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Kotozakura Masakatsu
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. He was the sport's 53rd ''yokozuna''. He made his professional debut in 1959, reaching the top division in 1963. After several years at the second highest rank of '' ōzeki'', in 1973 he was promoted to ''yokozuna'' at the age of thirty-two years two months, becoming the oldest wrestler to be promoted to ''yokozuna'' since 1958, when the current six tournaments system was established. After his retirement he was head coach of Sadogatake stable and produced a string of top division wrestlers. Career Born , he came from a sumo background, as his father was involved in organising regional amateur sumo tournaments and his grandfather's brother had been a professional ''rikishi''. The young Kamatani at first competed in judo, achieving shodan level while still in middle school. However, after doing well in a national high school sumo competition he decided on a career in professional sumo. Initially his parents want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikona
A is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The tradition of ring names in sumo dates back to the Edo period, where they were used as a means to attract customers and hide the identities of the ''rikishi''. Like standard Japanese names, a ''shikona'' consists of a surname and a personal, or given name, and the full name is written surname first. However, the personal name is rarely used outside formal or ceremonial occasions. Thus, the former ''yokozuna'' is usually referred to as simply ''Asashōryū''. When addressing a sumo wrestler of the ''makuuchi'' or ''jūryō'' divisions, the suffix is used instead of the usual . The given name is often, but not always, the wrestler's original name, and may be changed at the whim of the individual wrestler. Foreign wrestlers always adopt a new, Japanese given name. Often, on first joining professional sumo, a wrestler's ''shikona'' is the same as his family name. As a wrestler rises through the ranks of sumo, he is expected to change his ''shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San'yaku
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 TermsSumopedia at NHK World-Japan {{Glossaries of sports Glossaries of sports, Sumo Sumo-related lists Sumo terminology, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotofuji
is a former sumo wrestler from Chiba, Chiba, Chiba City, Japan. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. In 1991 he won a top division ''yūshō'' or tournament championship from the ''maegashira'' ranks. Career Kotofuji made his professional debut in March 1980. He had a long apprenticeship in the junior ranks, not breaking through to the ''jūryō'' division until November 1986. He had an awkward build for sumo, as his long legs meant his hips were high and therefore his centre of gravity was much higher than the ideal. During the short stay of Canadians, Canadian wrestler John Tenta, Kototenzan at Sadogatake stable, Kotofuji was one of the few wrestlers who attempted to communicate with him in English. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 1988, scoring 11 wins in his top division debut and receiving a share of the Fighting Spirit sanshō (Sumo), prize. He made his ''san'yaku'' debut at ''sekiwake'' in July 1990 but held the rank for only one tournament. He earn ... [...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] |
Kotomitsuki
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Okazaki City. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 2000 and won one ''yūshō'' or tournament championship, in September 2001. He was a runner-up in eight other tournaments, and earned thirteen '' sanshō'' or special prizes. He is one of five wrestlers in the history of sumo to receive all three ''sanshō'' in the same tournament, accomplishing the feat in the November 2000 ''honbasho''. After a record 22 tournaments at ''sekiwake'', he achieved promotion to sumo's second highest rank of '' ōzeki'' in July 2007 upon winning 35 out of 45 bouts in three consecutive tournaments. This made him at 31 the oldest man to reach ''ōzeki'' in the modern era. He wrestled for Sadogatake stable. On July 4, 2010, he was expelled from professional sumo by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in an illegal gambling ring. Early career Kotomitsuki had an extre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotoōshū Katsunori
Kotoōshū Katsunori ( ja, 琴欧洲 勝紀) (legal name: Karoyan Andō, born February 19, 1983 as Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov, bg, Калоян Стефанов Махлянов) is a former professional sumo wrestler or ''rikishi'' from Bulgaria. He made his debut in 2002, reaching the top division just two years later. In 2005, he reached the rank of '' ōzeki'' or 'champion', the second-highest level in the sumo ranking system behind only ''yokozuna.'' On May 24, 2008, Kotoōshū made history by becoming the first European sumo wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup. He was one of the longest serving ''ōzeki'' in sumo history, holding the rank for 47 consecutive tournaments until November 2013. In January 2014 Kotoōshū obtained Japanese citizenship, a requirement of becoming an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, and he announced his retirement during the following tournament in March. In April 2017 he opened his own training stable, Naruto. Early life and sumo background He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Museum Of 53rd Yokozuna Kotozakura
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of art such as sculptures, statues or fountains and parks. Larger memorials may be known as monuments. Types The most common type of memorial is the gravestone or the memorial plaque. Also common are war memorials commemorating those who have died in wars. Memorials in the form of a cross are called intending crosses. Online memorials are often created on websites and social media to allow digital access as an alternative to physical memorials which may not be feasible or easily accessible. When somebody has died, the family may request that a memorial gift (usually money) be given to a designated charity, or that a tree be planted in memory of the person. Those temporary or makeshift memorials are also called grassroots memorials.''Grassroo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujinishiki
Fujinishiki Akira (born Akira Watanabe, also known as Akira Ichimiya, 18 March 1937 – 17 December 2003) was a sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi, Japan. His highest rank was ''komusubi,'' which he held on ten occasions. He won the top ''makuuchi'' division tournament championship or ''yusho'' in 1964 and was runner-up in two other tournaments. He won seven sansho (sumo), special prizes and seven kinboshi, gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna.'' After his retirement in 1968 he was an toshiyori, elder of the Japan Sumo Association and was the head coach of Takasago stable from 1988 until shortly before his retirement from the Sumo Association in 2002. He died of liver disease in 2003. Career Making his debut in 1953, he wrestled for Takasago stable, home of then ''yokozuna'' Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Azumafuji to whom the "Fuji" part of his ''shikona'' referred. He first entered the top ''makuuchi'' division in 1959 and was runner-up in two tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Only Live Twice (film)
''You Only Live Twice'' is a 1967 spy film and the fifth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first Bond film to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, who later directed the 1977 film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' and the 1979 film '' Moonraker'', both starring Roger Moore. The screenplay of ''You Only Live Twice'' was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name. It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming's plot, using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story. In the film, Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet crewed spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit, each nation blaming the other amidst the Cold War. Bond travels secretly to a remote Japanese island to find the perpetrators, and comes face-to-face with Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. The film reveals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ''With a Mind to Kill'' by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2022. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code number 007 (pronounced "double-oh-seven")—has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are one of the longest continually running film series and have grossed over US$7.04 billion in total at the box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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