Tochigiyama Moriya

Tochigiyama Moriya was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 27th yokozuna from 1918 until 1925. Generally he is considered one of the pioneers of modern sumo. He remains the lightest yokozuna in the history of the sport with a weight of 104 kg.

2 February 1892

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Duncan Bannatyne • Eleonore Caburet • Eva Cassidy • Gabriel Naudé • Jennifer Westfeldt • Joe Lydon (boxer) • Makar Yekmalyan • Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler • Philippe Claudel • Robert DeLeo • Southside (record producer) • Stan Getz

Born in the same month (February 1892): Agnes Smedley • Alan Hale Sr. • E. J. Pratt • Edna St. Vincent Millay • Harry Stack Sullivan • James Forrestal • Juan Negrín • Maximilian Fretter-Pico • Peggy Wood • Radola Gajda • Robert H. Jackson • Wendell Willkie • William Demarest • William P. Murphy