Chikubayama Masakuni

Chikubayama Masakuni
竹葉山 真邦
Chikubayama Masakuni
Personal information
Born Tazaki Makoto
August 21, 1957 (1957-08-21) (age 54)
Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 116 kg (260 lb; 18.3 st)
Career
Heya Miyagino
Record 442-402-21
Debut March, 1973
Highest rank Maegashira 13 (September 1986)
Retired January, 1989
Yūshō 1 (Jūryō)
* Career information is correct as of July 2008.

Chikubayama Masakuni (born August 21, 1957) is a former sumo wrestler from Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Career

He joined Miyagino stable and debuted in March 1973. His ring name (shikona) was named after former yokozuna Yoshibayama, his stablemaster.[1] His active career was relatively modest. He had not been able to reach the top makuuchi division for a long time, but finally reached it in September 1986. He spent only two tournaments in the top division, peaking at maegashira 13.

Retirement from sumo

He retired from being an active wrestler in January 1989. He became the Miyagino stablemaster in the same year. He recruited later yokozuna Hakuhō Shō.[2] He was forced to give up the Miyagino elder name in 2004 when it was acquired by the former Kanechika (he had apparently only been renting it from the widow of the previous coach), but he remained in the stable under the name Kumagatani, and was still regarded as Hakuho's mentor. In December 2010 he regained the Miyagino name and status of head coach after Kanechika was demoted by the Japan Sumo Association for being caught on tape discussing alleged match-fixing.[3]

Top division record

Chikubayama Masakuni[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
1986 x x x x East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #4
10–5
 
1987 East Maegashira #14
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 
1988 West Jūryō #10
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #12
6–9
 		 West Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #6
2–5
 		 East Makushita #22
5–2
 
1989 East Makushita #10
Retired
2–4–1		 x x x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "竹葉山 真邦" (in Japanese). http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sumo/profile/1/19860902.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 
  2. ^ "Hakuho wrestles his way into the history books". The Japan Times. 2007-05-29. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20070529a1.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 
  3. ^ "Stablemaster bout-rigging claim hit". Japan Times. 25 December 2010. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101225b3.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  4. ^ "Chikubayama Masakuni Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=4140&l=e. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 


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