Wakanosato
| Wakanosato Shinobu | |
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| 若の里 忍 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Kogawa Shinobu July 10, 1976 Aomori |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 156 kg (344 lb; 24.6 st) |
| Web presence | Tagonoura stable website |
| Career | |
| Stable | Tagonoura |
| Record | 914-783-124 |
| Debut | March, 1992 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (January, 2001) |
| Retired | September, 2015 |
| Championships | 4 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (4) Fighting Spirit (4) Technique (2) |
| Gold Stars | 2 Wakanohana III Asashōryū |
| * Up to date as of September 4, 2015. | |
Wakanosato Shinobu (born July 10, 1976 as Shinobu Kogawa) is a retired sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. He made his debut in the top division in 1998, and his highest rank was sekiwake. He holds the record for the most consecutive tournaments ranked in the junior san'yaku ranks of sekiwake and komusubi (19 from 2002 until 2005). He won ten special prizes and was twice runner-up in a tournament. He earned two gold stars for defeating yokozuna at a maegashira rank. He had 1691 career bouts, fifth on the all-time list. He retired in 2015 and is now a coach at Tagonoura stable.
He first tried sumo in the third grade when he entered a competition for fourth graders and up and came in third. By middle school he was training every day at a sumo dojo. He met Takahanada (later the 64th yokozuna Takanohana) when a regional tour came to Hirozaki City, getting into the ring with him. He entered professional sumo in March 1992 after completing middle school, although he had been admitted to Hirosaki Jitsygyo High School. He had received offers from four or five different heya upon his graduation, but the small and relatively new Naruto stable appealed to him.
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