Ayagawa Gorōji

Ayagawa came from Tochigi prefecture and was promoted to ōzeki in 1717.

[1] He was a famous sumo wrestler in Edo, Osaka and Kyoto.

The 17th Oikaze of the Yoshida family, allowed Ayagawa to be his pupil.

He was of legendary size, perhaps 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and 150 kg (330 lb) in weight.

This biographical article related to sumo wrestling is a stub.

A woodblock print of Ayagawa