Tosanoumi Toshio

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土佐ノ海 敏生
Tosanoumi Toshio
Personal information
Birth name Toshio Yamamoto
Date of birth February 16, 1972 (1972-02-16) (age 36)
Place of birth Kōchi, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 160 kg (350 lb)
Career*
Heya Isenoumi
Current rank Maegashira 12
Record 637-605-16
Debut March 1994
Highest rank Sekiwake (May 1997)
Yusho 2 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (7)
Fighting Spirit (5)
Technique (1)
Gold stars 11

* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Tosanoumi Toshio (born February 16, 1972 as Toshio Yamamoto in Aki City, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan), is a sumo wrestler. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake.

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[edit] Career

After success in amateur sumo competitions while at Doshisha University, Tosanoumi entered professional sumo in the third, makushita division in March 1994, initially wrestling under his real name. He entered jūryō four tournaments later. Another four tournaments later he was promoted to the highest, makuuchi division, entering as maegashira 7, the second highest ever rank at which to enter the top division. For his first makuuchi bout he was drawn against some tough opponents; first ōzeki Wakanohana, followed by yokozuna Takanohana the second day. He lost both bouts, and would finish the tournament 7-8.

Recovering from this, his first ever make-koshi, Tosanoumi continued to rise through the ranks, reaching komusubi in January 1996 and sekiwake in May 1997. Although he has never risen higher than sekiwake, he remained in makuuchi until January 2006, when a 5-10 result at maegashira 14 resulted in demotion to jūryō. He reappeared in makuuchi in May 2006, but remained at the bottom of the division. In May 2007 he was back in jūryō once again, but his 8-7 record in that tournament was enough to return him to makuuchi for July, where he just squeezed out a winning record. He was demoted to the second division for the third time in March 2008, but he produced a comfortable 10-5 mark there which returned him to the top division once again.

Tosanoumi has won an incredible total of thirteen prizes (equal to the 7th highest ever) and 11 gold stars (equal to the 3rd highest ever) in his long makuuchi career. He has defeated two yokozuna in the same tournament on four separate occasions.

[edit] Top division record

Tosanoumi Toshio [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
1995 x x x West Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #8
11–4
F		 West Maegashira #1
9–6
OT★★
1996 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
O
1997 East Maegashira #1
9–6
O★★		 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
10–5
F		 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
 
1998 East Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #6
10–5
F		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #7
7–7–1
 		 Sat out due to injury East Maegashira #9
12–3
F★
1999 West Maegashira #1
7–8
★		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★★		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
O★★		 East Komusubi
11–4
F		 West Sekiwake
7–8
 		 West Komusubi
10–5
O
2000 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
9–6
 		 East Komusubi
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 
2001 East Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #1
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 
2002 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Komusubi
10–5
O		 West Sekiwake
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
 
2003 East Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 West Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
10–5
 		 West Komusubi
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #2
10–5
O★
2004 East Sekiwake
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #6
9–6
 
2005 West Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #3
10–5
 		 West Sekiwake
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
5–10
 
2006 East Maegashira #14
5–10
 		 (Jūryō) West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #12
5–10
 
2007 East Maegashira #16
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #14
6–9
 		 (Jūryō) West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 
2008 West Maegashira #12
5–10
 		 (Jūryō) East Maegashira #12
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 2007-07-23.

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