Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sumo wrestler
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Place of Birth: Sōbetsu, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
- Toshimitsu Obata (?? ??, Obata Toshimitsu, May 16, 1953 – November 20, 2015) known as Kitanoumi Toshimitsu (?????), was a sumo wrestler.
- He was the dominant yokozuna in sumo during the 1970s.
- Kitanoumi was promoted to yokozuna at the age 21, becoming the youngest ever to achieve sumo's top rank, and he remained a yokozuna for a record 63 tournaments.
- He won 24 tournament championships during his career and was one of a series of truly great yokozuna who came from Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan.
- At the time of his death he still held the record for most bouts won as a yokozuna (670).
- Following his retirement in 1985 he established the Kitanoumi stable.
- He was chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2002 until 2008, and from 2012 until his death.
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