Tags: Sumo Wrestler, Wrestler.
Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18 1982 as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture Japan. He joined professional sumo in 2000. His highest rank was maegashira 14 achieved in 2006. After illness saw him demoted to the third makushita division in 2008 he returned to the second highest jūryō division in 2010 and the top makuuchi division in September 2011. After winning the Sandanme division he had just been demoted to in November 2013 he chose to retire.
