Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro

Honestly, the shikona alone got me — Kotoinazuma, "Koto Lightning," which just sounds like a name built for the ring, and the "Koto" prefix tells you he trained under the Sadogatake stable lineage, a house with serious pedigree in sumo. Born in 1962 in Minakami, Gunma — that mountain town on the edge of Nikko country, cold winters, serious people — and then making the long journey to Tokyo's sumo world on nothing but grit and a willingness to take hits every single day in practice. Taurus by zodiac, which the Japanese say means stubborn endurance, and in sumo that's less a personality trait and more a survival requirement. We don't have his stats on record here, but I don't need them: the name Kotoinazuma already conjures a guy who hit hard, stayed low, and kept getting back up off the clay. That quiet, anonymous toughness is the backbone of sumo history, and I respect it.

Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro is a Japanese sumo wrestler (rikishi) born on April 26, 1962, in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. His ring name follows the naming tradition of the Sadogatake stable lineage, combining "Koto" with "Inazuma" (lightning). Detailed career records, physical measurements, and agency affiliations are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro

Name (Japanese)

琴稲妻佳弘

Reading

こといなずま よしひろ

Born

April 26, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger (寅)

Origin

Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Sumo wrestler (rikishi)

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%B4%E7%A8%B2%E5%A6%BB%E4%BD%B3%E5%BC%98

Tags

• From Gunma Prefecture
• Sumo wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.