Tamarikidō Hideki

Sumo wrestler infobox

wrestlername = 玉力道 栄来 Tamarikidō Hideki
birthname = Hideki Yasumoto
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|04|19
placeofbirth = Tokyo, Japan
height = height|meters=1.85
weight = convert|138|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
heya = Kataonami
rank = Makushita 18
record = 350-326-118
debut = March, 1997
highestrank = Maegashira 8 (May, 2003)
yushos = 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme)
prizes =
goldstars =
update = Sept 2008

Tamarikidō Hideki (born April 19, 1974) is a sumo wrestler born in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan. Though born in Japan, he is a Zainichi Korean. His highest rank has been "maegashira" 8. He has had many injury problems throughout his career, missing over 100 matches.

Career

He was a teammate of Takanohana at the Meidai Nakano High School's sumo club. He was also a former amateur sumo champion at Meiji University, and was considered extremely promising. [ [http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/lists/gakusei.htm Sumo Fan Magazine ] ] He came third in the All Japan Sumo Championships. He made his professional debut in March 1997 at the bottom of the third "makushita" division. He was a runner-up in his first tournament but had a few setbacks before finally reaching the second highest "juryo" division in September 1999.

Tamarikidō made his debut in the top "makuuchi" division in January 2001. He has spent eleven tournaments in the top division in total, the last in November 2003 when he had to withdraw after winning only two bouts. 2004 was a disastrous year for him as a knee injury in May meant he missed nearly all his matches and fell to the fourth "sandanme" division. It was subsequently discovered that due to the lack of treatment or earlier injuries, his anterior cruciate ligament was completely worn away. [ [http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8805&hl=tamarikido Sumo Forum, March 2006] ] He began his comeback in 2005, winning the "sandanme" division championship in March of that year.

He eventually managed to return to the "juryo" division in March 2006, and having fallen to "Sandamne" 80, he was the lowest ranking former top division wrestler ever to regain "sekitori" status. He had climbed as high as "Juryo" 4 by the November 2006 tournament. However, he was demoted back to the unsalaried ranks after the September 2007 tournament when he managed only a 3-12 score at "Juryo" 12. He has continued to slide down the rankings since then, with four consecutive "make-koshi" scores of 3-4 from November 2007 to May 008. By July 2008 he had fallen to "Makushita" 27, where he produced a 5-2 record.

Top division record

Sumo record box start|Tamarikidō Hideki [cite web | author= | title=Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi | publisher=szumo.hu | language=English | url=http://www.szumo.hu/sekitori/Tamarikido.html | date= | accessdate=2007-06-10]


Sumo record year start|2001 Basho |m|13|w|6|9 Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |m|15|e|8|7 Sumo record year start|2002 Basho |m|10|w|4|11 Basho |m|15|e|4|11 Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |m|13|e|6|9 Sumo record year start|2003 Basho |m|15|e|8|7 Basho |m|11|w|8|7 Basho |m|8|e|7|8 Basho |m|8|w|6|9 Basho |m|11|w|6|9 Basho |m|15|e|2|6|7 Sumo record year start|2004 Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |SANDANME Sumo record year start|2005 Basho |SANDANME Basho |SANDANME Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Sumo record year start|2006 Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Sumo record year start|2007 Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |JURYO Basho |MAKUSHITA Sumo record year end Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho | Sumo record year end

References

ee also

*Glossary of sumo terms
*List of active sumo wrestlers

External links

* [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/rikishi_1015.html Japan Sumo Association profile]