Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro

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琴奨菊和弘
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro
Personal information
Real name	Kikutsugi Kazuhiro
Date of birth	January 30, 1984
Place of birth	Fukuoka, Japan
Height	178.0cm (5'10")
Weight	154.0kg (339lb)
Career*
Heya	Sadogatake
Rank	Sekiwake
Record	210-143-0
Debut	January, 2002
Highest rank	Sekiwake (March 2007)
Yushos	1 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes	Technique (1)
Gold stars	0
* Career information is correct as of March 2007.

Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro (Japanese: 琴奨菊和弘, born January 30, 1984 as Kikutsugi Kazuhiro (菊次一弘) in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan), is a sumo wrestler. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake.

Kikutsugi took up sumo whilst at school, becoming middle school yokozuna in 1998. He fought his first professional bout in January 2002 under the shikona of Kotokikutsugi. Rising quickly, he changed his name to Kotoshōgiku in January 2004 before reaching jūryō in July 2004 and makuuchi in January 2005. He steadily climbed the makuuchi ranks, reaching maegashira 1 in July 2006, but a disastrous 3-12 result sent him back to maegashira 7. However, two 10-5 results in the following two tournaments saw him rise back up to maegashira 1 and earned him his first technique prize. He produced a strong 9-6 score in the 2007 New Year tournament.

In March 2007 he made his sanyaku debut at sekiwake rank. He made a terrible start to the tournament, losing eight of his first nine bouts, but he showed great strength of character in winning the last six in a row to finish with a 7-8 record.

Kotoshōgiku is one of the most promising young Japanese wrestlers in sumo.