Osamu Annen

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羽黒山　礎丞
Haguroyama Sojo
Personal information
Birth name Osamu Annen
Date of birth February 23, 1934 (1934-02-23) (age 74)
Place of birth Kamikawa, Hokkaidō
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 111 kg (240 lb)
Career*
Heya Tatsunami
Record 544-506-29-1draw
Debut January, 1950
Highest rank Sekiwake (September, 1957)
Retired March, 1965
Yusho 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (3)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold stars 10

* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Osamu Annen (born 23 February 1934) is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan.

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[edit] Sumo career

As an active wrestler he was first known as Annenyama and reached a highest rank of sekiwake upon winning the top makuuchi division tournament championship in May 1957. Later in his career he was granted the sumo name Haguroyama, in honour of his father-in-law and stable boss, the 36th Yokozuna Haguroyama Masaji. He was also runner-up in the November 1959 tournament and over the course of his top division career earned ten gold stars for defeating yokozuna.

[edit] Coaching career

After retiring in 1965 he remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name Oitekaze. He became head coach of Tatsunami stable in 1969 upon Haguroyama Masaji's death and adopted the name Tatsunami Oyakata. He inherited a number of strong wrestlers such as future ozeki Asahikuni. He coached Koji Kitao to the top division in 1984, who became the 60th Yokozuna Futahaguro in 1986. However after the two had a heated argument in December 1987 Futahaguro struck Tatsunami's wife and stormed out of the stable.[1] Futahaguro was forced to resign by the Japan Sumo Association and Tatsunami filled out the yokozuna's retirement papers, the only time this has even been done to a wrestler with elite sekitori status.[1] Tatsunami was punished by a salary cut and told to stay away from all Sumo Association functions for three months.[1]He later produced a number of other top divsion wrestlers such as Daishoho and Daishoyama.

In February 1999 he reached the mandatory retirement age and passed on control of the stable to former komusubi Asahiyutaka, who had become his son-in-law and adopted son in April 1995.[2] After their relationship soured and Asahiyutaka was divorced, he was ordered by the Tokyo District Court in February 2003 to pay Annen 175 million yen, the sum he would have had to pay for the right to the Tatsunami elder stock had he not been married to Annen's daughter.[3] This was the first time a price had been revealed for elder stock, as the sums are normally kept secret. However, the Tokyo High Court in January 2004 overturned the original verdict.[4]

[edit] Top division record

Note: The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.

Haguroyama Sojo[5]
January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1954 x x East Maegashira #20
9–6
 		 x West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 x
1955 West Maegashira #11
8–6–1draw
 		 East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 x West Maegashira #1
6–9
★		 x
1956 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #4
8–7
★		 x West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 x
1957 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #4
9–6
★		 West Komusubi
13–2
O		 x West Sekiwake
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake
6–9
 
1958 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
10–5
★		 West Sekiwake
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #4
11–4
O★		 West Sekiwake
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #2
10–5
F★
1959 East Komusubi
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #1
9–6
 		 West Komusubi
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
12–3
O
1960 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
★★		 East Maegashira #1
10–5
 		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
7–8
 
1961 West Komusubi
8–7
 		 West Komusubi
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #2
10–5
★		 West Sekiwake
7–8
 		 West Komusubi
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 
1962 East Sekiwake
10–5
 		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake
5–8–2
 		 West Maegashira #2
2–7–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #3
8–7
 
1963 West Komusubi
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #12
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
10–5
 
1964 East Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #12
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–5–2
 
1965 East Maegashira #5
1–10–4
 		 West Maegashira #14
Retired
0–0–15		 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


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x. 
  2. ^ http://www.banzuke.com/03-2/msg00186.html
  3. ^ Sumo head stung for elder rights. Japan Times (2003-02-25). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  4. ^ Stablemaster payout overturned. Japan Times (2004-01-29). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  5. ^ Haguroyama Sojo Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.

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