Tochinishiki Kiyotaka

Japanese: 栃錦清隆 - とちにしききよたか

Born: February 20, 1925 in Tokyo
[Died] January 10, 1990. The 44th Yokozuna in Tokyo. Real name: Nakata Kiyoshi. First entered the ring in spring 1939. During his makushita period, he teamed up with fellow student Dewanishiki to compete in the first match of the Hanazumo tournament. He distinguished himself in the makuuchi division as a skilled wrestler, and after winning four times, including consecutive championships, he became Yokozuna after the autumn tournament in 1954. His famous matches with rival Yokozuna Wakanohana (→ Wakanohana Kanshi), who was promoted at the same time, are well known, and he established the "Tochiwaka era." He won the Technique Award nine times and won ten times. He retired in May 1960 and took the elder name Kasugano. In 1974, he became the chairman of the Japan Sumo Association. In 1985, he built the new Kokugikan Sumo Hall in Ryōgoku, and in 1988, he handed the chairmanship to Futagoyama (the first Wakanohana).

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Japanese:

[生]1925.2.20. 東京
[没]1990.1.10. 東京
第 44代横綱。本名中田清。 1939年春初土俵。幕下時代は同門の出羽錦と組んで花相撲で初っ切り相撲などを行なっていた。技能力士として幕内で頭角を現し，連続優勝を含む優勝4回ののち，1954年秋場所後横綱。同時に昇進したライバル横綱若乃花 (→若乃花幹士 ) との名勝負は有名で，「栃若時代」を築き上げた。技能賞9回，優勝 10回。 1960年5月引退，年寄春日野を襲名。 1974年日本相撲協会理事長。 1985年両国に新国技館をつくり，1988年二子山 (1代目若乃花) に理事長の椅子を譲った。

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