Kotokaze Koki
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Koichi Nakayama | |
| Date of birth | April 26, 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Mie, Japan | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 173 kg (380 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Sadogatake | |
| Record | 561-352-102 | |
| Debut | July, 1971 | |
| Highest rank | Ozeki (November, 1981) | |
| Retired | November, 1985 | |
| Yusho | 2 (Makuuchi) 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) |
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| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (3) Fighting Spirit (2) Technique(1) |
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| Gold stars | 6 | |
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* Career information is correct as of August 2007. |
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Kotokaze Kōki (born 26 April 1957 as Koichi Nakayama) is a former sumo wrestler from Tsu, Mie, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki.
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[edit] Career
Scouted by the 53rd Yokozuna Kotozakura, he joined Sadogatake stable in July 1971. He reached the sekitori level in November 1975 upon promotion to the second highest juryo division and in January 1977 he made his debut in the top makuuchi division. He got as far as sekiwake before suffering a severe injury to his left knee joint which forced him to miss several tournaments and plunge all the way down to the unsalaried makushita division. He made his way back to the top division in just one year. By March 1981 he had returned to sekiwake and in September 1981 he captured his first tournament championship with a 12-3 record. He was immediately promoted to sumo's second highest rank of ozeki. He took his second championship in January 1983 with a 14-1 score. In September 1984 he defeated a newcomer to the division who was in contention for the tournament title, the gigantic Konishiki, in a mammoth two minute struggle on the final day. Kotokaze later recalled this bout as his most memorable ever. In May 1985 he suffered another serious injury, this time to his right knee, and he decided to retire in November 1985 at the age of twenty eight.
[edit] After retirement
Kotokaze became an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Oguruma Oyakata. In 1987 he left Sadogatake to set up his own Oguruma stable. He gives most of his new recruits shikona with the suffix "kaze" (wind), taken from his own fighting name. The first wrestler from the stable to achieve sekitori status was Tomikaze in July 2000. Oguruma stable currently has three wrestlers with top division experience, Takekaze, Yoshikaze and Wakakirin.
Kotokaze is also a regular commentator on NHK's sumo tournament broadcasts.
[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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| 1977 | West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 9–6 |
East Maegashira #1 5–10 |
West Maegashira #7 8–7 |
West Maegashira #5 8–7 |
East Maegashira #1 10–5 O★ |
| 1978 | West Sekiwake 5–10 |
East Maegashira #3 6–9 ★ |
West Maegashira #6 12–3 O★ |
West Sekiwake 7–8 |
West Komusubi 7–8 |
West Maegashira #1 0–3–12 |
| 1979 | East Maegashira #13 3–2–10 |
Sat out due to injury | Sat out due to injury | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) |
| 1980 | West Maegashira #14 12–3 F |
East Maegashira #1 10–5 F |
West Sekiwake 10–5 O |
East Sekiwake 6–4–5 |
Sat out due to injury | West Maegashira #2 7–8 ★ |
| 1981 | West Maegashira #3 10–5 ★★ |
West Sekiwake 9–6 |
West Komusubi 9–6 |
East Sekiwake 10–5 |
East Sekiwake 12–3 T |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
| 1982 | East Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
| 1983 | West Ōzeki 14–1 |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 12–3 |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
| 1984 | West Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 8–7 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 10–5 |
| 1985 | East Ōzeki 8–7 |
West Ōzeki 5–10 |
West Ōzeki 3–4–8 |
Sat out due to injury | Sat out due to injury | East Maegashira #10 0–4–retired |
| 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
- ^ Kotokaze Koki Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
