Buyūzan Takeyoshi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Takeyoshi Tominaga | |
| Date of birth | July 29, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Aichi, Japan | |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 159 kg (350 lb/25.0 st) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Musashigawa | |
| Record | 353-370-12 | |
| Debut | March, 1997 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 1 (March, 2002) | |
| Retired | November 2007 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) | |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (2) | |
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* Career information is correct as of November 2007. |
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Buyūzan Takeyoshi (born July 29, 1974 as Takeyoshi Tominaga in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan) is a former sumo wrestler.
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[edit] Career
A former amateur sumo champion at Meiji University, Buyūzan made his professional debut in the third makushita division in March 1997. It took him over three years to reach sekitori status, but after his makuuchi debut in November of 2001, Buyūzan rose quickly rose in the ranks. He was listed as maegashira 1 when he was injured in 2002 and dropped back to the lower maegashira ranks and even further into the jūryō division. After his return to makuuchi, he remained in the middle and lower maegashira ranks. In 2005, he dropped to jūryō again, but he returned to the top division in March 2006. By September he had returned to jūryō where he put up a disastrous 1-14 record. He was demoted to the non-salaried makushita division in November 2006 where he again turned in a losing score. In January 2007 he managed a 6-1 mark which put him in contention for a return to jūryō, but he faltered again with three makekoshi scores in March, May and July.
Like many wrestlers, Buyūzan favoured straightforward pushing techniques, winning most of his bouts by oshidashi (push out).
Buyūzan retired at the end of the 2007 Kyushu basho.[1]He will stay in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Onaruto Oyakata.
[edit] Top division record
| January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
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| 2001 | x | x | x | x | x | West Maegashira #15 10–5 F |
| 2002 | East Maegashira #8 11–4 F |
East Maegashira #1 0–3–12 |
West Maegashira #12 6–9 |
West Maegashira #14 10–5 |
West Maegashira #5 5–10 |
East Maegashira #11 4–11 |
| 2003 | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #10 7–8 |
East Maegashira #12 9–6 |
West Maegashira #6 7–8 |
East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
East Maegashira #8 4–11 |
| 2004 | West Maegashira #14 10–5 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 4–11 |
East Maegashira #12 8–7 |
West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
West Maegashira #8 5–10 |
| 2005 | West Maegashira #13 9–6 |
East Maegashira #10 6–9 |
East Maegashira #12 6–9 |
East Maegashira #15 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2006 | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #17 8–7 |
East Maegashira #15 7–8 |
West Maegashira #15 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | (Makushita) |
| 2007 | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi |
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20071126TDY20104.htm
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
