Tokitsunada Hironori (born Hironori Yoshioka; 2 August 1969 – 14 February 2019) was a

sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by th ...

wrestler from Waki,

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. He made his professional debut in March 1985, and reached the top division in May 1992. His highest rank was ''

maegashira , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on ...

'' 4. He retired in September 1999 and remained in the

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as '' jun-toshiyori''. He had to leave the Sumo Association in September 2001, having failed to acquire a permanent ''toshiyori''. He was the first ''jun-toshiyori'' wrestler to be forced to leave sumo in this way. However he later worked in a private capacity as a coach at

Arashio stable is a Heya (sumo), stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ''Glossary of sumo terms#ichimon, ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in June 2002 by former ''komusubi'' Ōyutaka Masachika, Ōyutaka, who branched off from Tokitsuk ...

. He also ran a

chanko Chankonabe (), also known as Chanko or Sumo Stew, is a Japanese stew (a type of nabemono or one-pot dish) commonly eaten in vast quantities by sumo wrestlers while trying to gain weight. Ingredients and consumption The dish contains a ''d ...

restaurant named Tokitsunada in Tokyo. He died of heart failure in February 2019 at the age of 49.

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* 1969 births 2019 deaths Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Tokushima Prefecture Place of death missing {{sumo-bio-stub

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