Kanechika Kazunori

Kanechika Kazunori
金親 和行
Personal information
Born Kazuyuki Kanechika
November 12, 1969
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 161 kg (355 lb)
Career
Stable Mihogaseki → Kitanoumi
Record 491-481-11
Debut September, 1985
Highest rank Jūryō 2 (January, 1995)
Retired September, 2004
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Kanechika Kazunori (born 12 November 1969 as Kazuyuki Kanechika) is a former sumo wrestler from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He made his professional debut in September 1985, but never reached the top division. His highest rank was jūryō 2. He retired in September 2004 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and head coach of Miyagino stable. He was forced to resign as head coach by the Sumo Association in December 2010, after being caught on tape discussing match-fixing. He swapped elder names with former head coach Chikubayama and is now known as Kumagatani-oyakata.[1][2][3][4]

Career record

Kanechika Kazunori[5]
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
1985 x x x x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #45
4–3
 
1986 West Jonokuchi #11
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #103
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #71
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #92
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #106
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #79
4–3
 
1987 East Jonidan #54
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #92
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #78
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #61
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #46
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #28
3–4
 
1988 West Sandanme #41
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #70
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #51
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #4
6–1
 		 East Makushita #35
4–3
 		 East Makushita #25
2–5
 
1989 East Makushita #46
4–3
 		 West Makushita #37
5–2
 		 West Makushita #22
2–5
 		 East Makushita #40
4–3
 		 West Makushita #27
1–2–4
 		 East Makushita #57
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1990 East Makushita #57
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #24
6–1
 		 East Makushita #47
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #3
6–1
 		 East Makushita #33
2–5
 		 West Makushita #48
5–2
 
1991 West Makushita #28
2–5
 		 West Makushita #44
4–3
 		 West Makushita #36
4–3
 		 West Makushita #24
5–2
 		 West Makushita #13
6–1
 		 East Makushita #4
4–3
 
1992 East Makushita #2
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #10
4–11
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
3–4
 		 West Makushita #4
2–5
 		 East Makushita #18
4–3
 
1993 East Makushita #13
5–2
 		 West Makushita #5
3–4
 		 East Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #7
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 
1994 East Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 
1995 West Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 
1996 East Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #10
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
5–10
 
1997 East Makushita #2
3–4
 		 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 West Makushita #4
5–2
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #8
7–8
 
1998 West Jūryō #10
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #11
4–11
 		 East Makushita #4
2–5
 		 East Makushita #14
1–6
 		 East Makushita #37
5–2
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 
1999 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 East Makushita #22
3–4
 		 West Makushita #30
4–3
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 		 East Makushita #16
4–3
 		 West Makushita #12
5–2
 
2000 East Makushita #5
3–4
 		 West Makushita #9
2–5
 		 East Makushita #22
2–5
 		 West Makushita #38
3–4
 		 West Makushita #51
5–2
 		 West Makushita #30
5–2
 
2001 West Makushita #18
2–5
 		 West Makushita #33
5–2
 		 East Makushita #22
3–4
 		 West Makushita #33
4–3
 		 West Makushita #26
2–5
 		 West Makushita #41
6–1
 
2002 West Makushita #17
3–4
 		 West Makushita #26
2–5
 		 West Makushita #43
4–3
 		 West Makushita #35
3–4
 		 West Makushita #48
3–4
 		 West Makushita #57
4–3
 
2003 West Makushita #48
1–6
 		 East Sandanme #19
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #58
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #10
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #25
4–3
 
2004 West Sandanme #11
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #36
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #51
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #34
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #52
Retired
0–0–0		 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. ↑ "Hakuho's stable elder questioned". The Japan Times. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Stablemaster bout-rigging claim hit". The Japan Times. 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Kumagatani Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  4. ↑ "Miyagino Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  5. ↑ "Kanechika Kazunori Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

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