Shobushi Kanji (勝武士 幹士; real name Kiyotaka Suetake (末武 清孝, Suetake Kiyotaka) and born Kiyotaka Ōmori (大森 清孝, Ōmori…Shobushi Kanji (勝武士 幹士; real name Kiyotaka Suetake (末武 清孝, Suetake Kiyotaka) and born Kiyotaka Ōmori (大森 清孝, Ōmori Kiyotaka); November 4, 1991 – May 13, 2020) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi. He was the first sumo wrestler to die from COVID-19, and is also thought to be the first person in their 20s to die from the virus in Japan.
Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi…Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan. One of the few professional sumo wrestlers from Yamanashi Prefecture, he was recruited by yokozuna Wajima of the Hanakago stable. He made his professional debut in March 1980, alongside Kotofuji and future professional wrestler Hanaarashi but never reached the top division. His highest rank was jūryō 5. He reached the second division eight years after his professional debut. He won the jūryō division yūshō or championship in his debut tournament in the division (the first wrestler to achieve this since Kotochitose in 1979), but then never won another bout as a sekitori, as he suffered a left knee medial collateral ligament injury in training with members of the Nihon University sumo club (including later top division wrestler Daishoyama) and was forced to withdraw from the next tournament after ten straight losses. He had been ineligible for the kōshō seido rank protection as the injury had not taken place in a tournament, and he was demoted to makushita. He never managed to return to jūryō and retired from active competition in March 1994. He performed the yumitori-shiki bow-twirling ceremony from November 1990 to July 1991.
Ōnohana Taketora (born 23 June 1958 as Hisayoshi Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. He…Ōnohana Taketora (born 23 June 1958 as Hisayoshi Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1974 and reached the top division in March 1988. His highest rank was maegashira 13. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Onoe. He left the Sumo Association in April 2004. He won a third-division title in September 1983, in an eight-way playoff, defeating both future ōzeki Konishiki and future yokozuna Futahaguro.