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Takekaze Akira - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Takekaze Akira
- Takekaze Akira (born June 21, 1979 as Akira Narita) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Akita Prefecture, Japan.
- A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2002, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year.
- He was a runner-up in one tournament, earned two special prizes for Fighting Spirit, and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna.
- Takekaze is in first place for the slowest promotion from makuuchi debut to the third highest sekiwake rank in history.
- Aged 35 years and 2 months, he is in first place for the eldest to make his sekiwake debut post World War II.
- He was a member of Oguruma stable.
- He retired in January 2019 to become an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Oshiogawa Oyakata.
