Kōji Kitao, born on August 12, 1963 and died on February 10, 2019, was a Japanese sumo wrestler, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Competing in sumo as Futahaguro Kōji, he joined the Tatsunami stable at fifteen, reached the top division in 1984 and was promoted to the sport's sixtieth yokozuna in 1986, the only yokozuna never to win a top division tournament championship. A falling-out with his stable master led to his forced departure from sumo at the end of 1987. He turned to professional wrestling in 1990, working mainly for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Super World of Sports, later fought in mixed martial arts, and appeared in the 1996 film The Quest as a sumo wrestler.
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