Kaidō Yasuhiro

Sumo wrestler infobox

wrestlername = nihongo2|魁道 康弘 Kaidō Yasuhiro
realname = Yasuhiro Tanaka
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|10|24
placeofbirth = Tokyo, Japan
height = height|meters=1.78
weight = convert|152|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
heya = Tomozuna
rank =
record = 222-201-22
debut = March, 1998
highestrank = Jūryō 4 (May, 2004)
retireddate= September, 2006
update = January, 2007nihongo|Kaidō Yasuhiro|魁道 康弘 (born October 24, 1975 as nihongo|Yasuhiro Tanaka|田中 康弘|Tanaka Yasuhiro) is a former sumo wrestler from Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He was a member of the Tomozuna-beya (Tomozuna stable), home of "Ōzeki" Kaiō.

Kaidō went to Meiji Nakano High School where he was a year senior of Tochiazuma. He played baseball and did amateur sumo at Chuo University before making his professional debut in March 1998, at the bottom of the third highest "makushita" division. He never made the top "makuuchi" division, but he spent 11 tournaments in the second highest "jūryō" division, reaching a high of "jūryō" 4. He was demoted to "makushita" in May 2005 and never made his way back. He announced his retirement in September 2006.

ee also

*Glossary of sumo terms
*List of past sumo wrestlers

External links

* [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/rikishi.php?A=1781 Nihon Sumo Kyokai's information and statistics on Kaido]
* [http://www.szumo.hu/sekitori/Kaido.html Kaido's basho results]