Tosanoumi
| 土佐ノ海 敏生 Tosanoumi Toshio |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Toshio Yamamoto February 16, 1972 Kōchi, Japan |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 160 kg (350 lb; 25 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Isenoumi |
| University | Doshisha University |
| Record | 732-735-16 |
| Debut | March 1994 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (May 1997) |
| Retired | January, 2011 |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (7) Fighting Spirit (5) Technique (1) |
| Gold Stars | 11 Takanohana II (4) Akebono (3) Wakanohana III (3) Musashimaru |
| * Up to date as of August 2012. | |
Tosanoumi Toshio (born February 16, 1972 as Toshio Yamamoto in Aki City, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan), is a former sumo wrestler. He first reached the top division of professional sumo in 1995, winning 13 special prizes and earning 11 gold stars for defeating yokozuna over his long career. The highest rank he reached was sekiwake. He retired in 2010 to become a coach at his stable, Isenoumi stable under the name of Tatekawa.
After success in amateur sumo competitions while at Doshisha University, where he was a two-time winner of the All Western Japan Sumo Championships in 1992 and 1993, Yamamoto was recruited by former sekiwake Fujinokawa and joined Isenoumi stable. He was given the shikona of Tosanoumi, meaning "sea of Tosa", from his native Kōchi Prefecture. Because of his amateur achievements he had makushita tsukedashi status and entered professional sumo in the third, makushita division in March 1994. He entered jūryō four tournaments later. Another four tournaments later he was promoted to the highest, makuuchi division. Because he had won the yūshō or tournament championship with a 14-1 record from the rank of jūryō 1, he entered at maegashira 7, the second highest ever rank at which to enter the top division after Daiju in 1970. For his first makuuchi bouts he was drawn against some tough opponents; first ōzeki Wakanohana, followed by yokozuna Takanohana the second day. He lost both bouts, and would finish the tournament 7-8.
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