Kinkaiyama Ryū

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金開山 龍
Kinkaiyama Ryū
Personal information
Born Ryusui Kin
(1976-01-07) January 7, 1976
Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Weight 156 kg (344 lb)
Career
Stable Dewanoumi
Record 469-453-35
Debut March, 1991
Highest rank Maegashira 6 (November, 2003)
Retired May, 2006
Championships 3 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Career information is correct as of Sep. 2012.

Kinkaiyama Ryū (born 7 January 1976 as Ryusui Kin) is a former sumo wrestler from Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1991, and reached the top division in July 1998. His highest rank was maegashira 6. He retired in May 2006 and is currently an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tagonoura.[1]

Career record

Kinkaiyama Ryū[2]
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
1991 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #14
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #114
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #83
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #96
4–3
 
1992 West Jonidan #70
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #89
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #47
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #22
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #57
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #94
5–2
 
1993 East Sandanme #57
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #86
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #4
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #67
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #17
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #4
2–5
 
1994 West Sandanme #28
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #45
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #65
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #15
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #2
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #20
4–3
 
1995 East Sandanme #8
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #31
6–1
 		 East Makushita #52
4–3
 		 East Makushita #42
4–3
 		 West Makushita #34
1–6
 		 West Makushita #55
6–1
 
1996 East Makushita #28
2–5
 		 West Makushita #50
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #8
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #24
5–2
 		 West Makushita #56
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #10
6–1
 
1997 East Makushita #39
4–3
 		 West Makushita #29
4–3
 		 West Makushita #21
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
6–1
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
4–3
 
1998 West Jūryō #13
12–3
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #15
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 
1999 West Maegashira #14
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #5
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #2
10–5–PP
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
10–5
 
2000 East Maegashira #14
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #2
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #10
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #13
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #1
12–3
Champion
 
2001 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
3–5–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #6
2–13
 		 West Makushita #4
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
3–4
 
2002 West Makushita #7
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Makushita #7
3–4
 		 West Makushita #11
5–2
 		 East Makushita #4
6–1–PP
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #10
11–4–P
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 
2003 East Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #12
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #15
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 
2004 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #1
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 
2005 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #10
5–10
 		 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 
2006 West Makushita #1
2–5
 		 East Makushita #8
3–4
 		 East Makushita #13
Retired
0–1–6		 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)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2012-09-03. 
  2. ↑ "Kinkaiyama Ryū Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-03. 


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