Tōru Kakizoe

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垣添 徹
Kakizoe Tōru
Personal information
Birth name Tōru Kakizoe
Date of birth August 12, 1978 (1978-08-12) (age 29)
Place of birth Ōita
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 139 kg (310 lb)
Career*
Heya Musashigawa
Current rank Maegashira 13
Record 271-257-15
Debut September 2001
Highest rank Komusubi (March 2004)
Yusho 1 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes Technique (1)

* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Tōru Kakizoe (垣添 徹 Kakizoe Tooru?) (born August 12, 1978 in Usa City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan), is a sumo wrestler. The highest rank he has reached is komusubi.

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[edit] Career

Kakizoe was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon Taiiku University, winning the Amateur Yokozuna title in his final year. He joined Musashigawa stable, which at time was one of the strongest in sumo with yokozuna Musashimaru amongst its wrestlers. He fought his first professional bout in the makushita division in September 2001, fighting under his real name. Unusually, he continues under this name even now. He rose to the jūryō division in March 2003, and the top makuuchi division in September 2003.

Kakizoe's rank peaked at komusubi after the January 2004 tournament when, ranked maegashira 5, he achieved a result of 11-4 and the technique prize. He failed to retain his sanyaku rank for more than a single tournament, but mostly remained amongst the top half of maegashira for the next few years. However, he suffered a big setback in May 2007, losing eleven bouts in a row before pulling out of the tournament citing a fracture to his right knee. He could manage only six wins on his return in July and slid to the lowest rung on the top division ladder for the September tournament. He produced a comfortable 9-6 score there to maintain his top division status, but has remained near the bottom of makuuchi since then.

Kakizoe is good friends with fellow top division wrestler Kokkai.

[edit] Top division record

Kakizoe Tōru[1]
January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2003 x x x x East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 
2004 East Maegashira #5
11–4
T		 East Komusubi
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
6–9
 
2005 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #1
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 
2006 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
 
2007 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #3
0–12–3
 		 East Maegashira #16
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #16
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 
2008 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 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. ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.

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