Hananosato Yukio
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Yukio Murakami | |
| Date of birth | May 8, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Ibaraki, Japan | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Weight | 114 kg (250 lb/18.0 st) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Takasago | |
| Current rank | Makushita 41 | |
| Record | 201-172-12 | |
| Debut | March, 1999 | |
| Highest rank | Makushita 8 (March, 2005) | |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Hananosato Yukio (塙ノ里幸与, born 8 May 1983 as Yukio Murakami) is a sumo wrestler from Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan.
[edit] Career
Hananosato is a junior member of the Takasago stable, home to yokozuna Asashoryu, and he serves as one of Asashoryu's tsukebito, or personal attendants. He made his professional debut in March 1999. His highest rank has been makushita 8, which he achieved in March 2005. This brought him close to sekitori status, but he was unable to achieve the necessary number of wins to earn promotion to the second highest juryo division. Since then his progress has faltered and he was in the fourth sandanme division from March 2006 until September 2007. At just 114kg, very light for a sumo wrestler, he seems to lack the weight necessary to make it to the top.
