Asahisato Kenji

Asahisato Kenji
旭里 憲治
Personal information
Born Kenji Masuda
November 9, 1965
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb)
Career
Stable Ōshima
Record 553-543-3
Debut March 1981
Highest rank Maegashira 14 (January, 1988)
Retired January, 1998
Championships 1 (Makushita)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Asahisato Kenji (born 9 November 1965 as Kenji Masuda) is a former sumo wrestler from Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in March 1990. His highest rank was maegashira 14. He retired in January 1998 and is currently an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Nakagawa.[1]

Career record

Asahisato Kenji[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
1981 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #35
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #134
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #88
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #110
4–3
 
1982 East Jonidan #88
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #109
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #39
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #23
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #51
7–0–PPP
Champion
 		 East Sandanme #52
2–5
 
1983 West Sandanme #75
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #13
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #33
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #20
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #53
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #39
5–2
 
1984 East Sandanme #11
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #37
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #5
5–2
 		 West Makushita #39
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #41
3–4
 
1985 East Makushita #55
5–2
 		 East Makushita #34
2–5
 		 West Makushita #58
5–2
 		 East Makushita #37
5–2
 		 East Makushita #21
4–3
 		 West Makushita #16
3–4
 
1986 West Makushita #25
2–5
 		 East Makushita #48
5–2
 		 East Makushita #30
2–5
 		 West Makushita #60
4–3
 		 East Makushita #46
4–3
 		 East Makushita #38
4–3
 
1987 East Makushita #31
1–6
 		 East Sandanme #2
4–3
 		 West Makushita #50
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #2
4–3
 		 West Makushita #46
5–2
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 
1988 East Makushita #14
4–3
 		 West Makushita #7
2–5
 		 West Makushita #21
5–2
 		 West Makushita #12
4–3
 		 West Makushita #7
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 
1989 West Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #4
9–6
 
1990 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #14
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
5–10
 
1991 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
5–7–3
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 
1992 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #16
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #2
5–10
 
1993 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 
1994 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #16
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #4
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #12
2–13
 		 West Makushita #9
2–5
 
1995 East Makushita #25
5–2
 		 West Makushita #14
7–0
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 
1996 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #7
1–14
 
1997 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #6
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #12
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #5
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #10
9–6
 
1998 West Jūryō #4
Retired
5–10–0		 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)
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. ↑ "Asahisato Kenji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-02.

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