- Haguroyama Sojō
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羽黒山 礎丞
Haguroyama SojōPersonal information Born Osamu Annen
February 23, 1934
Kamikawa, HokkaidōHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Weight 111 kg (240 lb) Career Heya Tatsunami Record 544-506-29-1draw Debut January, 1950 Highest rank Sekiwake (September, 1957) Retired March, 1965 Yūshō 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Makushita)Sanshō Outstanding Performance (3)
Fighting Spirit (1)Kinboshi 10 * Career information is correct as of May 2008. Haguroyama Sojō (born 23 February 1934 as Osamu Annen) is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan.
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Sumo career
As an active wrestler he was first known as Annenyama and reached a highest rank of sekiwake upon winning the top makuuchi division tournament championship in May 1957. Later in his career he was granted the sumo name Haguroyama, in honour of his father-in-law and stable boss, the 36th Yokozuna Haguroyama Masaji. He was also runner-up in the November 1959 tournament and over the course of his top division career earned ten gold stars for defeating yokozuna. However, he also lost all of 21 bouts against yokozuna Taihō Kōki.
Coaching career
After retiring in 1965 he remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name Oitekaze. He became head coach of Tatsunami stable in 1969 upon Haguroyama Masaji's death and adopted the name Tatsunami Oyakata. He inherited a number of strong wrestlers such as future ozeki Asahikuni. He coached Koji Kitao to the top division in 1984, who became the 60th Yokozuna Futahaguro in 1986. However after the two had a heated argument in December 1987 Futahaguro struck Tatsunami's wife and stormed out of the stable.[1] Futahaguro was forced to resign by the Japan Sumo Association and Tatsunami filled out the yokozuna's retirement papers, the first time this had even been done to a wrestler with elite sekitori status.[1] Tatsunami was punished by a salary cut and told to stay away from all Sumo Association functions for three months.[1] He later produced a number of other top division wrestlers such as Daishoho and Daishoyama.
In February 1999 he reached the mandatory retirement age and passed on control of the stable to former komusubi Asahiyutaka, who had become his son-in-law and adopted son in April 1995.[2] After their relationship soured and Asahiyutaka was divorced, he was ordered by the Tokyo District Court in February 2003 to pay Annen 175 million yen, the sum he would have had to pay for the right to the Tatsunami elder stock had he not been married to Annen's daughter.[3] This was the first time a price had been revealed for elder stock, as the sums are normally kept secret. However, the Tokyo High Court in January 2004 overturned the original verdict.[4]
Top division record
Note: The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
Haguroyama Sojo[5]
year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, TokyoMarch
Haru basho, OsakaMay
Natsu basho, TokyoJuly
Nagoya basho, NagoyaSeptember
Aki basho, TokyoNovember
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka1954 x x East Maegashira #20
9–6
x West Maegashira #12
8–7
x 1955 West Maegashira #11
8–6–1draw
East Maegashira #8
9–6
West Maegashira #2
8–7
★x West Maegashira #1
6–9
★x 1956 East Maegashira #4
7–8
East Maegashira #4
7–8
West Maegashira #4
8–7
★x West Maegashira #4
5–10
x 1957 East Maegashira #6
8–7
East Maegashira #4
9–6
★West Komusubi
13–2
Ox West Sekiwake
9–6
West Sekiwake
6–9
1958 East Maegashira #1
5–10
West Maegashira #5
10–5
★West Sekiwake
2–13
West Maegashira #4
11–4
O★West Sekiwake
5–10
East Maegashira #2
10–5
F★1959 East Komusubi
4–11
West Maegashira #3
6–9
East Maegashira #8
10–5
West Maegashira #1
9–6
West Komusubi
8–7
West Sekiwake
12–3
O1960 East Sekiwake
8–7
West Sekiwake
6–9
West Maegashira #1
8–7
★★East Maegashira #1
10–5
West Sekiwake
8–7
West Sekiwake
7–8
1961 West Komusubi
8–7
West Komusubi
5–10
West Maegashira #2
10–5
★West Sekiwake
7–8
West Komusubi
9–6
West Sekiwake
8–7
1962 East Sekiwake
10–5
East Sekiwake
8–7
East Sekiwake
5–8–2
West Maegashira #2
2–7–6
East Maegashira #9
9–6
East Maegashira #3
8–7
1963 West Komusubi
2–13
West Maegashira #7
10–5
East Maegashira #2
2–13
West Maegashira #12
11–4
East Maegashira #2
5–10
East Maegashira #7
10–5
1964 East Maegashira #1
6–9
East Maegashira #4
4–11
West Maegashira #6
7–8
East Maegashira #7
5–10
East Maegashira #12
9–6
West Maegashira #8
8–5–2
1965 East Maegashira #5
1–10–4
West Maegashira #14
Retired
0–0–0x 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)
Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — JonokuchiSee also
References
- ^ a b c Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
- ^ Re: [oyakata video] Tatsunami lost to former Tatsunami at court
- ^ "Sumo head stung for elder rights". Japan Times. 2003-02-25. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?nn20030225a2.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Stablemaster payout overturned". Japan Times. 2004-01-29. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20040129a2.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Haguroyama Sojo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3943. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
External links
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- Japanese sumo wrestlers
- People from Kamikawa Subprefecture
- Sumo people from Hokkaidō
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