Wakanohana now owns and operates a chain of chanko nabe ( literally " meal pot ", the staple food of sumo wrestlers ) restaurants in Japan called " Chanko Dining Waka " On May 6, 2010, it was announced in the news that the " Chanko Dining Waka " chain was filing for bankruptcy, citing debts of over 147 million yen.

* 1928 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna ( d. 2010 )

** Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler

One of the tallest and heaviest wrestlers ever, Akebono's rivalry with the young Japanese hopefuls, Takanohana and Wakanohana, was a big factor in the increased popularity of sumo at tournament venues and on TV in the early 1990s.

The Hanada family had generally received very positive press coverage while Takanohana and Wakanohana were active wrestlers, with the press holding them up as the ideal Japanese family and tending to ignore any splits between them.

At the time of the death of their father, a bitter rift between Wakanohana and Takanohana was widely reported in the Japanese media.

The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s.

" His uncle Wakanohana Kanji I was a yokozuna from 1958 to 1962, and his father Takanohana Kenshi had held the second highest rank of ōzeki for a then record 50 tournaments from 1972 to 1981.

In three of the tournaments Takanohana did not win during this period, he was defeated by stablemates in playoffs: once to Wakanohana and twice to ōzeki Takanonami.

As a result, Takanohana and six of his supporters, Ōtake ( the former Takatoriki ), Futagoyama ( the former Dairyu ), Otowayama ( the former Takanonami ), Tokiwayama ( the former Takamisugi, Ōnomatsu ( the former Masurao Hiroo ) and Magaki ( the former Wakanohana II ) left the Nishonoseki ichimon.

Takanohana felt he should be the chief mourner at the funeral as he had remained in the Sumo Association whilst his brother had left to become a TV celebrity, but the role went to Wakanohana as the elder brother, as is traditional.

As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana III Masaru ( 若乃花 勝 ), and his rise through the ranks alongside his younger brother Takanohana Koji saw a boom in sumo's popularity in the early 1990s.

He is the elder son of the former ozeki Takanohana I, who was also his stablemaster, and the nephew of Wakanohana I, a famous yokozuna of the 1950s.

Wakanohana was a long serving ozeki who won five tournament championships, and eventually joined his brother at yokozuna rank in 1998, creating the first ever sibling grand champions.

Wakanohana finally earned promotion to yokozuna in 1998 after winning two consecutive championships in March and May of that year.

However he was defeated by Chiyotaikai and, in the subsequent playoff between them for the championship, he lost a rematch after the first bout was deemed by the judges to be too close to call, despite many observers feeling Wakanohana had clearly won the match.

After sitting out the next two tournaments Wakanohana returned in March 2000, even though he was not fully recovered from his injury, with most observers expecting him to wait until May.

Wakanohana was noted for his wide range of techniques, winning the prestigious Ginosho prize on six occasions.

However, the former Wakanohana forfeited claim to the estate not long after his father's funeral.

He was the father of Wakanohana Masaru and Takanohana Koji, and as head of the Futagoyama stable coached both of them to the yokozuna rank.

He began his career in the spring of 1965, joining Futagoyama stable which had been set up his elder brother, former yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, three years previously.

He and Wakanohana were the first brothers ever to each win a top division tournament title.

By the early 1980s he was finding it harder to hold onto his rank, and had been overtaken by his stablemate Wakanohana Kanji II, and other younger wrestlers.

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