Shunketsu Yūji
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| Personal information | ||
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| Real name | Yuji Ishide | |
| Date of birth | July 13, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | |
| Height | 176.0cm (5'9") | |
| Weight | 123.0kg (260lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Hanaregoma | |
| Rank | Juryo 8 | |
| Record | 418-372-17 | |
| Debut | March 1992 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 12 (September 2005) | |
| Yushos | 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) |
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| Special Prizes | none | |
| Gold stars | none | |
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* Career information is correct as of February 2007. |
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Shunketsu Yūji (Japanese: 魁傑 將晃, born July 13, 1976) is a sumo wrestler from Saitama, Japan. The highest rank he has reached is maegashira 12.
Shunketsu has used several different shikona during his career. He began using his own surname, Ishide. Upon promotion to sekitori status for the first time in January 2001 he was given the name Komahikari. However after falling back to the unsalaried makushita division he reverted to Ishide. He retained this name until November 2005 when he became Shunketsu.
Shunketsu has spent only five tournaments in the top makuuchi division, and only made a winning score there once. He is currently ranked in the second juryo division. He is the only sekitori from Hanaregoma stable, which once produced yokozuna Onokuni.
On the 13th day of the November 2005 tournament he faced the veteran makuuchi wrestler Kotonowaka, who had just announced the previous day that he was retiring after 21 years in sumo. Rather than meet his opponent head on in Kotonowaka's final ever bout, Shunketsu chose to sidestep at the initial charge, which greatly disappointed sumo fans.
