Tokitsukaze
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Tokitsukaze may refer to:
- Japanese destroyer TokitsukazeJapanese destroyer Tokitsukazewas the tenth vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program .-Background:...
- Tokitsukaze stableTokitsukaze stableThe is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Tokitsukaze group of stables. It was originally founded in 1769 and was dominant during the Taishō period. In its modern form it dates from 1941 when it was established by Futabayama, who was still an active wrestler at the time. Initially known as...
, a stable of sumoSumois a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
wrestlers - Yutakayama KatsuoYutakayama KatsuoYutakayama Katsuo is a former sumo wrestler from Niigata, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki. Although he never managed to win a top division tournament championship he was a runner-up on eight occasions...
, former head of the stable 1969 - 2002 - Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, former head of the stable 2002 - 2007
- Tokitsuumi MasahiroTokitsuumi MasahiroTokitsuumi Masahiro is a former professional sumo wrestler from Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 1996. His highest rank was maegashira 3...
, the present Tokitsukaze-oyakata and current head of the stable