Toshimitsu Kitanoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Toshimitsu Kitanoumi, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). Former yokozuna Kitanoumi 48, was elected unanimously by the 10-member board at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1 to succeed Tokitsukaze, a former ozeki who served two two-year terms as JSA boss and reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65 August, 2002.

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