former yokozuna WakanohanaKanjiI). Despite fighting in the top division for a total of thirty tournaments...
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