Kitanofuji Katsuaki
Retired. Career 642-318, 67% won. 10 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
- Kokonoe
- From
- Hokkaido, Asahikawa-shi
- Born
- 28 March 1942
- Height
- 181 cm
- Weight
- 135 kg
- Debut
- Hatsu 1957
- Retired
- 1 July 1974
Rank by basho 99 basho on the banzuke
MakuuchiJuryoMakushitaSandanmeJonidan
Career record
| Division | Basho | Won | Lost | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonidan | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sandanme | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Makushita | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Juryo | 5 | 49 | 26 | 65% |
| Makuuchi | 64 | 593 | 292 | 67% |
Defaults count as wins and losses. Playoff bouts don't, as in the official record.
Titles and prizes
- 優勝Kyushu 1963Juryo
- 優勝Haru 1967
- 優勝Kyushu 1969
- 優勝Hatsu 1970
- 優勝Natsu 1970
- 優勝Nagoya 1970
- 優勝Natsu 1971
- 優勝Aki 1971
- 優勝Kyushu 1971
- 優勝Aki 1972
- 優勝Haru 1973
Kanto-sho ×1, Gino-sho ×3, Shukun-sho ×2. 1 gold star (wins over a yokozuna as a maegashira).
How he wins top winning techniques
Most-faced opponents head to head
Latest bouts
- Lost to HaguroiwaDefault
- Lost to Daijuoshidashi
- Lost to Asahikunikirikaeshi
- Lost to WakajishiDefault
- Lost to Daikirinuwatedashinage
- Lost to Hasegawashitatehineri
- Lost to Masuiyamauwatenage
- Lost to Kurohimeyamaoshitaoshi
- Beat Maenoyamashitatenage
- Beat Kaiketsuuwatenage
- Beat Tenryuyorikiri
- Lost to Fujizakuraoshidashi
- Beat Takanohanauwatenage
- Lost to Kotozakurauwatenage
- Beat Wajimasotogake
Ring names
- Takemiyama Katsuaki from Natsu 1959
- Kitanofuji Katsuaki from Aki 1960
- Kitanofuji Hiroyuki from Haru 1968
- Kitanofuji Katsuaki from Natsu 1968