Yutakayama Katsuo

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豊山 勝男
Yutakayama Katsuo
Personal information
Birth name Katsuo Uchida
Date of birth August 18, 1937 (1937-08-18) (age 70)
Place of birth Niigata, Japan
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight 137 kg (300 lb)
Career*
Heya Tokitsukaze
Record 413-245-8
Debut March, 1961
Highest rank Ozeki (March, 1963)
Retired September, 1968
Yusho 1 (Juryo)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (4)
Outstanding Performance (3)
Gold stars 1

* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Yutakayama Katsuo (born 18 August 1937 as Katsuo Uchida) is a former sumo wrestler from Niigata, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki. Although he never managed to win a top division tournament championship he was a runner-up on eight occasions. Before wrestling professionally he was an amateur champion at Tonodai University and he was the first former collegiate competitor to reach the ozeki rank. After retirement he was head coach of the Tokitsukaze stable. From 1998 until 2002 he also served as head of the Sumo Association.

[edit] Top division record

Yutakayama Katsuo[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
1962 East Maegashira #9
12–3
F		 East Maegashira #3
9–6
 		 West Komusubi
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #2
12–3
OF		 East Sekiwake
12–3
OF
1963 East Sekiwake
13–2
OF		 West Ōzeki
7–8
 		 West Ōzeki
13–2
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
13–2
 		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 
1964 West Ōzeki
8–7
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
13–2
 		 East Ōzeki
11–4
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 
1965 West Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki
5–10
 		 East Ōzeki
8–7
 
1966 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki
8–7
 		 East Ōzeki
7–8
 		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 
1967 East Ōzeki
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki
5–10
 		 West Ōzeki
1–6–8
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki
6–9
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 
1968 West Ōzeki
7–8
 		 West Ōzeki
12–3
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
7–8
 		 West Ōzeki
4–11
 		 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] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yutakayama Katsuo (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
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