Arase Nagahide

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Arase".
Arase Nagahide
荒勢 永英
Personal information
Born Arase Hideo
June 20, 1949
Ino, Kōchi, Japan
Died August 11, 2008 (aged 59)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 145 kg (320 lb; 22.8 st)
Career
Stable Hanakago
Record 420-414-11
Debut January, 1972
Highest rank Sekiwake (May, 1976)
Retired September, 1981
Special Prizes Technique (1)
Outstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars 2 (Kotozakura (1), Kitanoumi (1))
* Up to date as of July 2012.

Arase Nagahide (荒勢 永英, 20 June 1949 – 11 August 2008), real name Arase Hideo (荒瀬 英生) was a sumo wrestler from Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

An amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, he made his professional debut in 1972, and reached the top makuuchi division the following year. His highest rank was sekiwake. He was a member of Hanakago stable and a stablemate of yokozuna Wajima, a fellow Nihon University graduate. He once wore a cream-coloured mawashi, or belt, in a tournament, the only wrestler so far to do so.[1]After his retirement in 1981 he was briefly an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Magaki but left in 1983, turning the name over to Wakanohana II, and became a television personality. He stood for election to the House of Councillors in 2001, but was unsuccessful. He suffered a stroke in 2006. He died of heart failure in 2008 at the age of 59.[2]

Career record

Arase Nagahide[3]
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
1972 Makushita tsukedashi #60
5–2
 		 West Makushita #38
5–2
 		 West Makushita #22
6–1–P
 		 West Makushita #7
5–2
 		 East Makushita #2
6–1
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 
1973 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #13
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 
1974 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #6
11–4
O		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #3
10–5
F		 East Komusubi #2
5–10
 
1975 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
9–6
F		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 
1976 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 
1977 West Maegashira #1
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #1
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
11–4
T		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 
1978 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 
1979 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #12
10–5
 
1980 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 West Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 
1981 East Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #7
3–10–2
 		 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #7
Retired
1–5		 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. ↑ Schilling, Mark (1994). Sumo: A Fan's Guide. The Japan Times. p. 27. ISBN 4-7890-0725-1.
  2. ↑ "Ex-sekiwake Arase dead at 59". Daily Yomiuri. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Arase Nagahide Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

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