- Yamato Gō
Sumo wrestler infobox
wrestlername =Yamato Go
birthname =George Kalima
dateofbirth =birth date and age|1969|12|17
placeofbirth =Hawaii, USA
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height =height|meters=1.89
weight =convert|191|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
heya =Magaki
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record =251-198-24
debut =November, 1990
retireddate =September, 1998
highestrank =Maegashira 12 (March, 1997)
yushos =1 (Jonokuchi)
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update =July 2007Yamato Go (born
17 December 1969 as George Kalima) is a formersumo wrestler fromOahu, Hawaii ,United States . His highest rank was "maegashira " 12.Career
He was a schoolfriend of future "yokozuna" Akebono. He made his professional debut in November 1990, joining
Magaki stable . His brother, Glenn, joined two months later, competing under the name of Onami. Yamato reached the salaried "sekitori " ranks in March 1995 when he was promoted to the "juryo " division. He reached the top "makuuchi " division in January 1997, the first wrestler from his stable to do so since it was re-established in 1983. He chalked up a winning record of 8-7 in his debut and was ranked there for seven tournaments. He was forced to sit out the March 1998 tournament with a life-threatening bout ofpneumonia which sent him down to "juryo". Still not fully recovered in May, he turned in a disastrous 1-14 record and fell to the unsalaried "makushita " division. Just before the July tournament he was hit by a car and was forced to withdraw once again. This sent him down to the bottom of "makushita". After a 5-2 score in September he decided to retire rather than face another long struggle back up the rankings, and started up his own restaurant, Kama'āina's, inTokyo 'sRoppongi district.Cite book |author=Panek, Mark |title=Gaijin Yokozuna|publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2006 |id=ISBN 0-8248-3043-1]Although Yamato never rose high enough in the rankings to face a "yokozuna" in tournament competition, he once defeated Takanohana eight times in a row in training.
Top division record
Sumo record year start|1997 Basho|m|14|w|8|7 Basho|m|12|w|7|8 Basho|m|14|w|7|8 Basho|m|15|w|6|9 Basho|JURYO Basho|m|12|e|7|8 Sumo record year end Sumo record year start|1998 Basho |m|14|e|7|8 Basho |KYUJO Basho |JURYO Basho |MAKUSHITA Basho |intai|rank=MA|r-no=49|tozai=e|win=5|loss=2|absent=0 Basho | Sumo record year end
References
ee also
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Glossary of sumo terms
*List of past sumo wrestlers External links
* [http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=57 Complete career record]
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