Wakanohana Kanji
Retired. Career 254-67, 79% won. 3 top-division titles.
- Highest rank
- yokozuna 横綱Grand champion, the top rank. A yokozuna can't be demoted. More on yokozuna
- heya 部屋A stable: the house where wrestlers train, and where the juniors live. More on heya
- Hanakago
- From
- Hokkaido, Muroran-shi - Aomori-ken, Hirosaki-shi
- Born
- 16 March 1928
- Height
- 179 cm
- Weight
- 105 kg
- Debut
- Kyushu 1946
- Retired
- 1 May 1962
Rank by basho 26 basho on the banzuke
Makuuchi
Career record
| Division | Basho | Won | Lost | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makuuchi | 26 | 254 | 67 | 79% |
Defaults count as wins and losses. Playoff bouts don't, as in the official record.
Titles and prizes
How he wins top winning techniques
Most-faced opponents head to head
| Opponent | Bouts | Record | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tochihikari | 21 | 19-2 | Compare |
| Wakahaguro | 19 | 16-3 | Compare |
| Haguroyama | 18 | 14-4 | Compare |
| Tsurugamine | 16 | 13-3 | Compare |
| Kitanonada | 15 | 13-2 | Compare |
| Fusanishiki | 15 | 13-2 | Compare |
| Ohikari | 15 | 12-3 | Compare |
| Dewanishiki | 14 | 9-5 | Compare |
| Kitabayama | 14 | 11-3 | Compare |
| Iwakaze | 14 | 12-2 | Compare |
| Wakamaeda | 13 | 8-5 | Compare |
| Kashiwado | 12 | 6-6 | Compare |
Latest bouts
- Lost to IchinoyaDefault
- Lost to Tochihikariyorikiri
- Lost to Kitabayamayorikiri
- Beat Kashiwadouwatedashinage
- Beat Sadanoyamayorikiri
- Beat Haguroyamayorikiri
- Beat Kairyuyamasotogake
- Lost to Tochinoumikekaeshi
- Beat Oginohanayorikiri
- Lost to Aonosatoyorikiri
- Beat Kainoyamauwatedashinage
- Beat Kanenohanakirikaeshi
- Beat Udagawayoritaoshi
- Beat Iwakazesukuinage
- Beat Wakahaguroyorikiri