Toyonoumi Shinji

Toyonoumi Shinji
豊ノ海 真二
Personal information
Born Shinji Hamada
September 22, 1965
Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 196 kg (432 lb)
Career
Stable Futagoyama → Fujishima → Futagoyama
Record 655-661-0
Debut March, 1981
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (September, 1992)
Retired March, 1999
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Toyonoumi Shinji (born 22 September 1965 as Shinji Hamada) is a former sumo wrestler from Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981 and reached the top division in November 1988. He was known by the shikona Takanohama until 1990. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Yamahibiki. He left the Sumo Association in June 2002.[1]

Career record

Toyonoumi Shinji[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) East Jonokuchi #31
2–5
 		 East Jonokuchi #11
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #131
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #138
6–1
 
1982 West Jonidan #71
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #107
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #90
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #21
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #49
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #27
5–2
 
1983 West Sandanme #79
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #62
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #76
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #45
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #62
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #79
5–2
 
1984 East Sandanme #45
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #14
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #29
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #13
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #1
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #14
5–2
 
1985 West Makushita #45
4–3
 		 East Makushita #32
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
2–5
 		 West Makushita #30
2–5
 		 East Makushita #56
5–2
 
1986 West Makushita #34
2–5
 		 West Makushita #58
5–2
 		 East Makushita #36
7–0
Champion
 		 East Makushita #3
3–4
 		 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
3–4
 
1987 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #12
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #13
11–4
 
1988 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
11–4
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #13
7–8
 
1989 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #5
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 
1990 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #13
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 
1991 West Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #15
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #14
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #15
7–8
 
1992 East Jūryō #2
12–3
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 
1993 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #14
8–7
 
1994 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #14
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #3
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 
1995 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 
1996 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
3–12
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
5–10
 
1997 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 
1998 West Jūryō #3
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 
1999 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #8
Retired
2–13–0		 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. ↑ "Toyonoumi Shinji Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. ↑ "Toyonoumi Shinji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-08.

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