Asanowaka Takehiko
Personal data | |
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real name | Adachi Takehiko |
Born | December 11, 1969 |
place of birth | Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture |
size | 1.76 m |
Weight | 144 kg |
Career | |
Heya | Takasago |
Career record | 547-598 |
debut | March 1992 |
Highest rank | Maegashira 1w |
Tournament victories | 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) |
resignation | May 2005 |
Asanowaka Takehiko ( Japanese 朝 乃 若 武 彦 ; born December 11, 1969 in Ichinomiya , Aichi Prefecture as Adachi Takehiko ( 足 立 武 彦 )) is a former Japanese sumo wrestler .
Asanowaka was a sumo wrestler from an early age and stayed loyal to the sport later in school and as a rikishi (sumo wrestler) at the Kinki University of Osaka , even if he could not win any special titles. In 1992 he moved from college sports as Makushita Tsukedashi (a special rank for lateral entrants from the university sumo ) to the professional camp . In 1993 he joined the juryo division and changed his fight name from Wakaadachi to Asanowaka. Just one year later, after winning the November tournament, he was promoted to maegashira , the rank in which he would spend by far the greater part of the remaining eleven years of his career. For sanyaku he was however never, the highest ranking of his career was the first maegashira (West) suffered in May 2000. The descent into juryo had Asanowaka contrast, from 1999 several times, but managed well as regularly the resurgence. In 2005 he ended his active career.
Fighting style
Asanowaka had good reflexes and was able to develop considerable pressure through footwork, with which he often catapulted his opponents out of the ring with Oshi Sumo . But he was also known for the use of evasion techniques. It is noteworthy that, unlike many higher-ranking rikishi, Asanowaka was never injured or missed a tournament - he played 1,145 fights in a row. He was also known to many viewers for his eccentric appearances before fights.
After his career
After retiring from wrestling, he acquired a share of the sumo association and became a wakamatsu oyakata .
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SURNAME | Asanowaka, Takehiko |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 朝 乃 若 武 彦 (Japanese); 足 立 武 彦 (Japanese, civil); Adachi Takehiko (civil); Wakaadachi Takehiko (Oyakata name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sumo wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ichinomiya , Aichi Prefecture , Japan |