Kaidō Yasuhiro
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Yasuhiro Tanaka | |
| Date of birth | October 24, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Weight | 152 kg (340 lb/23.9 st) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Tomozuna | |
| Record | 222-201-22 | |
| Debut | March, 1998 | |
| Highest rank | Jūryō 4 (May, 2004) | |
| Retired | September, 2006 | |
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* Career information is correct as of January, 2007. |
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Kaidō Yasuhiro (魁道 康弘?) (born October 24, 1975 as Yasuhiro Tanaka (田中 康弘 Tanaka Yasuhiro?)) is a former sumo wrestler from Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He was a member of the Tomozuna-beya (Tomozuna stable), home of Ōzeki Kaiō.
Kaidō went to Meiji Nakano High School where he was a year senior of Tochiazuma. He played baseball and did amateur sumo at Chuo University before making his professional debut in March 1998, at the bottom of the third highest makushita division. He never made the top makuuchi division, but he spent 11 tournaments in the second highest jūryō division, reaching a high of jūryō 4. He was demoted to makushita in May 2005 and never made his way back. He announced his retirement in September 2006.
