Jūmonji Masayasu
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Tomokazu Jūmonji | |
| Date of birth | June 9, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Aomori, Japan | |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 158 kg (350 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Michinoku, formerly Tatsutagawa | |
| Current rank | Makushita 16 | |
| Record | 518-516-17 | |
| Debut | November 1992 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 6 (July, 2003) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme) |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Jūmonji Masayasu (born June 9, 1976 as Tomokazu Jūmonji) is a sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 6.
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[edit] Career
Jūmonji was born in Hashikami, Sannohe District. He made his professional debut in November 1992, joining Tatsutagawa stable (which was absorbed into Michinoku stable in 1997 upon the retirement of its stablemaster). He reached the second jūryō division in January 1998, fighting under the name of Kaigatake, but he lasted only one tournament there. Upon winning promotion back to jūryō in November 1999 he reverted to his own surname, which he has used ever since.
Jūmonji made his debut in the top makuuchi division in May 2000. He has mostly remained in the middle and lower maegashira ranks, without making much of a challenge for promotion to the titled sanyaku ranks. In November 2006 he fell to the jūryō division for the first time since 2002, but he won the jūryō tournament title and was promoted straight back. He was demoted once again in May 2007. He could only manage a 5-10 score in July 2007, pushing him towards the bottom of the jūryō division. He held onto sekitori status with an 8-7 mark in September 2007, a tournament which saw him record his 500th career win, but could manage only a 3-12 record in November and fell to the unsalaried makushita division for the first time since 1999. He has continued to slide down the rankings, turning in losing scores of 3-4 in the tournaments of January and March 2008.
[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 | x | East Maegashira #14 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #12 5–10 |
| 2001 | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #13 9–6 |
East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
East Maegashira #9 4–11 |
Sat out due to injury | (Jūryō) |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #14 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | West Maegashira #9 6–9 |
East Maegashira #12 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | West Maegashira #13 8–7 |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #11 5–10 |
West Maegashira #14 9–6 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
West Maegashira #8 7–8 |
East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
| 2004 | West Maegashira #8 8–7 |
West Maegashira #6 4–11 |
West Maegashira #12 8–7 |
West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #7 5–10 |
| 2005 | West Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
West Maegashira #7 6–9 |
West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
East Maegashira #14 6–9 |
East Maegashira #17 9–6 |
| 2006 | East Maegashira #8 7–8 |
East Maegashira #9 4–11 |
West Maegashira #16 8–7 |
East Maegashira #13 8–7 |
West Maegashira #11 4–11 |
(Jūryō) |
| 2007 | West Maegashira #10 4–11 |
West Maegashira #16 4–9–2 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2008 | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | 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
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-04.
