Hayateumi Hidehito
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Naohito Saitō | |
| Date of birth | July 5, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Aomori, Japan | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 124 kg (270 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Oitekaze | |
| Record | 281-223-136 | |
| Debut | March, 1998 | |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (November, 2000) | |
| Retired | January, 2006 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) | |
| Special Prizes | Technique (1) | |
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* Career information is correct as of July 2007. |
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Hayateumi Hidehito (born July 5, 1975 as Naohito Saitō) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake.
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[edit] Career
Born in Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District, Hayateumi was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University where he held the "College Yokozuna" title. Given makushita tsukedashi, or promising amateur status, he made his professional debut in the third makushita division in March 1998. He reached the second jūryō division in January 1999 and made his debut in the top makuuchi division in March 2000. In September 2000 he scored nine wins, winning the Gino-sho award and promotion to sekiwake. He had to pull out of the November 2000 tournament with an injury and never made the sanyaku ranks again. Persistent injuries meant Hayateumi never realised his true potential, forcing him back down to the lower divisions. He announced his retirement in January 2006 at the rank of makushita 49. In all he had missed all or part of 12 of his 48 career tournaments through injury.[1]
[edit] Retirement from sumo
Hayateumi had his danpatsu-shiki, or official retirement ceremony, in October 2006. He chose not to stay with the Sumo Association as an elder and has now left the sumo world.
[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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| 2000 | x | West Maegashira #10 7–8 |
East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #5 8–7 |
West Maegashira #2 9–6 T |
West Sekiwake 4–5–6 |
| 2001 | Sat out due to injury | West Maegashira #2 6–9 |
West Maegashira #4 9–6 |
East Maegashira #1 4–11 |
East Maegashira #7 6–9 |
West Maegashira #10 8–2–5 |
| 2002 | Sat out due to injury | West Maegashira #6 0–2–13 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #13 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2003 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2004 | West Maegashira #17 7–8 |
(Jūryō) | West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
East Maegashira #10 7–8 |
East Maegashira #12 8–7 |
East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
| 2005 | East Maegashira #7 8–7 |
Sat out due to injury | West Maegashira #14 3–4–8 |
(Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| 2006 | (Makushita) | 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 |
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[edit] References
- ^ Hardy, James (July 11, 2007). INSIDE GRIP: Stoic sumo needs new injury policy. Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
