Tamarikidō Hideki
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Hideki Yasumoto | |
| Date of birth | April 19, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 138 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Kataonami | |
| Current rank | Makushita 20 | |
| Record | 343-319-118 | |
| Debut | March, 1997 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 8 (May, 2003) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme) |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Tamarikidō Hideki (born April 19, 1974) is a sumo wrestler born in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan. Though born in Japan, he is a Zainichi Korean. His highest rank has been maegashira 8.
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[edit] Career
Tamarikidō has had many injury problems throughout his career, missing over 100 matches. A former amateur sumo champion at Meiji University, he was considered extremely promising.[1] He made his professional debut in March 1997 at the bottom of the third makushita division. He was a runner-up in his first tournament but had a few setbacks before finally reaching the second highest juryo division in September 1999.
Tamarikidō made his debut in the top makuuchi division in January 2001. He has spent eleven tournaments in the top division in total, the last in November 2003 when he had to withdraw after winning only two bouts. 2004 was a disastrous year for him as he missed nearly all his matches through injury and fell to the fourth sandanme division. He began his comeback in 2005, winning the sandanme division championship in March of that year.
He eventually managed to return to sekitori status in March 2006 and climbed as high as Juryo 4 in November 2006. However, he was demoted back to the unsalaried ranks after the September 2007 tournament when he managed only a 3-12 score at Juryo 12. He has continued to slide down the rankings since then, with three scores of 3-4 in the first three tournaments of 2008.
[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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| 2001 | West Maegashira #13 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #15 8–7 |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #10 4–11 |
East Maegashira #15 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #13 6–9 |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #15 8–7 |
West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
East Maegashira #8 7–8 |
West Maegashira #8 6–9 |
West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
East Maegashira #15 2–6–7 |
| 2004 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Sandanme) |
| 2005 | (Sandanme) | (Sandanme) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| 2006 | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2007 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) |
| 2008 | (Makushita) | (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
- ^ Sumo Fan Magazine
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
