Gōeidō Gōtarō, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gōeidō Gōtarō

Sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1986

Place of Birth: Neyagawa, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: rikishi

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Gōeidō Gōtarō

  • Goeido Gotaro (??? ???, born April 6, 1986 as Sawai Gotaro) is a sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
  • He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007.
  • Long regarded as one of the most promising Japanese wrestlers in sumo, Goeido holds the modern record for the most consecutive appearances at sumo's third highest rank of sekiwake, at 14 tournaments.
  • He was finally promoted to the rank of ozeki following the July 2014 tournament, after scores of twelve wins against three losses in two of the previous three tournaments.
  • However, he has only managed to win ten or more bouts in a tournament as an ozeki on six occasions, and has been kadoban, or in danger of demotion, eight times to date.
  • He won his first top division tournament in September 2016 with a perfect 15–0 record.
  • He has been a runner-up seven times in his career, most recently in September 2018.

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