Hasegawa Katsutoshi

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長谷川 勝敏
Hasegawa Katsutoshi
Personal information
Birth name Katsutoshi Hasegawa
Date of birth July 20, 1944 (1944-07-20) (age 63)
Place of birth Hokkaidō, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Weight 127 kg (280 lb)
Career*
Heya Sadogatake
Record 678-577-15
Debut March 1960
Highest rank Sekiwake (January 1969)
Retired May, 1976
Yusho 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Juryo)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (3)
Fighting Spirit (3)
Technique(2)
Gold stars 9

* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Hasegawa Katsutoshi (born 20 July 1944) is a former sumo wrestler from Sorachi, Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake.

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[edit] Career

Hasegawa joined professional sumo in March 1960. Unusually, he fought under his own name for his entire career (he is the only top division wrestler from Sadogatake stable not to have adopted a shikona or fighting name with the prefix "Koto"). He made the juryo division in January 1963 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division two years later in January 1965.

Hasegawa quickly reached the titled sanyaku ranks, becoming a komusubi in November 1965. He was runner-up to yokozuna Taihō in the May 1967 tournament. He reached sekiwake for the first time in January 1969. He won the top division tournament championship at sekiwake rank in March 1972. However, as there were already four ozeki at that time he was not promoted to sumo's second highest rank. Managing only eight wins in the following tournament in May, he never became an ozeki. He was a sekiwake for 21 tournaments, a record which stood until 2007 when it was broken by Kotomitsuki. His last appearance at sekiwake was in January 1974. After this tournament he changed the second part of his shikona from Katsutoshi to Katsuhiro but it did not bring a change of luck and he remained largely in the maegashira ranks.

[edit] Retirement from sumo

Hasegawa retired in May 1976, but remained in the sumo world as an elder, with the name Hidenoyama Oyakata. He is currently a Director of the Japan Sumo Association, and is responsible for the running of the annual honbasho held in Nagoya. He is the only Director who is not also in charge of a stable. Instead he works as a coach at Sadogatake stable under former sekiwake Kotonowaka.

[edit] Top division record

Hasegawa[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
1965 East Maegashira #15
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #3
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
10–5
T★		 East Komusubi
7–8
 
1966 West Maegashira #1
5–10
★		 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
9–6
 		 West Komusubi
9–6
 		 East Komusubi
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
★
1967 West Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #7
13–2
F		 East Komusubi
9–6
O		 East Komusubi
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
 
1968 East Komusubi
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #4
8–7
★★		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
 
1969 West Sekiwake
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake
11–4
 		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 
1970 West Sekiwake
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #5
10–5
 		 East Komusubi
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
O★
1971 West Sekiwake
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake
8–7
O		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 
1972 East Sekiwake #2
10–5
 		 East Sekiwake
12–3
F		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #1
11–4
 		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 
1973 East Sekiwake
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #2
9–6
★		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 
1974 West Sekiwake
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #2
10–5
F★		 West Komusubi
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
10–5
T		 East Komusubi #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 
1975 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #9
10–5
 
1976 East Maegashira #3
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
0–5–retired
 		 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


[edit] References

  1. ^ Hasegawa Katsuhiro Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.

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