| 栃ノ海 晃嘉 Tochinoumi Teruyoshi |
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Tochinoumi's handprint displayed on a monument in Ryōgoku, Tokyo |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Shigehiro Hanada March 13, 1938 Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 110 kg (240 lb) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Kasugano |
| Record | 475-261-104 |
| Debut | September, 1955 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (January, 1964) |
| Retired | November, 1966 |
| Yūshō | 3 (Makuuchi) 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) |
| Sanshō | Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (6) |
| Kinboshi | 1 |
| * Career information is correct as of July 2007. | |
Tochinoumi Teruyoshi (栃ノ海 晃嘉, born March 13, 1938) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 49th Yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head coach of Kasugano stable.
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Born in Inakdate, Minamitsugaru District, he made his professional debut in September 1955. He joined Kasugano stable, a prestigious heya that had previously produced yokozuna Tochigiyama and Tochinishiki. He initially fought under his own surname, Hanada. After about three years in the lower ranks he reached the second juryo division in January 1959 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in March 1960. After two make-koshi or losing scores he was demoted to juryo but immediately won the second division championship with a 14-1 record and was promoted back. He then adopted the shikona Tochinoumi. He captured his first top division tournament championship in May 1962 at sekiwake rank and was promoted to ozeki. After his second championship in November 1963 and a 13-2 record in January 1964, he was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna. He was only able to win one further championship, in May 1964, and achieved only three double figure scores after that. After an injury plagued 1966 he retired at the end of the year at the age of 28.
He was somewhat overshadowed by his yokozuna contemporaries Taihō and Kashiwado, but he was a noted technician and earlier in his career won six special prizes for Technique. He was one of the lightest yokozuna ever at just 110 kg.
Tochinoumi stayed in the sumo world as an elder of the Sumo Association, under the name Nakadachi. Somewhat unusually for an ex yokozuna, he did not immediately take charge of a stable, instead working as an assistant coach. However, in January 1990 he did become head coach of Kasugano stable after the death of the previous stablemaster, the former Tochinishiki.[1] He stood down in 2003, handing control of the stable over to former sekiwake Tochinowaka.
His first marriage ended in divorce. His second wife was, like his first, from the world of show business as she was a former member of the Takarazuka Revue troupe.[1]
| 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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| 1960 | x | West Maegashira #15 7–8 |
East Maegashira #17 5–10 |
(Juryo) | East Maegashira #14 10–5 |
East Maegashira #8 11–4 T |
| 1961 | Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
East Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #5 10–5 T★ |
East Komusubi 11–4 T |
East Sekiwake 8–7 |
East Sekiwake 9–6 T |
| 1962 | East Sekiwake 9–6 T |
West Sekiwake 9–6 |
West Sekiwake 14–1 TF |
East Ōzeki 9–6 |
East Ōzeki 10–5 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
| 1963 | East Ōzeki 9–6 |
West Ōzeki 8–2–5 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 8–7 |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 14–1 |
| 1964 | East Ōzeki 13–2 |
East Yokozuna 10–5 |
East Yokozuna 13–2 |
East Yokozuna 11–4 |
East Yokozuna 9–6 |
West Yokozuna 0–3–12 |
| 1965 | East Yokozuna 8–7 |
East Yokozuna 8–7 |
East Yokozuna 8–7 |
West Yokozuna 7–4–4 |
West Yokozuna 10–5 |
West Yokozuna 5–6–4 |
| 1966 | Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna 10–5 |
East Yokozuna 1–3–11 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna Retired 2–5–0 |
| 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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