Chiyotenzan Daihachirō

千代天山 大八郎 Chiyotenzan Daihachirō
Personal information
Born	Daihachirō Sumi February 6, 1976 (1976-02-06) (age 35) Osaka, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	137 kg (300 lb)
Career
Heya	Kokonoe
Record	519-541-33
Debut	March 1991
Highest rank	Komusubi (July 1999)
Retired	January 2008
Yūshō	1 (Jūryō)
Sanshō	Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2)
Kinboshi	3 (Musashimaru(2), Wakanohana)
* Career information is correct as of January 2008.

Chiyotenzan Daihachirō (born February 6, 1976 as Daihachirō Sumi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

Career

He was a premature baby, and had to spend more than a year and a half in an incubator. Chiyotenzan made his professional debut in March 1991, joining the Kokonoe stable that was then home to yokozuna Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi. He reached the second highest jūryō division in January 1997, and the top makuuchi division two years after that. He had an explosive start to his makuuchi career, winning three special prizes in his first three tournaments (the first wrestler ever to do so) and reaching the fourth highest rank of komusubi in July 1999. However, that was to be his only tournament in the top ranks and his initial promise quickly faded. His last winning score in the top division came in November 2001 and after suffering a fractured leg in the January 2002 tournamment he fell back to jūryō in July 2002. Hampered by diabetes, his fortunes slumped even further. After making a final appearance in the sekitori ranks in November 2005, in January 2006 he was demoted to the unsalaried makushita division, and in May 2007, to the fourth sandanme division. He reappeared in makushita in September 2007, but won only one match before withdrawing. By November he had fallen to sandanme 27, the second lowest rank ever held by a former sanyaku wrestler.

Retirement from sumo

After losing his first bout in the January 2008 tournament, Chiyotenzan announced his retirement. He was unable to obtain an elder position in the Japan Sumo Association and has left the sumo world completely.

Fighting style

Chiyotenzan's favoured kimarite or techniques were migi-yotsu (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on the opponent's mawashi), yori kiri (force out) and uwatenage (overarm throw).

Top division record

Chiyotenzan Daihachirō ^[1]

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
1999	East Maegashira #14 10–5 F	East Maegashira #9 9–6 F	East Maegashira #3 9–6 O★	West Komusubi 3–12	East Maegashira #6 6–9	West Maegashira #8 7–8
2000	East Maegashira #11 9–6	West Maegashira #5 6–9	West Maegashira #6 6–9	East Maegashira #9 10–5	East Maegashira #2 6–9	West Maegashira #3 6–9 ★
2001	West Maegashira #6 8–7	East Maegashira #2 7–8 ★	West Maegashira #2 4–11	West Maegashira #6 6–9	East Maegashira #11 8–7	West Maegashira #8 8–7
2002	East Maegashira #4 3–7–5	Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Maegashira #10 5–10	West Maegashira #13 5–10	(Juryo)	(Juryo)
2003	(Juryo)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Juryo)	(Juryo)	(Juryo)
2004	(Juryo)	West Maegashira #13 3–12	(Juryo)	(Juryo)	(Juryo)	(Juryo)
2005	(Juryo)	(Makushita)	(Juryo)	(Juryo)	(Makushita)	(Juryo)
2006	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2007	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Sandanme)	(Sandanme)	(Makushita)	(Sandanme)
2008	East Sandanme #4 Retired 0–1–6	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

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of sumo tournament second division winners
• List of past sumo wrestlers

References

1. ^ "Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi". szumo.hu. http://www.szumo.hu/sekitori/Chiyotenzan.html. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 

External links

• Japan Sumo Association profile

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Name	Chiyotenzan Daihachiro
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Date of birth	February 6, 1976
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
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