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Ōzutsu Takeshi
Ōzutsu Takeshi (born 18 April 1956 as Takakoshi Matsumoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Mie, Japan. Beginning his professional career in May 1971, he was ranked in the top ''makuuchi'' division continuously from March 1979 to January 1992, and his record of 1170 consecutive bouts there is the second best in history after Takamiyama. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. He was runner-up in one tournament and earned ten ''kinboshi'' or gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna''. He also won four '' sanshō'' or special prizes. He wrestled for Taihō stable and after his retirement in May 1992 he worked there as a coach before leaving the Japan Sumo Association in 2008. Career Born in Yokkaichi, he came from a sumo family as his father, Ryuichi Matsumoto, was a professional sumo wrestler known as Kenryu Taketora who reached a highest rank of jūryō 1 in 1955. Ōzutsu joined Nishonoseki stable in May 1971 at the age of 15. The great ''yokozuna'' Taihō retired in the same tournament a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtake Stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was set up in 1971, as Taihō stable, by the 48th ''yokozuna'' Taihō Kōki on his retirement from wrestling. The first ''sekitori'' he produced was Shishihō in 1977. His most successful wrestler was Ōzutsu, who reached the rank of ''sekiwake.'' In May 1981 Taihō was persuaded by the editor of the English language sumo magazine '' Sumo World'' to accept a foreign wrestler, Philip Smoak of Texas, who was with the stable for just two months. Taihō passed control of the stable on to his son-in-law Ōtake (former ''sekiwake'' Takatōriki) in 2003, as he was approaching the age for mandatory retirement from the Japan Sumo Association. As the name of Taihō was an ''ichidai-toshiyori'' (one-generation elder name) it could not be passed on, so the stable was re-named Ōtake. In 2004 the Russian Rohō reached the top division, but was dismissed from sumo in September 2008 after failing a test for cannabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
