Susanoumi Yoshitaka

Susanoumi Yoshitaka (須佐の湖 善誉), born August 30, 1972, and known by his shikona Susanoumi (須佐の湖) is a Japanese retired sumo wrestler from the city of Chita in Aichi Prefecture. His sumo stable was Kitanoumi. His real name is Zenji Kanesaku. His height is 184 cm (6 ft) and his peak weight was 240 kg. His highest rank was jūryō 2, achieved in the January 1998 wrestling tournament (basho in Japanese). One of his best results was in the November 1999 tournament in Kyushu when he defeated Hayateumi and Kotomitsuki. His hobby is sleeping.

Retirement
After participating in the basho in January 2003, he fell to the third-lowest division and retired.

Post-retirement activities
For a while he ran a restaurant in Fukuoka where his wife's parents' home was, but thereafter closed it and worked as a security guard in Kyushu.

Other points to note
His peak weight of 240 kg which he reached in 1998 means he ranks seventh in the list of heaviest sumo wrestlers. He was the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever until surpassed by Yamamotoyama.