Tamanoshima Arata
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Arata Okabe | |
| Date of birth | September 15, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Fukushima, Japan | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Weight | 158 kg (350 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Kataonami | |
| Current rank | Maegashira 13 | |
| Record | 431-415-4 | |
| Debut | March, 1998 | |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (January, 2004) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) | |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (5) Technique (1) |
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| Gold stars | 2 (Musashimaru (1), Asashoryu (1)) | |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Tamanoshima Arata (born September 15, 1977 as Arata Okabe) is a professional sumo wrestler from Izumizaki, Fukushima, Japan. His highest rank has been sekiwake.
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[edit] Career
Tamanoshima was born into a sports family. Not only was his father a former professional boxer, but his mother is the niece of the former ōzeki Kiyokuni and his older brother is the former jūryō wrestler Tamamitsukuni. Tamanoshima was a college champion at Toyo University and so was allowed to make his professional debut in the makushita division. [1] He was only twenty years of age, as he left the university in his second year, making him the youngest former amateur to join professional sumo in this way.[2]
Tamanoshima reached the second highest jūryō division in September 1999 and the top makuuchi division in November 2000. He has twice been runner-up in a tournament, in July 2001 and March 2005, and he has earned five Fighting Spirit prizes. His two kinboshi both came against Musashimaru in 2003.
The highest rank Tamanoshima has achieved is sekiwake, which he reached after scoring ten wins at maegashira 3 in November 2003. He could only manage five wins in his sekiwake debut, but returned to the sanyaku ranks in July 2004 and January 2006. He was ever present in the top division from March 2001 to January 2008,[3] but a poor 3-12 record in January 2008 meant he was demoted to the second division for the March 2008 tournament. He produced a 10-5 score there which was enough to return him immediately to the top division for May 2008, where he scored a creditable nine wins.
[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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| 2000 | x | x | x | x | x | West Maegashira #14 7–8 |
| 2001 | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #10 11–4 F |
East Maegashira #3 5–10 |
West Maegashira #7 12–3 F |
West Komusubi 7–8 |
West Maegashira #1 7–8 |
| 2002 | East Maegashira #2 3–12 |
East Maegashira #9 6–9 |
West Maegashira #11 5–10 |
West Maegashira #15 11–4 |
East Maegashira #5 8–7 |
West Maegashira #3 5–10 |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #8 8–7 |
West Maegashira #4 8–7 |
West Maegashira #3 7–8 |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 ★ |
West Maegashira #7 9–6 |
West Maegashira #3 10–5 F★ |
| 2004 | West Sekiwake 5–10 |
West Maegashira #3 6–9 |
West Maegashira #5 12–3 T |
West Komusubi 6–9 |
West Maegashira #2 7–8 |
East Maegashira #4 8–7 |
| 2005 | East Maegashira #3 5–10 |
West Maegashira #7 12–3 F |
East Maegashira #1 5–10 |
West Maegashira #4 5–10 |
West Maegashira #8 11–4 |
East Maegashira #1 8–7 |
| 2006 | West Komusubi 7–8 |
East Maegashira #1 5–10 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #10 11–4 F |
East Maegashira #2 4–11 |
East Maegashira #7 2–9–4 |
| 2007 | East Maegashira #14 10–5 |
West Maegashira #8 10–5 |
West Maegashira #2 6–9 |
West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
East Maegashira #7 8–7 |
East Maegashira #6 4–11 |
| 2008 | West Maegashira #13 3–12 |
(Jūryō) | West Maegashira #13 9–6 |
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
- ^ Brothers in Sumo (English). sumofanmag.com (February 2006). Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
- ^ Active University/College Grad Rikishi. Sumo Fan Magazine (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ "玉乃島" (Japanese). ja.wikipedia.org (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
