Kōtetsuyama Toyoya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sumo wrestler
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Place of Birth: Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Kōtetsuyama Toyoya
- Kotetsuyama Toyoya (??? ??) (July 9, 1942 – April 14, 1996), born Konoshin Suga (? ???, Suga Konoshin), was a sumo wrestler from Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan.
- He made his professional debut in March 1957, and reached the top division in September 1963.
- His highest rank was sekiwake.
- He is one of the rare examples of a wrestler whose only tournament in the sanyaku ranks was at sekiwake, rather than komusubi (along with Hayateumi and Hokutoriki).
- He retired in January 1975.
- He branched out from Asahiyama stable and established the Onaruto stable in October 1975.
- He produced the top division wrestler Itai and juryo Ishinriki.
- He was married to a ballet instructor.
- Onaruto stable closed in December 1994 and he left the Japan Sumo Association.
- He died in somewhat mysterious circumstances in 1996, a month before claims he made about match fixing in sumo were published in a book called Yaocho.
- The co-writer of the book died within hours of Onaruto, in the same hospital.
- Police found no evidence of foul play, but Onaruto's wrestler Itai later said his boss had links to a major yakuza crime syndicate.
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