Yutakayama Hiromitsu
| Yutakayama Hiromitsu | |
|---|---|
| 豊山広光 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Hiromitsu Nagahama October 22, 1947 Shibata, Niigata, Japan |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 127 kg (280 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Tokitsukaze |
| Record | 491-505-0 |
| Debut | March, 1970 |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (September, 1972) |
| Retired | May, 1981 |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) 2 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2) |
| Gold Stars | 8 Wajima (4) Kitanofuji (2) Kotozakura (2) |
| * Up to date as of July 2012. | |
Yutakayama Hiromitsu (豊山広光) (born 22 October 1947 as Hiromitsu Nagahama) is a former sumo wrestler from Shibata, Niigata, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.
He was a former amateur champion at Tonodai University. He came from a poor family, and having to work to support himself as well as study, he had less time for training and did not win as many amateur titles as his rival at the time, Nihon University's Wajima Hiroshi. He joined the professional sport in March 1970, debuting in the third highest makushita division. His head coach at Tokitsukaze stable was ex-ōzeki Yutakayama Katsuo, also from Tonodai University. Wajima had joined professional sumo one tournament earlier, and when the two met in the juryo division, on two occasions sponsors placed kensho money on the bout, the only two times this has happened in the juryo division. He initially fought under his own surname of Nagahama, and continued to use it upon reaching the top division in November 1971, but in July 1972 he adopted his stablemaster's old shikona. He fought in the top division for 51 tournaments, earning three special prizes and earning eight gold stars for defeating yokozuna, including four from Wajima, his rival from his amateur days. He first reached the sanyaku ranks in September 1972 when he was promoted to komusubi. Although he was to hold the rank on two further occasions, he never managed a winning record there.
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