Tags: Sumo Wrestler, Wrestler.

Umegatani Tōtarō II (梅ヶ谷 藤太郎 March 11 1878 – September 2 1927) was a sumo wrestler from Toyama City Toyama Prefecture Japan. He was the sport’s 20th Yokozuna. Umegatani had a great rivalry with yokozuna Hitachiyama Taniemon. Their era was known as the Ume-Hitachi Era and it brought sumo to heights of popularity never before seen in the Meiji period.

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