Haguroiwa Tomomi

Haguroiwa Tomomi
羽黒岩 智一
Personal information
Born Tomojiro Toda
June 30, 1946
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 128 kg (282 lb)
Career
Stable Tatsunami
Record 626-624-42
Debut May, 1961
Highest rank Komusubi (May, 1973)
Retired January, 1978
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars 2 (Taihō, Kashiwado)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Haguroiwa Tomomi (born 30 June 1946 as Tomojiro Toda) is a former sumo wrestler from Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1961, and reached the top division in January 1967. His highest rank was komusubi. He withdrew from active competition in January 1978 and remained in the Japan Sumo Association as an elder under the name Ikazuchi. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, and left the Sumo Association in June 2011.

Haguroiwa is remembered for his feat in the March tournament of 1969 when (still competing under his family name of Toda) he ended the 45 bout winning streak of yokozuna Taihō, which was a postwar record at the time. This was the first kinboshi of his career. However, it caused controversy because the bout had initially been awarded to Taihō by the referee before being reversed by the judges, but photographs published in newspapers the next day suggested that Toda had stepped out first and Taihō should have been given the victory after all. This embarrassment led to the Sumo Association introducing instant replay to assist judges in future decisions.[1]

Career record

Haguroiwa Tomomi[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
1961 x x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #33
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #76
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #11
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1962 West Jonidan #55
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #23
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #41
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #75
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #3
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #80
5–2
 
1963 East Sandanme #49
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #4
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #27
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #14
4–3
 		 West Makushita #95
4–3
 		 East Makushita #84
5–2
 
1964 West Makushita #63
4–3
 		 West Makushita #57
5–2
 		 West Makushita #40
4–3
 		 West Makushita #36
4–3
 		 West Makushita #30
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
5–2
 
1965 East Makushita #23
5–2
 		 East Makushita #13
4–3
 		 West Makushita #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #6
5–2
 		 East Makushita #2
6–1
 		 West Jūryō #17
8–7
 
1966 West Jūryō #16
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #2
11–4
 
1967 West Maegashira #12
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #15
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #10
6–9
 
1968 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 
1969 East Maegashira #7
11–4
F		 East Maegashira #1
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #3
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 
1970 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 
1971 West Maegashira #9
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
5–8–2
 		 East Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 
1972 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
10–5
 
1973 West Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #3
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
2–13
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 
1974 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #9
4–11
 
1975 West Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #11
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 
1976 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 
1977 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #9
1–3–11
 		 East Jūryō #6
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #6
5–10
 
1978 West Jūryō #13
Retired
1–7–7
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. ↑ Sharnoff, Lora (March 2004). "Natsu Basho Preview: Lone Yokozuna Asashoryu poised to become one of sumo’s all-time greats". Weekender Online. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Haguroiwa Tomomi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-07.