Taihō Kōki (Japanese: 大鵬 幸喜, born Kōki Naya (納谷 幸喜, Naya Kōki), Ukrainian: Іва́н Маркіянович Бори́шко, Ivan Markiyanovych Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the 48th yokozuna in 1961 at the age of 21, the youngest ever at the time.

Taiho Koki - 大鵬 幸喜 (born May 29, 1940 - January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Teshikaga, Hokkaido. He made his debut in September 1956 and wrestled for Nishonoseki stable.

Jan 23, 2013 · Taiho, widely considered the greatest sumo wrestler of postwar Japan despite the fact that he weighed scarcely more than 300 pounds, died on Saturday in Tokyo. He was 72.

Jun 13, 2015 · Few people outside Japan know that sumo wrestling legend Taihō Kōki, who passed away in Tokyo two years ago, could trace his roots to the Russian island of Sakhalin.

Jan 20, 2020 · Taiho started his career at nearly 16 stone, and finished at about 23 stone, not large for sumo. But as a master of leverage and balance, he won nearly a third of his bouts using yorikiri, the technique of simply forcing his opponent out of the ring.

Jan 27, 2013 · Taiho, who has died in Tokyo aged 72, was regarded as the greatest sumo wrestler in post-war Japan and won a record 32 championships in the course of his 15-year career.

Taiho, 1940–2013, Japanese sumo wrestler. The son of a Japanese mother and a Ukrainian father, he was born on Sakhalin Island as Ivan Boryshko; his Japanese name Koki Naya.

Taiho Koki (born May 29, 1940- as Naya Koki). He was the 48th Yokozuna in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. He was born on the now Russian Island of Sakhalin of mixed Japanese and Russian parentage, but is regarded as having come from Hokkaido, where he …

After his family moved to Hokkaido in 1945, he began training in sumo in 1956. Initially fighting under his own name, he was given the nickname "Taiho," meaning "Great Phoenix," in 1959 after joining the second division.

Futabayama Taiho is considered by many to be the greatest sumo wrestler of all time. He was the youngest ever yokozuna, achieving the rank in 1961 at the age of 21, and won the Emperor's Cup a record 32 times before he retired in 1971.