Chiyotenzan Daihachirō

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千代天山大八郎
Chiyotenzan Daihachirō
Personal information

Birth name	Daihachirō Sumi
Date of birth	February 6, 1976 (1976-02-06) (age 32)
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	137 kg (300 lb)
Career*
Heya	Kokonoe
Record	519-541-33
Debut	March 1991
Highest rank	Komusubi (July 1999)
Retired	January 2008
Yusho	1 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold stars	3 (Musashimaru(2), Wakanohana)
* Career information is correct as of January 2008.

Chiyotenzan Daihachirō (born February 6, 1976 as Daihachirō Sumi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

1 Career
2 Retirement from sumo
3 Top division record
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Career

Chiyotenzan made his professional debut in March 1991, joining the Kokonoe stable that was then home to yokozuna Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi. He reached the second highest jūryō division in January 1997, and the top makuuchi division two years after that. He had an explosive start to his makuuchi career, winning three special prizes in his first three tournaments (the first wrestler ever to do so) and reaching the fourth highest rank of komusubi in July 1999. However, that was to be his only tournament in the top ranks and his initial promise quickly faded. His last winning score in the top division came in November 2001 and in July 2002 he fell back to jūryō. Hampered by diabetes, his fortunes slumped even further. In January 2006 he was demoted to the unsalaried makushita division, and in May 2007, to the fourth sandanme division. He reappeared in makushita in September 2007, but won only one match before withdrawing. By November he had fallen to sandanme 27, the second lowest rank ever held by a former sanyaku wrestler.

[edit] Retirement from sumo

After losing his first bout in the January 2008 tournament, Chiyotenzan announced his retirement. He will not stay with the Sumo Association and is leaving the sport completely.

[edit] Top division record

Chiyotenzan Daihachirō ^[1]
	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1999	East Maegashira #14 10–5 F	East Maegashira #9 9–6 F	East Maegashira #3 9–6 O★	West Komusubi 3–12	East Maegashira #6 6–9	West Maegashira #8 7–8
2000	East Maegashira #11 9–6	West Maegashira #5 6–9	West Maegashira #6 6–9	East Maegashira #9 10–5	East Maegashira #2 6–9	West Maegashira #3 6–9 ★
2001	West Maegashira #6 8–7	East Maegashira #2 7–8 ★	West Maegashira #2 4–11	West Maegashira #6 6–9	East Maegashira #11 8–7	West Maegashira #8 8–7
2002	East Maegashira #4 3–7–5	Sat out due to injury	West Maegashira #10 5–10	West Maegashira #13 5–10	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2003	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2004	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #13 3–12	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2005	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Jūryō)
2006	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2007	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Makushita)	(Sandanme)
2008	(Sandanme)	x	x	x	x	x
Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira