Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro

Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro
琴稲妻 佳弘
Personal information
Born Masahiro Tamura
(1962-04-26) April 26, 1962
Niiharu, Gunma, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 137 kg (302 lb)
Career
Stable Sadogatake
Record 752-802-30
Debut March, 1978
Highest rank Komusubi (November, 1995)
Retired July, 1999
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro (born 26 April 1962 as Masahiro Tamura) is a former sumo wrestler from Niiharu, Gunma, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1978, and reached the top division in 1987. His highest rank was komusubi and he earned two special prizes. After retirement he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and is currently a coach at Sadogatake stable.[1]

Career record

Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro[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
1978 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #19
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #58
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #20
1–6
 		 East Jonidan #60
4–3
 
1979 West Jonidan #43
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #21
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #84
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #67
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #80
7–0–P
 		 East Makushita #60
0–7
 
1980 East Sandanme #30
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #43
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #71
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #58
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #26
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #49
4–3
 
1981 West Sandanme #32
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #47
4–3
 		 East Makushita #34
4–3
 		 East Makushita #25
0–7
 		 East Makushita #55
6–1
 
1982 East Makushita #26
5–2
 		 West Makushita #14
3–4
 		 West Makushita #22
2–5
 		 East Makushita #49
4–3
 		 East Makushita #36
4–3
 		 West Makushita #27
4–3
 
1983 West Makushita #19
2–5
 		 West Makushita #38
5–2
 		 West Makushita #21
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
2–5
 		 East Makushita #29
5–2
 		 West Makushita #17
2–5
 
1984 West Makushita #32
3–4
 		 East Makushita #42
4–3
 		 East Makushita #32
4–3
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 West Makushita #23
6–1
 
1985 East Makushita #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 
1986 West Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 
1987 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 
1988 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
5–10
 
1989 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 
1990 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 
1991 East Maegashira #9
3–5–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #15
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #14
7–8
 
1992 West Maegashira #16
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
3–4–8
 		 West Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #6
11–4–P
 		 West Maegashira #15
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #10
7–8
 
1993 East Maegashira #12
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 
1994 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
8–7
O		 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 
1995 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
9–6
F		 East Komusubi #1
6–9
 
1996 West Maegashira #2
2–13
 		 East Maegashira #13
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 
1997 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 
1998 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #14
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 
1999 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
Retired
3–12–0		 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 2012-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-26.

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