Tokitsukaze stable
was a sumo wrestler from Shibata, Niigata, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1970. His highest rank was "komusubi". He wrestled for Tokitsukaze stable and took his "shikona" or fighting name from the head coach who recruited him, former "ozeki" Yutakayama Katsuo. After his retirement in 1981 he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, and founded the Minato stable which he led from 1982 until 2010. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2020.