Asashio Tarō III (1929-1988) the 46th yokozuna and 5th Takasago-oyakata
He met President Theodore Roosevelt and performed the yokozuna dohyō-iri (the yokozuna ring-entering ceremony) in the White House.
He grew up on Tokunoshima island, which was the birthplace of the 46th Yokozuna Asashio Tarō III.
He reached the third highest sekiwake rank in July 2009, and in March 2012 he secured promotion to the second highest rank of ōzeki after finishing runner up to yokozuna Hakuhō and accumulating a total of 33 wins in his previous three tournaments.
Hama joined sumo in July 1995, and he fought for the Hakkaku stable run by former yokozuna Hokutoumi.
He wasn't a particularly strong wrestler, but around the end of the Edo period the awarding a yokozuna licence had less to do with ability and more to do with the influence of one's backers.
Taihō Kōki (大鵬幸喜, born Kōki Naya, Ukrainian: Іва́н Бори́шко Ivan Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was the 48th Yokozuna in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling.
Born in Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District, Katō was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, winning the College Yokozuna title in his final year.
In 1993 his stable merged with Fujishima stable and he became a stablemate of ozeki (later yokozuna) Takanohana Koji, whom he had fought eight times previously without beating.
In his third year at Hōtoku Gakuen High School he achieved the status of national high school yokozuna.
However, the titles were returned to Hart and Yokozuna the next day on a technicality following lobbying from their lawyer, Clarence Mason.
Born in Shibata, he attended the Tokyo University of Agriculture, and in amateur sumo earned the Collegiate Yokozuna title.