Tochinoumi Teruyoshi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tochinoumi Teruyoshi (born March 13, 1938) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He was the sport''s 49th Yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head coach of Kasugano stable.Born in Inakdate, Minamitsugaru District, he made his professional debut in September 1955. He joined Kasugano stable, a prestigious heya that had previously produced yokozuna Tochigiyama and Tochinishiki. He initially fought under his own surname, Hanada. After about three years in the lower ranks he reached the second juryo division in January 1959 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in March 1960. After two make-koshi or losing scores he was demoted to juryo but immediately won the second division championship with a 14-1 record and was promoted back. He then adopted the shikona Tochinoumi. He captured his first top division tournament championship in May 1962 at sekiwake rank and was promoted to ozeki.