Takakeishō Takanobu

Takakeishō Takanobu, born Takanobu Satō on August 5, 1996 in Ashiya, Hyōgo, is a retired sumo wrestler, and I still think about how he fought. At 175 cm he was short for the top division, in a sport where reach and mass usually decide things before the bout begins. His answer was not cleverness. It was to go straight ahead and push, over and over, until the other man was out of the ring. He made his professional debut in September 2014, reached the top makuuchi division in January 2017 after fourteen tournaments, and won his first top-division championship in November 2018, only four years after starting out. That climb is brutally fast by sumo standards. What stays with me is the cost implied by that style. A pushing specialist who gives up size has to absorb enormous punishment to win, and bodies keep a ledger. Watching him was thrilling precisely because you could sense it would not last forever. He was proof that in sumo, commitment can substitute for a lot of things, though not for everything, and I am glad he got his championship while the machine still held together.

Name (English)

Takakeishō Takanobu

Name (Japanese)

貴景勝貴信

Reading

たかけいしょう みつのぶ

Born

August 5, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Height

175 cm

Occupation

rikishi

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takakeish%C5%8D%20Takanobu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E6%99%AF%E5%8B%9D%E8%B2%B4%E4%BF%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24875470

Tags

• Hyōgo Prefecture
• rikishi

Last updated

2026-08-07

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