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Mar 18, 1937 Died on 17 Dec 2003 (aged 66)
Sumo wrestler
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About Fujinishiki Akira
- Fujinishiki Akira (born Akira Watanabe, also known as Akira Ichimiya, 18 March 1937 – 17 December 2003) was a sumo wrestler from Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
- His highest rank was komusubi, which he held on ten occasions.
- He won the top makuuchi division tournament championship or yusho in 1964 and was runner-up in two other tournaments.
- He won seven special prizes and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna.
- After his retirement in 1968 he was an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and was the head coach of Takasago stable from 1988 until shortly before his retirement from the Sumo Association in 2002.
- He died of liver disease in 2003.
