Tochinohana Hitoshi
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| Birth name | Hitoshi Yachi | |
| Date of birth | February 28, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Iwate, Japan | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 138 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Kasugano | |
| Record | 449-439-32 | |
| Debut | March 1995 | |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (November 2000) | |
| Retired | January 2008 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) (Jonokuchi) |
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| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (2) |
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* Career information is correct as of January 2008. |
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Tochinohana Hitoshi (born February 28, 1973 as Hitoshi Yachi) is a former sumo wrestler from Yamagata, Kunohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.
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[edit] Career
Tochinohana practised amateur sumo at Meiji University, but unlike many former amateur wrestlers, he still began his professional career at the very bottom of the rankings. It took him four years to become a sekitori, reaching the second highest jūryō division in January 1999. He made his debut in the top makuuchi division in May of 2000 and made an explosive start, winning twelve bouts and receiving two special prizes. He made the titled ranks in November 2000 at komusubi, but could only manage a 3-12 record. This was to be his only tournament in the titled ranks. A serious back injury forced him all the way down to the unsalaried divisions in 2004, but he fought his way back to makuuchi in November 2005. In the May 2007 tournament he could only win only four bouts at maegashira 13 and was demoted back to jūryō. After a disastrous 2-13 record in November he fell to Jūryō 14 West, making him the lowest ranking sekitori. In January 2008 he announced his retirement after losing nine of his first twelve bouts. He will stay with the Sumo Association as an elder under the name Hatachiyama.
[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 | East Maegashira #12 12–3 FT |
West Maegashira #1 5–10 |
East Maegashira #7 10–5 T |
East Komusubi 3–12 |
| 2001 | East Maegashira #6 4–11 |
West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
West Maegashira #13 9–6 |
East Maegashira #8 7–8 |
East Maegashira #10 0–4–11 |
(Jūryō) |
| 2002 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #13 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #14 8–7 |
East Maegashira #12 6–9 |
| 2003 | West Maegashira #14 7–8 |
East Maegashira #15 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2004 | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| 2005 | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #14 11–4 F |
| 2006 | West Maegashira #3 4–11 |
East Maegashira #10 7–8 |
West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
East Maegashira #15 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 7–8 |
West Maegashira #13 8–7 |
| 2007 | West Maegashira #11 5–10 |
West Maegashira #15 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2008 | (Jūryō) | x | x | 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
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
