Asasegawa Takeya
Sumo wrestler
淺瀬川健次
- Born
- 4 May 1942, Osaka
- Died
- 22 September 2017
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Sport
- sumo
- Occupation
- rikishi
Asasegawa Takeya (born 4 May 1942 as Kenji Kameyama, died 22 September 2017) was a sumo wrestler from Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1957 and reached the top division in March 1964. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Urakaze. He left the Association in January 1975.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.