Kenko Satoshi

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**Kenko Satoshi**
Personal information
Birth name	Satoshi Hoshimura
Date of birth	June 27, 1967(1967-06-27)
Place of birth	Moriguchi, Osaka
Date of death	March 10, 1998 (aged 30)
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	135 kg (300 lb)
Career*
Heya	Takadagawa
Record	404-403-59
Debut	November, 1984
Highest rank	Komusubi (May, 1995)
Retired	March, 1998
Special Prizes	Fighting Spirit (1) Outstanding Performance (1)
Gold stars	2
* Career information is correct as of August 2007.

Kenko Satoshi (27 June 1967 - 10 March 1998) was a sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Debuting in November 1984, he reached the second highest juryo division in March 1991. His first tournament in the top makuuchi division was in July 1992. Scoring only three wins there he fell back to juryo, but reappeared in makuuchi in March 1993. He reached his highest rank of komusubi in May 1995. He fell back to maegashira 4 in July but turned in a strong 11-4 record, defeating yokozuna Akebono and returning to komusubi in September 1995. He also defeated yokozuna Takanohana in May 1996, the only wrestler to do so in that tournament.

In May 1997 Kenko managed an 8-7 record at maegashira 11, but that was to be the last tournament in which he competed. He was hospitalised from July 1997, suffering from pancytopenia caused by an extremely rare form of leukemia (only four previous cases had ever been reported in Japan). His name remained on the ranking sheets, but unable to compete he had dropped to makushita 55 by March 1998. He died on 10th March, from a pulmonary embolism.

[edit] Top division record

Kenko Satoshi^[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
1992	x	x	x	West Maegashira #14 3–12	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
1993	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #14 10–5	East Maegashira #6 5–10	East Maegashira #13 9–6	East Maegashira #4 7–8	East Maegashira #5 7–8
1994	East Maegashira #6 6–9	West Maegashira #9 9–6	West Maegashira #2 4–11	West Maegashira #10 9–6	West Maegashira #2 4–11	West Maegashira #8 8–7
1995	East Maegashira #4 5–10	West Maegashira #7 10–5	West Maegashira 5–10	East Maegashira #4 11–4 O★	West Komusubi 6–9	East Maegashira #1 5–10
1996	East Maegashira #5 8–7 F	East Maegashira #1 5–10	West Maegashira #5 6–9 ★	East Maegashira #8 9–6	East Maegashira #2 4–11	East Maegashira #6 8–7
1997	West Maegashira #2 6–9	East Maegashira #5 4–11	East Maegashira #11 8–7	West Maegashira #6 0–0–15	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
1998	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	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 Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira