Kimurayama Mamoru
Sign in to saveKimurayama Mamoru (13 July 1981 – 6 July 2024) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. His highest rank was maegashira 7. He was a coach at Kasugano stable. He was the only wrestler in the elite ranks in his time from Wakayama Prefecture.
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- male
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- Japan
- Place of birth
- Gobō-shi
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- rikishi
- Sport
- sumo
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- Kimurayama 08 Sep.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1981-07-13
- name in kana
- きむらやま まもる
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- Kimurayama Mamoru
- name in native language
- 木村山守
- date of death
- 2024-07-06
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Kimurayama Mamoru (13 July 1981 – 6 July 2024) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. His highest rank was maegashira 7. He was a coach at Kasugano stable. He was the only wrestler in the elite ranks in his time from Wakayama Prefecture.
==Career== Born in Gobo, Wakayama Prefecture he was an amateur champion at Toyo University, but did not have enough collegiate titles to receive makushita tsukedashi status and join professional sumo in the third highest makushita division, instead beginning at the bottom of the rankings in March 2004. He joined Kasugano stable, run by another Wakayama Prefecture native, the former sekiwake Tochinowaka. His shikona or fighting name was adapted from his own surname, which is also a time-honoured name in Kasugano stable, being the name of a gyoji or referee, Kimura Soshiro, who ran the stable in the early 20th century.
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