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1988 In Sumo
The following is a list of events in professional sumo in 1988. Six honbasho or official tournaments are held each year. Tournaments *Hatsu basho, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 10 – 24 January *Haru basho, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, 13 – 27 March *Natsu basho, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 8 – 22 May *Nagoya basho, Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, 3 – 17 July *Aki basho, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, 11 – 25 September *Kyushu basho, Fukuoka International Centre, Kyushu, 13 – 27 November News January *At the opening tournament of the year, new ozeki Asahifuji wins his first yusho or tournament championship, defeating his nemesis Chiyonofuji on the final day for only the second time in 22 meetings. Asahifuji finishes on 14–1, one win ahead of fellow ozeki Konishiki. Asahifuji's title is the first yusho for his group of stables, the Tatsunami-Isegahama ichimon, for nearly 19 years – the last was Kiyokuni's in July 1969. Chiyonofuji can manage only third pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honbasho
A is an official professional sumo tournament. The number of ''honbasho'' every year has varied along the years; since 1958 there are six tournaments every year. Only ''honbasho'' results matter in determining promotion and relegation for ''rikishi'' (sumo wrestlers) in the ''banzuke'' ranking. Since 1926 the ''honbasho'' are organized by the Japan Sumo Association, after the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka sumo associations. The term ''honbasho'' means "main (or real) tournament", and is used to distinguish these tournaments from unofficial tournaments which are held as part of sumo tours, between the six major tournaments. Such display tournaments may have prize money attached but a wrestler's performance has no effect on his ranking. This type of sumo is often called ''hana-sumo'' ( flower-sumo) as it is not taken as seriously by the wrestlers. ''Honbasho'' last for 15 days. Sumo wrestlers ranked in the top two divisions (''makuuchi'' and ''jūryō'') wrestle once each day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotogaume
Kotogaume Tsuyoshi (born 5 October 1963 as Satoru Kitayama) is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsuo, Nei District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. He joined sumo in 1979 and made the top ''makuuchi'' division in 1985. His highest rank was ''sekiwake,'' which he held on twelve occasions. After his retirement in 1997 he worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable until 2007. Career In his youth he practiced judo and was a black belt, 1st dan. He made his professional sumo debut in March 1979, after finishing junior high school. Initially he fought under his own surname of Kitayama, before being given the'' shikona'' of Kotogaume ("Harp of the Plum"). In his early career he served as a ''tsukebito'' or personal attendant to ''ozeki'' Kotokaze. He made his first appearance in the titled ''sanyaku'' ranks of the top division in November 1985, the same tournament in which Kotokaze announced his retirement. He reached his highest rank of ''sekiwake'' for the first time in September 1986. In 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidenohana
Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan. One of the few professional sumo wrestlers from Yamanashi Prefecture, he was recruited by ''yokozuna'' Wajima of the Hanakago stable. He made his professional debut in March 1980, alongside Kotofuji and future professional wrestler but never reached the top division. His highest rank was ''jūryō'' 5. He reached the second division eight years after his professional debut. He won the ''jūryō'' division ''yūshō'' or championship in his debut tournament in the division (the first wrestler to achieve this since Kotochitose in 1979), but then never won another bout as a ''sekitori,'' as he suffered a left knee medial collateral ligament injury in training with members of the Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanyaku
The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. A B C D E F G H I J K M N O R S T W Y Z References External links Glossary of Sumo TermsSumopediaat NHK World-Japan {{Glossaries of sports Sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daijuyama
Daijuyama Tadaaki (太寿山 忠明, born 8 April 1959 as ) is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 tournaments, winning four special prizes, and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was a runner-up to Chiyonofuji in the July 1982 tournament. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in 1991 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He re-established the Hanakago stable in 1992 and produced his first top division wrestler Kōryū in 2008. The stable folded in 2012 and he moved to Minezaki stable to work as an assistant coach. Career He joined Futagoyama stable in March 1975 at the age of 16, recruited by the former yokozuna Wakanohana I. Joining the stable at the same time as him was future ozeki Wakashimazu. It took him about five years to make the sekitori ranks, climbing the divisions steadily without picking up any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakasegawa
Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu (born Wataru Sato; July 28, 1962 - October 8, 2011) was a sumo wrestler from Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1978, reaching the top '' makuuchi'' division for the first time in 1983. His highest rank was '' maegashira'' 1. He retired in 1992 and worked in the restaurant business after leaving sumo. Career He was recruited by former '' ozeki'' Kiyokuni in 1978, who had taken over Isegahama stable the previous year. He made his first appearance on the '' dohyo'' in March 1978, and he rose through the lower ranks fairly quickly. He first reached the '' sekitori'' ranks in September 1980, having won the '' makushita'' division championship with a perfect 7-0 record in the previous tournament. However he lasted only one tournament in '' juryo'' before being demoted, and after missing the first two tournaments of 1981 he fell to the bottom of the ''makushita'' division. He came back strongly to earn promotion back to the ''juryo'' di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirinji Kazuharu
Kirinji Kazuharu, real name Kazuharu Tarusawa (9 March 1953 – 1 March 2021) was a sumo wrestler from Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1967, reaching the top ''makuuchi'' division in 1974. His highest rank was ''sekiwake.'' During his long career he won several awards and set a number of longevity records. Upon his retirement in 1988 he became a sumo coach and elder of the Japan Sumo Association, until reaching 65 years of age in 2018. Career He made his professional debut in May 1967 at the age of just 14, joining Nishonoseki stable. At first he fought under his own surname of Tarusawa, before adopting the ''shikona'' of Kirinji in January 1974 upon promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division. The ''shikona'' had previously been used by one of his stablemates, ''ozeki'' Daikirin. Kirinji reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 1974 and remained there for 84 tournaments, a record at the time second only to Takamiyama's 97 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokutoumi
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 61st ''yokozuna'' and won eight top division championships. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable, as did Chiyonofuji, and the two were the first ''yokozuna'' stablemates to take part in a play-off for the championship, in 1989. After a number of injury problems he retired in 1992, and is now the head coach of Hakkaku stable. In November 2015 he was appointed chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, following the death of Kitanoumi, initially to serve until the end of March 2016. He was then elected as head for a full term by his fellow board members in a vote held in March 2016, and was re-elected in 2018, 2020 and 2022. Early life Hoshi was born in Hiroo, Hokkaidō. An uncle was an acquaintance of former ''yokozuna'' Kitanofuji, who by then had retired from competition and was running Kokonoe stable, and at his invitation Hoshi moved to Tokyo. Upon leaving school, his first appearance in the ring was M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokozuna
, or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the only division that is featured on NHK's standard live coverage of sumo tournaments. The lower divisions are shown on their satellite coverage, with only the ''makuuchi'' broadcast having bilingual English commentary. ''Makuuchi'' literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when there was a curtained-off area reserved for the top ranked wrestlers, to sit before appearing for their bouts. Wrestlers are considered for promotion or demotion in rank before each grand tournament according to their performance in the one previous. Generally, a greater number of wins than losses (''kachi-koshi'') results in a promotion, and the reverse (''make-koshi'') results in demotion. There are stricter criteria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makushita
Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For more information see ''kachi-koshi'' and ''make-koshi''. Wrestlers are also ranked within each division. The higher a wrestler's rank within a division is, the stronger the general level of opponents he will have to face becomes. According to tradition, each rank is further subdivided into East and West, with East being slightly more prestigious, and ranked slightly higher than its West counterpart. The divisions, ranked in order of hierarchy from highest to lowest, are as follows: ''Makuuchi'' , or , is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers who are ranked according to their performance in previous tournaments. At the top of the division are the "titleholders", or "champions" called the ''san'yaku'' comprising ''yokozuna'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshio Kenji
Oshio may refer to: * Oshio Station (Fukui) * Japanese destroyer Oshio * Ōshio Kenji, a Japanese former sumo wrestler * Kotaro Oshio, a Japanese acoustic guitarist * Manabu Oshio, Japanese singer and actor {{disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
