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About Kurama Tatsuya
- Kurama Tatsuya (16 December 1952 – 26 January 1995) was a sumo wrestler from Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
- He fought under his real name for his entire career, never adopting a traditional shikona.
- He made his debut for the Tokitsukaze stable in September 1968.
- He was called the "last disiciple of Futabayama," as the great yokozuna who had founded the stable died at the end of the year.
- He was ranked in the top makuuchi division for 62 tournaments from 1976 to 1988, reaching a highest rank of sekiwake which he held for one tournament in May 1978.
- He won two Technique and one Fighting Spirit prize, and earned two kinboshi for defeating yokozuna.
- He was a highly popular wrestler, and was regarded as one of the most handsome rikishi of his time (alongside Wakanohana II).
- He retired in September 1989, and was the oldest man in any of the professional sumo divisions at the time.
- His retirement followed a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Shikoroyama, but left his role in 1990 due to ill health.
- He became a tarento and sumo commentator, although he kept his illness secret from the public.
- He died of leukemia in January 1995 at the age of 42.
- His wife Yayoi, an actress, wrote a best-selling book about their struggles with his illness.
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