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Chikubayama
Chikubayama Masakuni (born August 21, 1957 as Makoto Tazaki) is a former sumo wrestler from Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1973, breaking into the top ''makuuchi'' division thirteen years later in 1986. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 13. After retiring in 1989 he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He was the head coach of the Miyagino stable and his most successful wrestler is ''yokozuna'' Hakuhō. Career He did sumo from a young age but played baseball at junior high school as there was no sumo team available. He joined Miyagino stable after graduation. His ring name (''shikona'') was named after former ''yokozuna'' Yoshibayama, his stablemaster, and it also references Chikugo, Fukuoka. His active career was relatively modest. He made his professional debut in March 1973 (alongside future ''sekiwake'' Kōbōyama), using his real name of Tazaki as his ''shikona.'' In March 1974 upon promotion to the ''sandanme'' division he became Chik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyagino Stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Isegahama '' ichimon'' or group of stables. It was founded by the 43rd ''yokozuna'' Yoshibayama as ''Yoshibayama dōjō'' while he was still an active wrestler, before changing to its current name in 1960. As of January 2023, the stable had 20 wrestlers, with two of them ranked in the second highest professional division. __TOC__ History In August 2004 former ''jūryō'' division wrestler Kanechika took over in controversial circumstances from former ''maegashira'' Chikubayama, who had been in charge since 1989. Unusually, the new stablemaster was from a different ''ichimon'' (Kanechika belonged to Kitanoumi stable, part of the Dewanoumi ''ichimon'', in his days as an active wrestler). Kanechika was able to take control of the stable because he married one of the daughters of the 9th Miyagino's widow, who owned the ''toshiyori'' name, which Chikubayama was only borrowing, and was adopted by her as her son. Chikubayama, who had guided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanechika
Kanechika Kazunori (born 12 November 1969 as Kazuyuki Kanechika, also known as Kasuyuki Yamamura) is a former sumo wrestler and coach from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Sumo career He was fond of basketball while at junior high school. His father remarried and Kanechika had a poor relationship with his stepmother, which was one reason why he quit high school to enter sumo. He was recruited by the recently retired ''yokozuna'' Kitanoumi, who was looking to open his own training stable. Kanechika made his professional debut in September 1985, fighting under his own surname. Upon promotion to the ''sekitori'' level in March 1992 he changed his ''shikona'' to Gassan, but soon reverted to Kanechika after a run of bad results. He never reached the top division, his highest rank being ''jūryō'' 2 in January 1995. He was demoted from the ''jūryō'' division in 1998 and spent the last six years of his career in the unsalaried ''makushita'' and ''sandanme'' divisions. In November 1999 he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakuhō Shō
; , lead=yes) is a retired professional sumo wrestler (''rikishi'') from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Making his debut in March 2001, he reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2004. In May 2007, at the age of 22, he became the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non-Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in sumo, ''yokozuna''. In 2009, he broke the record for the most wins in a calendar year, winning 86 out of 90 bouts, and repeated this feat with the same record again in 2010 when he established the second longest winning streak in sumo history. He also holds the record for the most List of sumo record holders#Most top division championships, undefeated tournament championships at sixteen, which is eight more than any other sumo wrestler in history. He was the only active ''yokozuna'' from 2010, following the retirement of his rival and fellow Mongolian Asashōryū Akinori, Asashōryū, until 2012 with the promotion of fellow Mongolian Harumafuji Kōhei, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshibayama
, real name , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Atsuta District, Hokkaido. He was the sport's 43rd ''yokozuna''. He suffered a number of injuries and only won one tournament championship, but was a popular wrestler. He was a runner-up five times, and earned three special prizes and two gold stars in his top division career. After his retirement in 1958 he revived and led the Miyagino stable until his death in 1977. Career He entered sumo in a curious way. He had travelled to Tokyo on a train to attend school, but was met at the station by a sumo wrestler who was expecting a new recruit, who had in fact had second thoughts and not made the trip. The conspicuously large Ikeda was mistaken for him and taken back to Takashima stable before he even realised what was going on. He made his professional debut in May 1938 using the ''shikona'' or ring name . After suffering appendicitis he had to undergo emergency surgery and changed his ring surname to Yoshibayama in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōbōyama Daizō
Kōbōyama Daizō (born 15 August 1957 as Kōkichi Yomogida) is a former sumo wrestler from Tsukidate, Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1973 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in 1981. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. He earned two special prizes for Technique and was a runner-up in one tournament. He retired in 1990. He is now a sumo coach and ran the Takashima stable from 1993 until 2011. He was elected to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors in 2018. Career He came from a family of beef cattle farmers. He was a Prefectural Junior School Sumo Champion. He joined Takashima stable at the age of 15 in March 1973, recruited by former '' ōzeki'' Mitsuneyama. There were a large number of new recruits in that tournament because of a rule change. Also among them was the future top division wrestler Chikubayama. He made the ''juryo'' division in May 1981 at the age of 23. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by Motosada Zumoto on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan to participate in the international community. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the paper's editors experienced mounting pressure from the Japanese government to submit to its policies. In 1933, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Hitoshi Ashida, former ministry official, as chief editor. During World War II, the newspaper served as an outlet for Imperial Japanese government communication and editorial opinion. It was successively renamed ''The Japan Times and Mail'' (1918–1940) following its merger with ''The Japan Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōbō Kenichi
Kōbō Kenichi (born as Kenichi Mineyama; August 18, 1973 – July 2, 2021) was a Japanese sumo wrestler. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 9. Career Kōbō made his professional debut in March 1989 at the age of 15. He worked his way quickly through the lowest three divisions, making his ''makushita'' debut shortly after his 18th birthday, less than three years into his career. However, he was unable to advance further for several years, reaching ''sekitori'' status only in January 1999 upon promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division, after nearly ten years of toiling in the lower divisions. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first time in November 2001 but only lasted two tournaments before being demoted. He returned on two other occasions but he largely remained a veteran of the ''jūryō'' division, in which he spent 44 tournaments. For a long period he was the highest ranking wrestler in Miyagino stable, before the emergence of Hakuho, now a ''yoko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekitori
A ''sekitori'' (関取) is a ''rikishi'' (力士, sumo wrestler) who is ranked in one of the top two professional divisions: ''makuuchi'' and ''jūryō''. The name literally translates to having taken the barrier, as only a relatively small fraction of those who enter professional sumo achieve ''sekitori'' status. Currently there are 70 ''rikishi'' in these divisions. The benefits of being a ''sekitori'' compared to lower ranked wrestlers are significant and include: * to receive a salary and bonus (those in the lower divisions merely receive an allowance) * to have one's own supporters' club * to wear high quality men's kimono and other items of attire * to have a private room in the training stable * to be able to get married and live away from the training stable * to have junior ''rikishi'' to effectively act as their personal servants * to wear a silk ''mawashi'' with stiffened cords (called ''sagari'') in tournament bouts * to participate in the ring entrance ceremony and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōshima Stable
was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in 1980 by former '' ōzeki'' Asahikuni, who branched off from Tatsunami stable. The head of Tatsunami stable opposed the setting up of the new stable, and did not speak to Ōshima until Asahifuji was promoted to ''ōzeki'' in 1987. Ōshima produced ten ''sekitori'', all of whom went on to reach the top ''makuuchi'' division. Ōshima's senior wrestler in later years was the Mongolian born veteran Kyokutenhō, who has Japanese citizenship and was seen as the successor to Ōshima. However, after Kyokutenhō indicated a desire to continue wrestling, the stable instead closed on 25 April 2012 when Ōshima reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, with its wrestlers transferring to Tomozuna stable. Ring name conventions Most wrestlers' fighting names included the Chinese character "旭" meaning "sunrise", that can be read as either ''Asahi'' or ''Kyoku'', taken from the founding s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirokawa Taizo
is a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 19,865 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ... of 520 persons per km². The total area is 37.91 km². References External links *Hirokawa official website Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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