(born 19 July 1956 as ) is a former

sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by th ...

wrestler from

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. He made his professional debut in March 1972, and reached the top division in November 1980. His highest rank was ''

komusubi , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ('' rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the o ...

''. He retired in July 1988 and became an elder in the

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under the name Tagonoura. He left the Sumo Association in August 1999. He is the father of the current '' sekitori'' wrestler of the same name, Sadanoumi Takashi.

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1956 births Living people Matsumura family Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Osaka Prefecture Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka Komusubi {{sumo-bio-stub

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