Oshio Kenji
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Kenji Katano | |
| Date of birth | January 4, 1948 | |
| Place of birth | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 134 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Tokitsukaze | |
| Record | 964-929-47 | |
| Debut | January 1962 | |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (January 1978) | |
| Retired | January 1988 | |
| Yusho | 3 (Juryo) | |
| Special Prizes | 1 (Fighting Spirit) 1 (Technique) |
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| Gold stars | 3 | |
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* Career information is correct as of November 2007. |
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Oshio Kenji (born 4 January 1948 as Kenji Hatano) is a former sumo wrestler from Kitakyushu, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. His career lasted twenty six years, from 1962 until 1988, and he holds the record for the most bouts contested in professional sumo.
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[edit] Career
Oshio made his professional debut in January 1962 at the age of just 14. He reached the second highest juryo division in November 1969 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division for the first time in September 1971. He reached his top rank of komusubi in January 1978 and held it for only one tournament. During his extraordinarily long career he was ranked in makuuchi for 51 tournaments and 55 tournaments in juryo, for a total of 106 ranked as an elite sekitori wrestler, a record second only to Terao. He holds the "elevator" record for going between makuuchi and juryo a total of 13 times.[1] The longest he was able to stay in the top division consecutively was 18 tournaments between January 1981 and November 1983. He fell from makuuchi for the last time in May 1984 and announced his retirement in January 1988 at the age of forty. He had competed in 157 tournaments, a long standing record, and fought 1891 bouts, an all time record. [2] His total of 964 career wins was also a record at the time, although it was later surpassed by Chiyonofuji.
[edit] Retirement from sumo
Oshio remained in the sumo world as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and set up Shikihide stable in 1992.[1] To date, none of his wrestlers have managed to reach the top two divisions.
[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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| 1971 | x | x | x | x | West Maegashira #12 6–9 |
(Jūryō) |
| 1972 | West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #12 4–6–5 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1973 | East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
East Maegashira #7 6–9 |
West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #11 6–9 |
(Jūryō) |
| 1974 | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #10 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #12 7–8 |
| 1975 | West Maegashira #14 7–8 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #14 7–8 |
(Jūryō) | West Maegashira #10 7–8 |
West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
| 1976 | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #13 10–5 |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
West Maegashira #7 8–7 |
West Maegashira #3 6–9 |
| 1977 | East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #10 7–8 |
East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
West Maegashira #5 8–7 |
West Maegashira #1 6–9 |
East Maegashira #3 9–6 T |
| 1978 | East Komusubi 3–12 |
East Maegashira #6 10–5 |
East Maegashira #1 5–10 ★ |
East Maegashira #6 5–10 |
West Maegashira #10 7–8 |
West Maegashira #11 5–10 |
| 1979 | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #11 1–2–12 |
(Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) |
| 1980 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1981 | West Maegashira #10 8–7 |
West Maegashira #6 6–9 |
West Maegashira #8 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 7–8 |
West Maegashira #6 7–8 |
East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
| 1982 | East Maegashira #8 8–7 |
East Maegashira #3 4–11 |
East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 8–7 |
West Maegashira #2 4–11 ★ |
West Maegashira #8 10–5 F |
| 1983 | East Maegashira #1 5–10 ★ |
West Maegashira #5 7–8 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #9 7–8 |
East Maegashira #11 7–8 |
East Maegashira #12 6–9 |
| 1984 | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #11 7–8 |
West Maegashira #12 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1985 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1986 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1987 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 1988 | (Makushita) | 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 Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
- ^ In May 2008 Tochitenko surpassed Oshio's number of tournaments, but he has only fought around 1100 matches due to being mostly ranked in lower divisions.
- ^ Oshio Kenji Rikishi Information. Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
