18 Facts About Sadanoumi Takashi

Sadanoumi Takashi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kumamoto.

Sadanoumi Takashi made his debut in 2003, and reached the top makuuchi division eleven years later in 2014.

Sadanoumi Takashi has been a runner-up in one tournament, and has won two special prizes for Fighting Spirit and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna.

Sadanoumi Takashi's promotion is the ninth time in sumo history that a father and son have both attained the rank of sekitori.

Sadanoumi Takashi lasted eight tournaments in the division before being demoted again, sitting out his last tournament in juryo with a dislocated ankle.

Sadanoumi Takashi was promoted to the top division makuuchi in May 2014.

Sumo historians noted that Sadanoumi Takashi had repeated his father's same impressive achievement of earning the Fighting Spirit prize in his makuuchi debut 34 years earlier in 1980.

Sadanoumi Takashi wore the kesho-mawashi again at the May 2016 tournament to show his support for the disaster victims of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.

Sadanoumi Takashi has a chronic disease of the cornea which severely limits his vision.

Sadanoumi Takashi was nominated for the Outstanding Performance Prize, normally given to those who beat the tournament champion or a yokozuna and manage a winning record, but there was opposition since he posted a bare minimum winning record with one win by default and the prize was not awarded.

Sadanoumi Takashi was demoted to the juryo division after the March 2017 tournament, breaking a run of 18 straight tournaments at a maegashira rank, the longest amongst active wrestlers.

Sadanoumi Takashi missed the first five days of the September 2017 tournament because of an injury to his right leg, and although he entered from Day 6, he could not prevent demotion to juryo.

In November 2022, Sadanoumi Takashi won his match against Ozeki Shodai.

In October 2023, Sadanoumi Takashi was the active sekitori-ranked wrestler with the most tournaments to his name, with 122 since his professional debut in 2003.

Sadanoumi Takashi is a yotsu-zumo wrestler who prefers grappling techniques to pushing or thrusting.

Sadanoumi Takashi's favored grip on his opponent's mawashi or belt is migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position.

Sadanoumi Takashi was married in June 2017 to a nurse who lives nearby his heya, after a five-year relationship.

Sadanoumi Takashi is a big baseball fan and a supporter since his early elementary school days of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.