- Wakamisugi Akiteru
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若三杉 彰晃
Wakamisugi AkiteruPersonal information Born Noboru Sugiyama
September 24, 1937
Kagawa, JapanDied November 2, 1983 (aged 46) Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 133 kg (290 lb) Career Heya Hanakago Record 444-394-4 Debut March, 1955 Highest rank Sekiwake (July, 1960) Retired May, 1967 Yūshō 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Makushita)Sanshō Outstanding Performance (2)
Fighting Spirit (3)Kinboshi 8 * Career information is correct as of July 2007. Wakamisugi Akiteru (24 September 1937 - 2 November 1983) was a sumo wrestler from Kagawa, Japan. The highest rank he achieved was sekiwake.
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Career
He was born as Noburu Sugiyama in Marugame. He entered professional sumo in March 1955, recruited by Hanakago stable. He used a variety of different shikona, including his own surname of Sugiyama, Kunikaze and Misugiiso, before adopting the name Wakamisugi when he reached sekitori status upon promotion to the juryo division in May 1958. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in November 1958. He won the top division championship in May 1960 from the rank of maegashira 4. After losing to ozeki Wakahaguro on the opening day of the tournament he won his next 14 bouts. One of his wins was by default, over yokozuna Tochinishiki who had announced his retirement the previous day. He had a genuine victory over yokozuna Asashio on Day 4. He finished with a 14-1 record, one win ahead of yokozuna Wakanohana, who he did not have to fight as they were members of the same stable. It was his first and only tournament win.
In September 1962 Wakamisugi changed his shikona once again, to Daigō Hisateru. He was a tournament runner-up in November 1962 and November 1965, both times to Taiho. He held the sekiwake rank ten times in total, including seven tournaments in a row from May 1963 to May 1964. He earned eight kinboshi for defeating yokozuna (most of them coming after he dropped from the sekiwake rank in 1964) and five came from the same yokozuna, Tochinoumi.
Retirement from sumo
He retired in May 1967 and became an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Araiso, working as a coach at Hanakago stable until his death.
Top division record
Wakamisugi Akiteru[1]
year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, TokyoMarch
Haru basho, OsakaMay
Natsu basho, TokyoJuly
Nagoya basho, NagoyaSeptember
Aki basho, TokyoNovember
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka1958 x x x x x West Maegashira #19
10–5
1959 East Maegashira #13
7–8
West Maegashira #14
9–6
East Maegashira #9
8–7
West Maegashira #7
8–7
West Maegashira #6
9–6
East Maegashira #1
3–12
1960 East Maegashira #8
7–8
West Maegashira #9
11–4
West Maegashira #4
14–1
O★East Sekiwake #2
7–8
West Komusubi #1
9–6
East Komusubi #1
9–6
1961 East Sekiwake #2
5–10
East Maegashira #1
8–7
West Komusubi #2
7–8
West Maegashira #1
5–10
East Maegashira #4
7–8
East Maegashira #5
11–4
F1962 West Komusubi #2
8–7
West Komusubi #1
6–9
West Maegashira #1
6–9
★West Maegashira #3
6–9
West Maegashira #5
5–10
West Maegashira #10
12–3
1963 West Maegashira #2
8–7
West Komusubi #1
9–6
East Sekiwake #1
8–7
East Sekiwake #1
9–6
East Sekiwake #1
8–7
East Sekiwake #1
8–7
1964 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
OEast Sekiwake #1
10–5
East Sekiwake #1
4–11
East Maegashira #4
8–7
★West Maegashira #2
5–10
East Maegashira #5
9–6
★1965 West Maegashira #2
8–7
★East Maegashira #1
9–6
F★East Komusubi #1
7–8
West Maegashira #1
8–7
★West Sekiwake #1
2–13
West Maegashira #6
12–3
F1966 East Maegashira #1
9–6
★West Komusubi #1
7–8
West Maegashira #1
5–10
East Maegashira #4
2–9–4
West Maegashira #10
7–8
East Maegashira #11
8–7
1967 East Maegashira #7
6–9
West Maegashira #9
5–10
West Jūryō #2
Retired
0–0–0x 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
- ^ "Daigo Hisateru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3978. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
External links
Categories:- 1937 births
- 1983 deaths
- Japanese sumo wrestlers
- People from Kagawa Prefecture
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