Kakizoe Tōru
| 垣添 徹 Kakizoe Tōru |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Kakizoe Tōru August 12, 1978 Ōita |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 139 kg (306 lb; 21.9 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Fujishima |
| University | Nippon Sport Science University |
| Record | 388-430-15 |
| Debut | September 2001 |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (March 2004) |
| Retired | April 2012 |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) |
| Special Prizes | Technique (1) |
| * Up to date as of September 14, 2016. | |
Kakizoe Tōru (垣添 徹? Kakizoe Tōru) (born August 12, 1978 in Usa City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan), is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 2001 and reached the top division in 2003. His highest rank was komusubi, which he held for just one tournament. He won one special prize, for Technique. After injury problems he fell to the third makushita division in 2011 and retired in April 2012, becoming a sumo coach. Since 2013, he is part of ex-yokozuna Musashimaru's new Musashigawa stable.
Kakizoe was an amateur sumo champion at Nippon Sport Science University, winning the Kokutai (Japan Games) and the All Japan University Championship in 2000, his final year, which earned him the amateur yokozuna title. He joined Musashigawa stable, which, at the time, was one of the strongest in sumo with yokozuna Musashimaru and other successful former collegiate competitors such as Dejima and Miyabiyama amongst its wrestlers. Because of his amateur success, Kakizoe was given makushita tsukedashi status, meaning he was able to debut at the makushita 15 ranking. He fought his first professional bout in September 2001, fighting under his real name. Unusually, he never adopted a traditional shikona. He rose to the jūryō division in March 2003 and the top makuuchi division in September 2003.
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