Kotonowaka Terumasa

I have a real soft spot for sumo guys, and Kotonowaka is exactly the kind I gravitate toward. Picture it: a kid from Obanazawa up in snow-buried Yamagata, packing nothing but his own body off to the dohyo to make a life of it, and honestly that origin story alone gets me. Born in 1968, so by the time you really clock him he's not some fresh-faced upstart but a guy who's tasted the bitter and the sweet of it. What I love about sumo isn't the flashy throws anyway, it's that hush before the clash, the salt, the stomp, two men just staring each other down. I read that patience and stubborn grip as pure Tohoku, the kind of grit you only get from growing up where the winters don't mess around. The sort of wrestler who makes you sit up a little straighter watching.

Kotonowaka Terumasa is a Japanese sumo wrestler born on May 15, 1968, in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture. He competes in professional sumo and is known by the ring name Kotonowaka Terumasa. Details regarding his career active period and debut remain unknown from public records.

Name (English)

Kotonowaka Terumasa

Name (Japanese)

琴ノ若晴將

Reading

ことのわか てるまさ

Born

May 15, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey (申)

Origin

Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Sumo wrestler

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%B4%E3%83%8E%E8%8B%A5%E6%99%B4%E5%B0%87

Tags

• From Yamagata Prefecture
• Sumo wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

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