Taihō Kōki was a professional sumo wrestler from Japan who took home at least a championship each year. He also won forty consecutive matches between the years 1968 to 1969. Besides, he became the youngest wrestler at his time to become a yokozuna. Taihō possessed thirty-two tournament championships, including winning six consecutive tournaments in a row on two different occasions. These successes made him be considered among the greatest sumo wrestlers and a role model among children and other sumo wrestlers like Hakuhō. He preferred to win using the yori-kiri, while to grip rivals using the hidari-yotsu.
Taihō Kōki had a height of 6’1.5” (1.87 m) and wrestled at a weight of 337 lb (153 kg).
Taihō Kōki was a professional sumo wrestler from Japan who took home at least a championship each year. He also won forty consecutive matches between the years 1968 to 1969. Besides, he became the youngest wrestler at his time to become a yokozuna. Taihō possessed thirty-two tournament championships, including winning six consecutive tournaments in a row on two different occasions. These successes made him be considered among the greatest sumo wrestlers and a role model among children and other sumo wrestlers like Hakuhō. He preferred to win using the yori-kiri, while to grip rivals using the hidari-yotsu.
Taihō Kōki had a height of 6’1.5” (1.87 m) and wrestled at a weight of 337 lb (153 kg).
