Satoyama Kosaku
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Kōsaku Satoyama | |
| Date of birth | May 31, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Onoe, formerly Mihogaseki | |
| Current rank | Makushita 8 | |
| Record | 152-124-3 | |
| Debut | March 2004 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 12 (May 2007) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) | |
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* Career information is correct as of April 2008. |
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Satoyama Kōsaku (born May 31, 1981) is a professional sumo wrestler from Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Somewhat unusually for a sekitori wrestler, he continues to compete under his birth name.
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[edit] Career
A former amateur sumo champion at Nichidai University, Satoyama made his professional debut in March 2004, joining Mihogaseki stable alongside his team-mate at Nichidai Sumo Club, Shiraishi. Initially he was somewhat overshadowed by Shiraishi and Baruto, who made their jūryō division debuts together in September 2005. However, Satoyama was still highly regarded, despite his short height and relatively light weight.[1] He made his way quickly up the ranks, recording only one make-koshi along the way to sekitori status, which he achieved in January 2006 upon promotion to the jūryō division. In September 2006 Satoyama, Shiraishi, Baruto and a number of other wrestlers scouted by the former komusubi Hamanoshima joined his newly created Onoe stable. In March 2007 Satoyama won the jūryō division championship with a 12-3 record and he entered the top makuuchi division for the first time in May 2007 at maegashira 12. After a poor 2-13 record in July he was demoted back to jūryō. He had two more losing scores in September and November 2007, pushing him towards the bottom of the second division. In January 2008 he won only two bouts in the first 11 days, and although he won his last four matches to finish on a 6-9 score, it was not enough to prevent demotion to the third makushita division. He produced a 2-5 score in March 2008, and 3-4 in May, meaning he has now had seven consecutive losing scores. He has been restricted by a neck injury.
[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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| 2007 | x | x | West Maegashira #12 7–8 |
West Maegashira #12 2–13 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2008 | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | 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
- ^ Matilla, Mikko (September 2005). Lower Division Rikishi. Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
