Gōeidō Gōtarō

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Born
1986 (39 years old)
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Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan

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Manager

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight
161 kg (355 lb; 25.4 st)

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Retired

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Fighting

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Takekuma

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League
Sumo

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Gōeidō Gōtarō (豪栄道豪太郎, born April 6, 1986 as Gōtarō Sawai (澤井豪太郎, Sawai Gōtarō)) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007. Long regarded as one of the most promising Japanese wrestlers in sumo, Gōeidō holds the modern record for the most consecutive appearances at sumo's third highest rank of sekiwake, at 14 tournaments. He was finally promoted to the rank of ōzeki following the July 2014 tournament, after scores of twelve wins against three losses in two of the previous three tournaments. However, he only managed to win ten or more bouts in a tournament as an ōzeki on six occasions, and was kadoban, or in danger of demotion, eight times. He won his only top division tournament in September 2016 with a perfect 15–0 record and was a runner-up seven times in his career. He retired in January 2020 after two consecutive losing records that would have seen him demoted, to become an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Takekuma.

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