Kaiki Nobuhide

Kaiki Nobuhide
魁輝 薫秀
Personal information
BornMasaaki Nishino
(1952-06-12) 12 June 1952
Aomori, Japan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight148 kg (326 lb)
Career
StableTomozuna
Record744–790–25
DebutSeptember 1965
Highest rankSekiwake (July 1979)
RetiredMarch 1987
Elder nameTomozuna
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars3
Kitanoumi
Wakanohana II
Takanosato

Last updated: July 2008

Kaiki Nobuhide (born 12 June 1952 as Masaaki Nishino) is a former sumo wrestler from Tenmabayashi, Aomori, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1965, and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in 1975. He earned three gold stars for defeating yokozuna and one special prize. His highest rank was sekiwake, which he reached in July 1979. He retired in 1987 and was the head coach of the Tomozuna stable from 1989 until 2017, training ōzeki Kaiō among others. He was also a Director of the Japan Sumo Association. In 2017 he was re-hired by the Sumo Association as a consultant after retiring as head coach.