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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Wakanohana Masaru
- Masaru Hanada (?? ??, previously ?? ?, Hanada Masaru, born January 20, 1971) is a Japanese former sumo wrestler.
- As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana III Masaru (??? ?), and his rise through the ranks alongside his younger brother Takanohana Koji saw a boom in sumo's popularity in the early 1990s.
- He is the elder son of the former ozeki Takanohana I, who was also his stablemaster, and the nephew of Wakanohana I, a famous yokozuna of the 1950s.
- Wakanohana was a long serving ozeki who won five tournament championships, and eventually joined his brother at yokozuna rank in 1998, creating the first ever sibling grand champions.
- After a brief and injury plagued yokozuna career he retired in 2000, becoming a television personality and restaurant owner.
- The death of his father in 2005 saw a very public falling out with his brother.
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