Chiyonoyama Masanobu

Sumo wrestler (1926-1977)

千代の山雅信 · 千代之山雅信 · 지요노야마 마사노부

Born

2 June 1926, Hokkaidō

Died

29 October 1977, Sapporo

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

sumo

Occupation

rikishi

Chiyonoyama Masanobu (Japanese: 千代の山 雅信; June 2, 1926 – October 29, 1977) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 41st yokozuna, between 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "modern" yokozuna in that he was promoted by the Japan Sumo Association itself and not the House of Yoshida Tsukasa. He was the first yokozuna from Hokkaidō, which was also the birthplace of the subsequent yokozuna Yoshibayama, Taihō, Kitanoumi and his own recruits Kitanofuji and Chiyonofuji. After his retirement he left the Dewanoumi group of stables and founded Kokonoe stable in 1967. He died in 1977 while still an active stablemaster.

External links

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• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4411292 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.