千代天山 大八郎 Chiyotenzan Daihachirō |
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Personal information | |
Born | Daihachirō Sumi February 6, 1976 Osaka, Japan |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 137 kg (300 lb) |
Career | |
Heya | Kokonoe |
Record | 519-541-33 |
Debut | March 1991 |
Highest rank | Komusubi (July 1999) |
Retired | January 2008 |
Yūshō | 1 (Jūryō) |
Sanshō | Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2) |
Kinboshi | 3 (Musashimaru(2), Wakanohana) |
* Career information is correct as of January 2008. |
Chiyotenzan Daihachirō (born February 6, 1976 as Daihachirō Sumi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.
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He was a premature baby, and had to spend more than a year and a half in an incubator. Chiyotenzan made his professional debut in March 1991, joining the Kokonoe stable that was then home to yokozuna Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi. He reached the second highest jūryō division in January 1997, and the top makuuchi division two years after that. He had an explosive start to his makuuchi career, winning three special prizes in his first three tournaments (the first wrestler ever to do so) and reaching the fourth highest rank of komusubi in July 1999. However, that was to be his only tournament in the top ranks and his initial promise quickly faded. His last winning score in the top division came in November 2001 and after suffering a fractured leg in the January 2002 tournamment he fell back to jūryō in July 2002. Hampered by diabetes, his fortunes slumped even further. After making a final appearance in the sekitori ranks in November 2005, in January 2006 he was demoted to the unsalaried makushita division, and in May 2007, to the fourth sandanme division. He reappeared in makushita in September 2007, but won only one match before withdrawing. By November he had fallen to sandanme 27, the second lowest rank ever held by a former sanyaku wrestler.
After losing his first bout in the January 2008 tournament, Chiyotenzan announced his retirement. He was unable to obtain an elder position in the Japan Sumo Association and has left the sumo world completely.
Chiyotenzan's favoured kimarite or techniques were migi-yotsu (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on the opponent's mawashi), yori kiri (force out) and uwatenage (overarm throw).
year in sumo | 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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1999 | East Maegashira #14 10–5 F |
East Maegashira #9 9–6 F |
East Maegashira #3 9–6 O★ |
West Komusubi 3–12 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
West Maegashira #8 7–8 |
2000 | East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
West Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #9 10–5 |
East Maegashira #2 6–9 |
West Maegashira #3 6–9 ★ |
2001 | West Maegashira #6 8–7 |
East Maegashira #2 7–8 ★ |
West Maegashira #2 4–11 |
West Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #11 8–7 |
West Maegashira #8 8–7 |
2002 | East Maegashira #4 3–7–5 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
West Maegashira #13 5–10 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) |
2003 | (Juryo) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) |
2004 | (Juryo) | West Maegashira #13 3–12 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) |
2005 | (Juryo) | (Makushita) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Makushita) | (Juryo) |
2006 | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
2007 | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Sandanme) | (Sandanme) | (Makushita) | (Sandanme) |
2008 | East Sandanme #4 Retired 0–1–6 |
x | x | x | x | x |
Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s) P=Playoff(s) |