Takahama Tatsurō

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高濱竜郎
Takahama Tatsurō
Personal information

Birth name	Tatsurō Takahama
Date of birth	November 23, 1976 (1976-11-23) (age 31)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	127.5 kg (281 lb)
Career*
Heya	Oitekaze
Current rank	Makushita 30
Record	283-279-30
Debut	March 1999
Highest rank	Maegashira 11 (March, 2002)
* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Takahama Tatsurō (born November 23, 1976) is a sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 11.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Takahama practised amateur sumo at Nihon University and joined the professional sport in March 1999. He made his debut alongside Kotomitsuki and Takamisakari.^[1]He began wrestling under his own name but upon promotion to the second highest jūryō division in July 2000 he adopted the shikona of Hamanishiki. After five tournaments in jūryō he made his debut in the top makuuchi division in May 2001. However he was unable to progress higher than the lower maegashira ranks and fell back to the second division in September 2002. In November 2004, ranked at the very bottom of jūryō, he produced a disastrous 1-14 record and was demoted to the third makushita division, where he had begun his career. He reverted back to his own surname in November 2005 but this has done little to change his fortunes. He missed two tournaments through injury in November 2006 and January 2007 and was demoted once more, to the fourth sandanme division. He managed to return to the makushita division after a good 6-1 performance in January 2008, and he followed up with a 5-2 score in March. He is currently the lowest ranked former top division wrestler in sumo.

[edit] Top division record

Takahama Tatsurō^[2]
	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2001	x	x	West Maegashira #12 4–11	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #14 8–7	East Maegashira #12 7–8
2002	West Maegashira #13 8–7	East Maegashira #11 7–8	East Maegashira #12 6–9	Maegashira #14 4–11	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2003	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2004	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2005	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2006	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2007	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)
2008	(Sandanme)	(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 Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira