Kaihō Ryōji
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Ryōji Kumagaya | |
| Date of birth | April 17, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Aomori, Japan | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 122 kg (270 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Hakkaku | |
| Current rank | Juryo 5 | |
| Record | 499-530-32 | |
| Debut | January 1996 | |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (November 2001) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Makushita) | |
| Special Prizes | 2 (Technique) | |
| Gold stars | 1 (Musashimaru) | |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Kaihō Ryōji (born April 17, 1973 as Ryōji Kumagaya) is a sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank has been komusubi.
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[edit] Career
He was born in Fukaura, a town in the Nishitsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture. He was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University. He entered professional sumo in January 1996 at the age of 22, joining Hakkaku stable. Because of his amateur achievements, he was allowed to enter at the bottom of the third highest makushita division. He won the makushita championship in his very first tournament with a perfect 7-0 record, his only yusho to date. He was promoted to the second highest juryo division in May 1997. He reached the top makuuchi division in May 1998, the first wrestler from his stable to do so.
Kaiho is below average size for a rikishi and has relied on his technical ability, employing a similar sumo style to Mainoumi.[1] Kaiho has won two special prizes for Technique. In the September 2001 tournament he defeated yokozuna Musashimaru and scored ten wins, earning promotion to the sanyaku ranks at komusubi for the following tournament. He was however, unable to maintain that rank. He stayed in the top division for 44 tournaments with just one brief demotion to juryo in November 2003, but in September 2005 he suffered a fractured ankle in a bout against Iwakiyama on the 14th day. He was forced to sit out the final day and the whole of the following tournament in September, resulting in demotion to the second division in November 2005. He remained there until July 2007, when, due to the unusually large number of retirements and demotions from the top division, a 9-6 score at jūryō 5 was good enough to return him to makuuchi. He produced a strong 10-5 record in his first tournament back in the top division. He missed out on a special prize but was promoted up the rankings to maegashira 6. He could only win four bouts at that rank in September 2007 and after another losing score of 6-9 in November, he fell to Maegashira 16 West, the lowest rank in the top division. An 8-7 record in the January 2008 tournament preserved his top division status, but in March he could manage only four wins and was demoted back to jūryō for the May tournament.
[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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| 1998 | x | x | East Maegashira #16 8–7 |
East Maegashira #14 8–7 |
East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
West Maegashira #2 3–12 |
| 1999 | West Maegashira #9 6–9 |
West Maegashira #12 8–7 |
East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
West Maegashira #5 5–10 |
East Maegashira #9 7–8 |
East Maegashira #11 8–7 |
| 2000 | East Maegashira #9 6–9 |
West Maegashira #13 8–7 |
East Maegashira #5 7–8 |
East Maegashira #6 7–8 |
East Maegashira #8 7–8 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
| 2001 | West Maegashira #3 4–11 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
West Maegashira #10 9–6 |
East Maegashira #4 10–5 T★ |
West Komusubi 5–10 |
| 2002 | East Maegashira #3 5–10 |
West Maegashira #8 7–8 |
West Maegashira #8 8–7 |
West Maegashira #4 5–8–2 |
Sat out due to injury | East Maegashira #8 8–7 |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #5 7–8 |
West Maegashira #5 8–7 |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #8 6–9 |
West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
(Jūryō) |
| 2004 | West Maegashira #15 7–8 |
West Maegashira #16 9–6 |
East Maegashira #12 9–6 |
West Maegashira #8 7–8 |
West Maegashira #9 6–9 |
East Maegashira #13 10–5 |
| 2005 | West Maegashira #6 5–10 |
West Maegashira #10 11–4 T |
East Maegashira #4 4–11 |
East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
Sat out due to injury | (Jūryō) |
| 2006 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2007 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #15 10–5 |
West Maegashira #6 4–11 |
West Maegashira #14 6–9 |
| 2008 | West Maegashira #16 8–7 |
East Maegashira #14 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | 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
- ^ Active University/College Grad Rikishi. Sumo Fan Magazine (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
