Sadanoumi Takashi

佐 田 の 海 貴 士
Sadanoumi Takashi

Personal data
real name	Matsumura Kaname
Born	May 11, 1987
place of birth	Kumamoto, Japan
size	1.83 m
Weight	138 kg
Career
Heya	Sakaigawa
rank	Maegashira 5
Career record	340-313-17 67-68 (makuuchi)
debut	March 2003
Highest rank	Maegashira 1 (July 2015)
Tournament victories	1 (Makushita) 1 (Sandanme)
Status: Aki-Basho 2015.

Sadanoumi Takashi ( Japanese 佐 田 の 海 貴 士 ; born May 11, 1987 in Kumamoto , Kumamoto Prefecture ), actually Matsumura Kaname ( 松 村 要 ), is a sumo wrestler in the Japanese Makuuchi division.

Sumo career

In 2003, Matsumura joined the Sakaigawa-beya stable. Since January 2004 he has been fighting as Sadanoumi. His father was already active under this ring name in the 1980s. A year later he was promoted to the fourth highest division Sandanme by a 6-1 record in Jonidan . In November 2007 he was unbeaten there (7-0) and won the first tournament (yusho) of his career. So he made his debut in Makushita in 2008 . He also won a tournament in this division (in January 2010). In July 2010, Sadanoumi was allowed to compete in Jūryō for the first time and immediately scored a positive score of 9-6. He stayed in the Jūryō division until November 2011, but was then also demoted to makushita due to an injury that forced him to take a break. In January 2014 he finally made an impressive Jūryō comeback with an 11-4 record. With a close kachi-koshi in the following tournament, Sadanoumi made the promotion to the Makuuchi division perfect. Once there, he immediately convinced with a 10-5, for which he was awarded the Kantō-shō . At the Hatsu Basho 2015 he achieved a result of 9-6 and was then promoted to the rank of Maegashira 2 . In this new highest career rank, he met opponents from the San'yaku ranks for the first time . However, he had no chance against them for the most part and suffered eight defeats in the first nine days. He was able to win all of the six outstanding fights and thus finish the tournament with a 7-8. In May 2015 Sadanoumi reached an 8-7 as Maegashira 3 and defeated both the eventual tournament winner Terunofuji and Yokozuna Harumafuji . As a reward, he received the first kinboshi of his career and a promotion to maegashira 1 . He was also nominated for the Shukun-shō, which is usually awarded to fighters with a kachi-koshi if they have also beaten a yokozuna or the tournament winner. In the end, however, he did not get the award because he won once without a fight and thus actually only achieved seven victories.

Combat Statistics

year	Hatsu (January)	Haru (March)	Natsu (May)	Nagoya (July)	Aki (September)	Kyushu (November)
2003		Maezumo	Jonokuchi 27 West 3-4	Jonokuchi 12 West 4-3	Jonidan 100 East 2-5	Jonokuchi 10 West 5-2
2004	Jonidan 67 East 2-5	Jonidan 91 West 3-4	Jonidan 109 East 5-2	Jonidan 65 East 4-3	Jonidan 42 East 3-4	Jonidan 61 West 4-3
2005	Jonidan 36 West 6-1	Sandanme 70 West 4-3	Sandanme 53 West 1-6	Sandanme 84 East 5-2	Sandanme 52 West 3-4	Sandanme 69 West 2-5
2006	Sandanme 96 East 5-2	Sandanme 63 East 3-4	Sandanme 78 East 5-2	Sandanme 44 East 5-2	Sandanme 16 East 3-4	Sandanme 30 West 3-4
2007	Sandanme 46 East 5-2	Sandanme 20 East 4-3	Sandanme 7 West 1-6	Sandanme 39 East 2-5	Sandanme 64 West 4-3	Sandanme 44 East 7-0 Y
2008	Makushita 27 East 4-3	Makushita 20 East 2-5	Makushita 34 East 5-2	Makushita 24 East 4-3	Makushita 20 East 1-6	Makushita 44 West 5-2
2009	Makushita 29 West 3-4	Makushita 38 East 4-3	Makushita 31 East 4-3	Makushita 25 West 3-4	Makushita 32 West 3-4	Makushita 40 West 5-2
2010	Makushita 29 East 7-0 Y	Makushita 2 West 3-4	Makushita 5 East 5-2	Juryo 14 West 9-6	Juryo 5 West 6-9	Juryo 9 West 8-7
2011	Juryo 7 East 7-8	called off	Juryo 8 East 5-10	Juryo 6 East 7-8	Juryo 8 East 7-8	Juryo 9 West 0-0-15
2012	Makushita 8 East 1-6	Makushita 23 West 5-2	Makushita 15 East 2-5	Makushita 25 East 5-2	Makushita 17 East 5-2	Makushita 6 East 4-3
2013	Makushita 1 west 3-4	Makushita 4 West 2-3-2	Makushita 12 East 3-4	Makushita 19 West 4-3	Makushita 15 West 6-1	Makushita 5 East 4-3
2014	Juryo 13 West 11-4	Juryo 4 West 8-7	Maegashira 17 East 10-5	Maegashira 11 East 6-9	Maegashira 12 East 8-7	Maegashira 7 West 7-8
2015	Maegashira 8 West 9-6	Maegashira 2 East 7-8	Maegashira 3 East 8-7	Maegashira 1 West 6-9	Maegashira 3 East 6-9

Web links

• Info page of the Japanese Sumo Association
• Profile on Sumo Reference

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Sadanoumi is the family name, Takashi the first name.