Yutakayama Hiromitsu

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Yutakayama Hiromitsu (豊山広光, (22 October 1947 – 19 September 2020), born Hiromitsu Nagahama (長濱廣光, Nagahama Hiromitsu)) was a sumo wrestler. He was born in Shibata, Niigata. He turned professional in 1970. His highest rank was komusubi. He wrestled for Tokitsukaze stable.

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.

Hiromitsu died of pancreatic cancer on 19 September 2020, aged 72.[1]

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  1. "元小結豊山の先代湊親方が死去72歳、膵臓がん". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.