Daishoho Masami

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大翔鳳昌巳
Daishoho Masami
Personal information
Birth name	Masami Murata
Date of birth	May 7, 1967(1967-05-07)
Place of birth	Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaidō
Date of death	December 4, 1999 (aged 32)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	146.5 kg (323 lb)
Career*
Heya	Tatsunami
Record	369-380-65
Debut	January, 1990
Highest rank	Komusubi (January, 1993)
Retired	July, 1999
Yusho	1 (Juryo)
Special Prizes	Fighting Spirit (2)
* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Daishoho Masami (7 May 1967 - 4 December 1999) was a sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Daishoho was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University. He entered professional sumo in January 1990 at the makushita level, and quickly reached the top makuuchi division in July 1991. His best performance in a tournament was in September 1992 when he was runner-up to Takahanada with 11 wins. He reached his highest rank of komusubi in January 1993, but after that he was plagued by a number of injuries to his knees, back and triceps. He fell back to the juryo division after pulling out of the January 1997 tournament on the 4th day.

In 1999 Daishoho was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He wanted to receive treatment whilst still remaining active on the dohyo, but in June he was persuaded by his doctors to enter hospital full time and so retired from sumo. Since it was clear that he would be unlikely to live long enough to have a formal retirement ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, which normally takes place up to a year after retiring, in October 1999 his fellow wrestler and graduate of Nihon University Mainoumi organised a private function for him which was attended by many wrestlers and elders of the Sumo Association. Daishoho's weight had dropped from 150kg to below 90kg, and he died on 4th December at the age of 32.

[edit] Top division record

Daishoho Masami^[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
1991	x	x	x	West Maegashira #13 8–7	East Maegashira #10 6–9	West Maegashira #12 7–8
1992	East Maegashira #14 8–7	West Maegashira #9 9–6	East Maegashira #4 8–7	West Maegashira #2 5–10	West Maegashira #8 11–4 F	East Maegashira #1 9–6
1993	East Komusubi 4–11	East Maegashira #5 6–9	East Maegashira #9 8–7	East Maegashira #5 5–10	West Maegashira #10 9–6	East Maegashira #3 6–8–1
1994	Sat out due to injury	West Maegashira #5 3–12	West Maegashira #14 9–6	West Maegashira #7 6–9	East Maegashira #13 8–7	East Maegashira #7 6–9
1995	West Maegashira #11 11–4 F	West Komusubi 5–10	East Maegashira #3 5–10	East Maegashira #7 6–9	West Maegashira #10 6–9	West Maegashira #14 10–5
1996	West Maegashira #8 7–8	West Maegashira #10 8–7	West Maegashira #4 10–5	West Komusubi 2–13	West Maegashira #5 8–7	East Maegashira #1 1–14
1997	East Maegashira #14 2–2–11	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
1998	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
1999	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	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