| 木村山守 Kimurayama Mamoru |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Mamoru Kimura July 13, 1981 Wakayama, Japan |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 170 kg (370 lb; 27 st) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Kasugano |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | March 2004 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 7 (November, 2010) |
| Yūshō | 2 (Jūryō) |
| * Career information is correct as of Nov 2011. | |
Kimurayama Mamoru (born 13 July 1981 as Mamoru Kimura) is a professional sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 7.
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Born in Gobo, he was an amateur champion at Toyo University, but did not have enough collegiate titles to receive makushita tsukedashi status and join professional sumo in the third highest makushita division, instead beginning at the bottom of the rankings in March 2004. He joined Kasugano stable, run by another Wakayama Prefecture native, the former sekiwake Tochinowaka. His shikona or fighting name was adapted from his own surname, which is also a time-honoured name in Kasugano stable, being the name of a gyoji or referee, Kimura Soshiro, who ran the stable in the early 20th century.
Kimurayama reached sekitori status in January 2008 upon promotion to the second highest jūryō division and won his first yusho or tournament championship in the following tournament with a 12-3 record. He made his debut in the top makuuchi division two tournaments later at maegashira 12, but fell short with a 7-8 record. He won his second jūryō championship in March 2010, after a three way playoff with Koryu and Tamaasuka. He did not manage a kachi-koshi or winning record in the top division until his eighth try in July 2010. This performance, and another 8-7 in September, resulted in promotion to his highest rank to date of maegashira 7 for the November 2010 tournament. He has remained in the top division since then, and actually moved up from magashira 17 to maegashira 15 despite only scoring 7-8 in the May 2011 Technical Examination tournament, due to the large number of retirements caused by a match-fixing scandal. Despite recording his fifth successive make-koshi in September, he remained in makuuchi for the November tournament. Of his 14 top division tournaments, only two have resulted in winning records (both 8-7).
He is the only wrestler in the top three divisions from Wakayama Prefecture.
Kimurayama favours pushing and thrusting techniques as opposed to fighting on the mawashi. His most common winning kimarite is a simple oshi-dashi, or push out. He frequently employs the sidestepping henka move at the tachi-ai or initial charge, and consequently wins many bouts by hiki-otoshi, the pull down, and tsuki-otoshi, the thrust over.
| 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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| 2004 | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #12 6–1 |
East Jonidan #62 6–1 |
East Sandanme #93 6–1 |
East Sandanme #35 6–1 |
| 2005 | East Makushita #51 6–1 |
West Makushita #22 2–5 |
East Makushita #37 3–4 |
West Makushita #45 6–1 |
West Makushita #18 3–4 |
West Makushita #23 4–3 |
| 2006 | West Makushita #16 4–3 |
East Makushita #11 4–3 |
West Makushita #7 5–2 |
East Makushita #3 4–3 |
East Makushita #1 2–5 |
West Makushita #9 0–0–7 |
| 2007 | West Makushita #49 5–2 |
East Makushita #29 6–1 |
East Makushita #12 5–2 |
West Makushita #5 4–3 |
East Makushita #4 4–3 |
West Makushita #1 6–1 |
| 2008 | West Jūryō #11 6–9 |
East Jūryō #14 12–3 Champion |
West Jūryō #2 11–4 |
West Maegashira #12 7–8 |
West Maegashira #14 7–8 |
East Maegashira #15 6–9 |
| 2009 | West Jūryō #1 9–6 |
West Maegashira #15 7–8 |
East Maegashira #16 5–10 |
West Jūryō #5 8–7 |
East Jūryō #2 9–6 |
West Maegashira #14 4–11 |
| 2010 | West Jūryō #3 7–8 |
West Jūryō #4 11–4–PP Champion |
West Maegashira #12 7–8 |
West Maegashira #13 8–7 |
East Maegashira #9 8–7 |
West Maegashira #7 5–10 |
| 2011 | West Maegashira #14 6–9 |
East Maegashira #17 Tournament Cancelled 0–0–0 |
East Maegashira #17 7–8 |
West Maegashira #15 7–8 |
West Maegashira #16 7–8 |
East Maegashira #17 4–11 |
| 2012 | West Jūryō #5 – |
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| 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) |
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