Daishōhō Masami

Daishōhō Masami
大翔鳳 昌巳
Personal information
Born Masami Murata
(1967-05-07)May 7, 1967
Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaidō
Died December 4, 1999(1999-12-04) (aged 32)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 146.5 kg (323 lb)
Career
Stable Tatsunami
Record 369-380-65
Debut January, 1990
Highest rank Komusubi (January, 1993)
Retired July, 1999
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (2)
* Up to date as of July 2007.

Daishōhō Masami (7 May 1967 – 4 December 1999) was a sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

Career

Born in Sapporo, he took up skiing as a young boy, as he came from an area famous for its ski slopes. He also played basketball at school. However his father was an amateur sumo enthusiast and encouraged his son to try the sport.[1] In his third year of junior high he took part in the National Junior High School Sumo Championships, held in Tokyo, and was put up in Tatsunami stable during the championships.[1] Daishoho was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, and after graduation he returned to Tatsunami stable.[1] He entered professional sumo in January 1990 at the makushita level, and quickly reached the top makuuchi division in July 1991. His best performance in a tournament was in September 1992 when he was runner-up to Takahanada with 11 wins. He reached his highest rank of komusubi in January 1993, but after that he was plagued by a number of injuries to his knees, back and triceps. He fell back to the jūryō division after pulling out of the January 1997 tournament on the 4th day.

Retirement and death

In 1999 Daishoho was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He wanted to receive treatment whilst still remaining active on the dohyo, but in June he was persuaded by his doctors to enter hospital full-time and so retired from sumo. Since it was clear that he would be unlikely to live long enough to have a formal retirement ceremony (danpatsu-shiki) at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, which normally takes place up to a year after retiring, in October 1999 his fellow wrestler and graduate of Nihon University Mainoumi organised a private function for him which was attended by many wrestlers and elders of the Sumo Association. Daishoho's weight had dropped from 150 kg to below 90 kg. He died on December 4, 1999 at the age of 32 due to pancreatic cancer.

Fighting style

Daishoho liked pushing techniques, particularly tsuppari, a series of rapid thrusts to the chest. However, he was also good at fighting on the mawashi or belt, where he preferred a migi-yotsu grip, a left hand outside and right hand inside position. His most commonly used kimarite were yorikiri (force out), oshidashi (push out) and uwatenage (overarm throw).

Career record

Daishōhō Masami[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
1990 Makushita tsukedashi #60
6–1
 		 East Makushita #32
5–2
 		 East Makushita #17
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
5–2
 		 East Makushita #4
5–2
 		 East Makushita #1
5–2
 
1991 West Jūryō #12
11–4
 		 East Jūryō #6
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #2
11–4
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 
1992 East Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
11–4
F		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
 
1993 East Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #3
6–8–1
 
1994 West Maegashira #5
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Maegashira #5
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 
1995 West Maegashira #11
11–4
F		 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #10
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #14
10–5
 
1996 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
10–5
 		 West Komusubi #2
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #1
1–14
 
1997 East Maegashira #14
2–2–11
 		 East Jūryō #6
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #6
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
5–10
 
1998 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #3
5–9–1
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
5–10
 
1999 West Jūryō #10
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #10
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Makushita #10
Retired
0–0–0		 x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up 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. 1 2 3 Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
  2. ↑ "Daishōhō Masami Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-27.


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