Tags: Sumo Wrestler, Wrestler.
Hokuten’yū Katsuhiko (北天佑勝彦) (August 8 1960 – June 23 2006) was a sumo wrestler from Muroran Hokkaido Japan. The highest rank he achieved was ōzeki which he held for seven years from 1983 until 1990. He won two top division yūshō or tournament championships. After his retirement as an active wrestler he worked as a sumo coach until his death in 2006 from cancer.