Wakamisugi Akiteru

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若三杉彰晃
Wakamisugi Akiteru
Personal information
Birth name	Noboru Sugiyama
Date of birth	September 24, 1937(1937-09-24)
Place of birth	Kagawa, Japan
Date of death	November 2, 1983 (aged 46)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	133 kg (290 lb)
Career*
Heya	Hanakago
Record	444-394-4
Debut	March, 1955
Highest rank	Sekiwake (July, 1960)
Retired	May, 1967
Yusho	1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (2) Fighting Spirit (3)
Gold stars	8
* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Wakamisugi Akiteru (24 September 1937 - 2 November 1983) was a sumo wrestler from Kagawa, Japan. The highest rank he achieved was sekiwake.

1 Career
2 Retirement from sumo
3 Top division record
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Career

He was born as Noburu Sugiyama in Marugame. He entered professional sumo in March 1955, recruited by Hanakago stable. He used a variety of different shikona, including his own surname of Sugiyama, Kunikaze and Misugiiso, before adopting the name Wakamisugi when he reached sekitori status upon promotion to the juryo division in May 1958. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in November 1958. He won the top division championship in May 1960 from the rank of maegashira 4. After losing to ozeki Wakahaguro on the opening day of the tournament he won his next 14 bouts. One of his wins was by default, over yokozuna Tochinishiki who had announced his retirement the previous day. He had a genuine victory over yokozuna Asashio on Day 4. He finished with a 14-1 record, one win ahead of yokozuna Wakanohana, who he did not have to fight as they were members of the same stable. It was his first and only tournament win.

In September 1962 Wakamisugi changed his shikona once again, to Daigō Hisateru. He was a tournament runner-up in September 1962 and November 1965. He held the sekiwake rank ten times in total, including seven tournaments in a row from May 1963 to May 1964. He earned eight kinboshi for defeating yokozuna, most of them coming after he dropped from the sekiwake rank in 1964.

[edit] Retirement from sumo

He retired in May 1967 and became an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Araiso, working as a coach at Hanakago stable until his death.

[edit] Top division record

Wakamisugi Akiteru^[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
1958	x	x	x	x	x	West Maegashira #19 10–5
1959	East Maegashira #13 7–8	West Maegashira #14 9–6	East Maegashira #9 8–7	West Maegashira #7 8–7	West Maegashira #6 9–6	East Maegashira #1 3–12
1960	East Maegashira #8 7–8	West Maegashira #9 11–4	West Maegashira #4 14–1 O★	East Sekiwake #2 7–8	West Komusubi #1 9–6	East Komusubi #1 9–6
1961	East Sekiwake #2 5–10	East Maegashira #1 8–7	West Komusubi #2 7–8	West Maegashira #1 5–10	East Maegashira #4 7–8	East Maegashira #5 11–4 F
1962	West Komusubi #2 8–7	West Komusubi #1 6–9	West Maegashira #1 6–9 ★	West Maegashira #3 6–9	West Maegashira #5 5–10	West Maegashira #10 12–3
1963	West Maegashira #2 8–7	West Komusubi #1 9–6	East Sekiwake #1 8–7	East Sekiwake #1 9–6	East Sekiwake #1 8–7	East Sekiwake #1 8–7
1964	East Sekiwake #1 9–6 O	East Sekiwake #1 10–5	East Sekiwake #1 4–11	East Maegashira #4 8–7 ★	West Maegashira #2 5–10	East Maegashira #5 9–6 ★
1965	West Maegashira #2 8–7 ★	East Maegashira #1 9–6 F★	East Komusubi #1 7–8	West Maegashira #1 8–7 ★	West Sekiwake #1 2–13	West Maegashira #6 12–3 F
1966	East Maegashira #1 9–6 ★	West Komusubi #1 7–8	West Maegashira #1 5–10	East Maegashira #4 2–9–4	West Maegashira #10 7–8	East Maegashira #11 8–7
1967	East Maegashira #7 6–9	West Maegashira #9 5–10	(Jūryō)	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