Consecutive top division bouts (Sumo)

Consecutive top division bouts (Sumo)
Who
Jesse Kuhaulua (Takamiyama)
What
First
When
September 1981
Hawaiian-born Jesse Kuhaulua (b. 16 Jun 1944), alias Takamiyama, was the first non-Japanese to win an official top-division tournament, in July 1972 and in September 1981 he set a record of 1231 consecutive top-division bouts.