Kiyokuni Katsuo
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Tadao Sato | |
| Date of birth | November 20, 1941 | |
| Place of birth | Akita, Japan | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 134 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Isegahama | |
| Record | 706-507-32 | |
| Debut | September, 1956 | |
| Highest rank | Ozeki (July 1969) | |
| Retired | January, 1974 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Makuuchi) | |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (3) Technique (4) |
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| Gold stars | 7 | |
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* Career information is correct as of August 2007. |
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Kiyokuni Katsuo (born 20 November 1941 as Tadao Sato) is a former sumo wrestler from Akita, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki.
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[edit] Career
Making his professional debut in September 1956 (alongside Taiho), Kiyokuni rose slowly up the ranks, reaching the second highest juryo division in May 1963, after 26 tournaments in makushita. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in November 1963. In just his second makuuchi tournament, ranked at maegashira 13, he produced a superb 14-1 record and finished runner-up to yokozuna Taiho. He was awarded the Technique Prize and was promoted straight to sekiwake, sumo's third highest rank.
In July 1969 Kiyokuni was promoted to ozeki and took what was to be his only tournament championship in his ozeki debut. He was never able to make yokozuna, partly due to neck and spinal injuries from which he never fully recovered.[1] Nevetheless, he was a strong ozeki, remaining there for 28 basho. He retired in January 1974, due to a heart complaint.[1]
[edit] Retirement from sumo
Kiyokuni became an oyakata, or elder of the Japan Sumo Association after his retirement, and in April 1977 he became head coach of Isegahama stable. On August 12 1985 his wife and two children died in the Japan Airlines Flight 123 disaster.[1] Kiyokuni was never the same again and the stable began to deteriorate. He was demoted from his position in the Sumo Association after giving an outspoken interview to the Shukan Post in 2004. By the time he reached the mandatory retirement age of sixty-five in November 2006, there were just two active wrestlers in Isegahama stable left, compared with dozens when he took over. He had not even been able to persuade his nephew, Tamanoshima to join, the current maegashira wrestler opting for Kataonami stable instead.[1] With no long term successor to Kiyokuni available, former maegashira Katsuhikari took on the Isegahama name, but he dissolved the stable, which dated back to 1859,[2] on February 1, 2007. Its two remaining wrestlers moved to Kiriyama stable.
[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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| 1963 | x | x | x | x | x | West Maegashira #14 8–7 |
| 1964 | East Maegashira #13 14–1 T |
West Sekiwake 6–9 |
East Maegashira #2 7–8 |
East Maegashira #2 8–7 |
West Maegashira #1 5–10 ★ |
East Maegashira #4 9–6 ★ |
| 1965 | West Maegashira #1 10–5 T★ |
East Komusubi 9–6 T |
East Sekiwake 7–8 |
West Komusubi 10–5 O |
East Sekiwake 4–11 |
East Maegashira #4 9–6 ★ |
| 1966 | East Maegashira #2 7–8 |
West Maegashira #3 9–6 ★ |
East Komusubi 4–11 |
West Maegashira #3 9–6 ★ |
West Komusubi 8–7 |
East Sekiwake 7–8 |
| 1967 | East Komusubi 3–12 |
West Maegashira #5 9–6 |
West Maegashira #2 7–8 |
West Maegashira #1 7–8 |
West Maegashira #2 8–7 ★ |
East Komusubi 8–7 |
| 1968 | West Sekiwake 9–6 O |
East Sekiwake 10–5 |
East Sekiwake 8–7 |
East Sekiwake 8–7 |
East Sekiwake 8–7 |
East Sekiwake 7–8 |
| 1969 | West Komusubi 10–5 O |
West Sekiwake 9–6 |
West Sekiwake 12–3 T |
East Ōzeki 12–3 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
| 1970 | West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 7–8 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 12–3 |
| 1971 | East Ōzeki 8–7 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 13–2 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 8–7 |
East Ōzeki 8–7 |
| 1972 | West Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
West Ōzeki 8–7 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
East Ōzeki 10–5 |
| 1973 | East Ōzeki 1–6–8 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
East Ōzeki 1–5–9 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
East Ōzeki 0–7–8 |
| 1974 | West Ōzeki Retired 0–0–15 |
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
- ^ a b c d Kuroda, Joe (October 2006). Isegahama Seinosuke – Ozeki Kiyokuni Katsuo (English). sumofanmag.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
- ^ Kiyokuni Katsuo Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
