Toshio Yamamoto (other)
Toshio Yamamoto may refer to: *Tosanoumi Toshio, (born 1972 as Toshio Yamamoto), sumo wrestler *Toshio Yamamoto (mountaineer) Toshio Yamamoto is a Japanese mountaineer who summited Mount Everest in 2000 at the age of 63. This was noted in world news for becoming the oldest person up to that time to summit Mount Everest. Toshio summited Mount Everest on May 19, 2000, via t ...

Tosanoumi Toshio
Tosanoumi Toshio (born February 16, 1972 as Toshio Yamamoto in Aki, Kōchi, Aki City, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan), is a former sumo wrestler. He first reached the top division of professional sumo in 1995, winning 13 special prizes and earning 11 ''kinboshi'' or gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna (sumo), yokozuna'' over his long career. The highest rank he reached was ''sekiwake''. He retired in 2010 to become a coach at his stable, Isenoumi stable under the name of Tatekawa. Career After success in amateur sumo competitions while at Doshisha University, where he was a two-time winner of the All Western Japan Sumo Championships in 1992 and 1993, Yamamoto was recruited by former ''sekiwake'' Fujinokawa and joined Isenoumi stable. He was given the ''shikona'' of Tosanoumi, meaning "sea of Tosa Province, Tosa", from his native Kōchi Prefecture. Because of his amateur achievements he had ''makushita tsukedashi'' status and entered professional sumo in the third, ''makushita'' divisio ...
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