Wakanohana Kanji (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, 3 April 1953 — 16 July 2022) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th...

Wakanohana may refer to: Wakanohana Kanji I (1928–2010), sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II (1953–2022), sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna...

Wakanohana Kanji (Japanese: 若乃花 幹士, Hepburn: Wakanohana Kanji, March 16, 1928 – September 1, 2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the...

敏満 24 Mihogaseki Sōbetsu, Hokkaido 1974 1985 Unryū Kitanoumi 56 Wakanohana Kanji II 若乃花 幹士 (二代) 4 Futagoyama Ōwani, Aomori 1978 1983 Unryū Magaki 57...

politician 1953 – Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator 1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna (d. 2022) 1953 – James...

sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. Wakanohana Kanji II, the 56th yokozuna in sumo history, re-established the stable in...

Preceded by Hiroshi Wajima 55th Yokozuna 1974–1985 Succeeded by Wakanohana Kanji II Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can...

Futagoyama stable which had been set up his elder brother, former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, three years previously. He initially fought under his own surname...

2018. Futagoyama stable was established in 1962 by former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, who branched off from Hanakago stable and converted his home near...

wrestler later known as Daigō Hisateru Wakanohana Kanji II (1953–2022), sumo wrestler, previously known as Wakamisugi Kanji This page lists people with the surname...

Expressway – Owani Interchange National Route 7 Ōwani onsen Daien-ji Wakanohana Kanji II, sumo wrestler Shinzo Yamada, 1936 Winter Olympics Ginzo Yamada,...

fourth time, to Wakanohana with a 13–2 record. He followed that up with a superb 14–1 record in the following tournament, defeating Wakanohana, Kitanoumi and...

judo before turning to sumo. He was from the same area of Japan as Wakanohana Kanji II and the two entered professional sumo together in July 1968, joining...

Shinmatsu (Dewanoumi) Wakanohana Kanji I (Futagoyama) 1988 Wakanohana Kanji I (Futagoyama) Takanosato Toshihide (Naruto) Wakanohana Kanji II (Magaki) 2000 Taihō...

the former Wakanohana Kanji II, and he joined Magaki stable instead. His shikona of Wakanohō was formed as a combination of Wakanohana II and Taihō's...

Vovk, 96, Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer, critic and translator. Wakanohana Kanji II, 69, Japanese sumo wrestler and yokozuna, lung cancer. Brad White...

1954) July 10 – Hirohisa Fujii, politician (b. 1932) July 16 – Wakanohana Kanji II, sumo wrestler (b. 1953) July 25 – Yoko Shimada, actress (b. 1953)...

wrestler Goto, aged 58, of liver cancer. 16 July: The 56th yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II, aged 69, of lung cancer. 22 July: Saburō Hatakeyama, the 37th Kimura...

against the same opponent. He was also unable to beat Mienoumi, Wakanohana Kanji II, or Chiyonofuji when they were ranked at yokozuna, and his overall...

the rank from makushita. 19: Magaki stablemaster, former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II, retires for health reasons. 20: Former maegashira Hōchiyama announces...

had purchased the toshiyori or elder stock from former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II in May 2014, the first Mongolian born wrestler to do this (Kyokutenho...

was a member of Nishonoseki stable and recruited the future yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I while still an active wrestler. After his retirement from active...

great sumo history, sometimes called the "Hanada Dynasty." His uncle Wakanohana Kanji I was a yokozuna from 1958 to 1962, and his father Takanohana Kenshi...

purchased the Magaki kabu (elder stock) in May 2014 from former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II, making him the first Mongolian-born wrestler to acquire the right...

hips, and he won two kinboshi or gold stars by defeating yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II in July 1980 and January 1981. He made his san'yaku debut in November...

opponents' strength, has been compared by former yokozuna Hakuhō and Wakanohana III to that of a mochi, a rice cake that is elastic when fresh. List of...

of former sekiwake Kotonishiki, while at the same time former yokozuna Wakanohana III praised in Nikkan Sports his ability to adapt and always practice...

trial Wakanohana: the Story of Devil of the Dohyō (Japanese: 若ノ花物語　土俵の鬼) (1956) – Japanese sport drama film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I Walk...

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937) 2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928) 2012 – Sean...

with the kanji 霧 derived from his former wrestling name, Kirishima (霧島), his nomadic past with the kanji 馬, for 'horse', and finally the kanji 山 to evoke...