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Takanohana Kōji

1972 - Today

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Takanohana Kōji (Japanese: 貴乃花 光司, Hepburn: Takanohana Kōji, born August 12, 1972, as Kōji Hanada (花田 光司, Hanada Kōji)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the sixth highest total ever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takanohana Kōji has received more than 406,612 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Takanohana Kōji is the 230th most popular wrestler (down from 203rd in 2019), the 1,603rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,470th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Takanohana Kōji ranks 230 out of 700Before him are Kamaru Usman, Toshihiko Koga, Katsutoshi Naito, Yuji Takada, Sheamus, and Sid Eudy. After him are Santiago Lange, Ezio Gamba, Jiichiro Date, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Hitoshi Saito, and Namig Abdullayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Takanohana Kōji ranks 375Before him are Jennifer Syme, Katja Seizinger, Bente Skari, Jesper Strömblad, David Silveria, and Pierre Amine Gemayel. After him are Vassilios Tsiartas, Sammi Cheng, Ernest Cline, Jani Soininen, Taylor Hawkins, and Àlex Brendemühl.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takanohana Kōji ranks 1,603 out of 6,048Before him are Yoshito Ōkubo (1982), Tsunku (1968), Yuji Sugano (1961), Tatsuya Ishihara (1966), Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), and Toshio Takabayashi (1953). After him are Takashi Mizunuma (1960), Nobutoshi Canna (1968), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Riyo Mori (1986), Rei Sakuma (1965), and Kazumi Kishi (1975).

Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Takanohana Kōji ranks 15Before him are Asuka (1981), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Toshihiko Koga (1967), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), and Yuji Takada (1954). After him are Jiichiro Date (1952), Hitoshi Saito (1961), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Saori Yoshida (1982), Naoya Ogawa (1968), and Shohei Ono (1992).