Kotogahama Sadao
Sumo Wrestler, Martial Artist
1927 – 1981
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Who was Kotogahama Sadao?
Kotogahama Sadao was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan.
He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira. After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1927
Miyazaki Prefecture - Also known as
- 琴ヶ濵 貞雄
- ことがはま さだお
- Sadao Kotogahama
- うそう さだお
- Sadao Usō
- Usō Sadao
- うぐさ さだお
- Sadao Ugusa
- Ugusa Sadao
- 尾車
- Children
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 7, 1981
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on July 23, 2013
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