Kirinowaka Tarō

Kirinowaka Tarō
霧の若 太郎
Personal information
Born Masayuki Okamoto
(1983-09-18) September 18, 1983[1]
Chōyō, Kumamoto[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 123 kg (271 lb)
Career
Stable Michinoku
Record 310-291-0
Debut March 1999
Highest rank Jūryō 4 (September 2009)
Retired May 2011
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Masayuki Okamoto (岡本 将之, Okamoto Masayuki, born 18 September 1983) is a former sumo wrestler and current professional wrestler from Chōyō, Kumamoto, Japan.[1] In sumo, he used the shikona Kirinowaka Tarō (霧の若 太郎, Kirinowaka Tarō), while in professional wrestling he is known by the ring name Shogun Okamoto (将軍岡本, Shōgun Okamoto).

Career

As a professional wrestler

He made his professional debut in March 1999, but never reached the top division. The highest rank he achieved was jūryō 4. He was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association, as a result of the 2011 match-fixing scandal.[2] In January 2012 he became a professional wrestler with a ring name of Shogun Okamoto and joined the Inoki Genome Federation. In February 2012 he won his first match, defeating Bob Sapp. In October 2013 he formed a tag team with another former sumo wrestler, Wakakirin. He left IGF in March 2016 and went freelance.[1] In July he joined Akebono and Ryota Hama's tag team "SMOP", as part of which he won his first title, the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, in February 2017.[3]

His parents' home was destroyed in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, although none of his relatives were injured.

Career record

Kirinowaka Tarō[4]
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
1999 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #32
61
 
East Jonidan #95
25
 
West Jonidan #119
34
 
East Jonidan #135
61
 
2000 East Jonidan #54
25
 
West Jonidan #79
52
 
West Jonidan #34
34
 
East Jonidan #53
43
 
East Jonidan #33
34
 
East Jonidan #52
52
 
2001 East Jonidan #12
52
 
East Sandanme #77
61
 
East Sandanme #21
34
 
East Sandanme #35
43
 
West Sandanme #20
43
 
East Sandanme #9
34
 
2002 East Sandanme #22
43
 
East Sandanme #11
34
 
West Sandanme #28
43
 
East Sandanme #13
52
 
West Makushita #51
25
 
East Sandanme #12
52
 
2003 East Makushita #50
25
 
East Sandanme #13
34
 
East Sandanme #26
52
 
West Sandanme #2
43
 
West Makushita #51
34
 
West Sandanme #4
43
 
2004 West Makushita #50
34
 
West Makushita #57
61
 
West Makushita #26
43
 
West Makushita #22
43
 
East Makushita #18
25
 
West Makushita #31
43
 
2005 West Makushita #25
43
 
West Makushita #20
43
 
West Makushita #14
25
 
West Makushita #25
34
 
West Makushita #32
43
 
West Makushita #25
52
 
2006 East Makushita #15
52
 
West Makushita #6
52
 
East Makushita #3
43
 
East Makushita #2
34
 
West Makushita #5
25
 
East Makushita #17
34
 
2007 East Makushita #23
43
 
East Makushita #18
52
 
West Makushita #11
61
 
East Makushita #4
34
 
West Makushita #7
43
 
West Makushita #4
52
 
2008 East Jūryō #13
78
 
West Jūryō #13
87
 
East Jūryō #12
87
 
West Jūryō #8
69
 
East Jūryō #13
312
 
East Makushita #6
52
 
2009 East Makushita #2
52
 
West Jūryō #14
87
 
East Jūryō #12
96
 
West Jūryō #8
87
 
West Jūryō #4
510
 
East Jūryō #10
87
 
2010 West Jūryō #8
69
 
East Jūryō #12
78
 
East Jūryō #13
213
 
East Makushita #14
25
 
West Makushita #27
43
 
East Makushita #23
43
 
2011 East Makushita #19
34
 
East Makushita #28
Tournament Cancelled
East Makushita #28
Retired
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

Championships and accomplishments

Professional wrestling

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 将軍岡本. Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  2. "Match-fixing wrestlers forced to retire". Times Live. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  3. 1 2 曙&岡本タッグ王座奪取 SMOP増殖計画. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  4. "Kirinowaka Tarō Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  5. ★BJW認定横浜ショッピングストリート6人タッグ王座★. Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
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