Gōeidō Gōtarō

I'll be honest, there's something I find quietly heroic about a kid from Neyagawa in Osaka deciding the sumo ring was his life's work. Gōeidō reached the sport's upper ranks in an era stacked with Mongolian giants, and just hanging on there for years tells you everything about his stubbornness. What I love is that he never felt like a showman to me; he was the meat-and-potatoes guy, a right-hand-inside belt fighter with a sharp arm throw who'd rather drive you off the dohyo than win on trickery. That kind of grinder earns my respect more than any flashy thrower. As a guy who roots for the underdog who simply outworks everyone, I can't help but pull for him.

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Gōeidō Gōtarō is a Japanese former sumo wrestler (rikishi) born on April 6, 1986, in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. He is an Aries born in the Year of the Tiger. Fighting for Sakaigawa stable, he reached the rank of ōzeki and, after retiring, became the elder Takekuma and head of his own stable.

Name (English)

Gōeidō Gōtarō

Name (Japanese)

豪栄道豪太郎

Reading

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Real name

澤井豪太郎

Born

April 6, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan

Occupation

Sumo wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B1%AA%E6%A0%84%E9%81%93%E8%B1%AA%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5627754

Tags

• From Osaka
• Rikishi

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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