Takanosato Toshihide
| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| real name | Takaya Toshihide |
| Born | September 29, 1952 |
| place of birth | Aomori Prefecture |
| size | 1.82 m |
| Weight | 159 kg |
| Career | |
| Heya | Futagoyama |
| Career record | 464-313-80 (makuuchi) |
| debut | July 1968 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna |
| Tournament victories | 4th |
| resignation | January 1986 |
Takanosato Toshihide ( Japanese 隆 の 里 俊英 , proper Takaya Toshihide , 高 谷 俊英 ; born September 29, 1952 in Namioka (today: Aomori ), Aomori Prefecture ; † November 7, 2011 in Fukuoka ) was a Japanese sumo wrestler and the 59th. Yokozuna .
life and career
As a teenager, Takanosato was already an avid soccer player and judoka . He comes from the same area as the later Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II. And was brought to Tokyo together with him by the then Futagoyama Oyakata, the former Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I. Takanosato was one of the first wrestlers ever to do strength training with weights .
As a rikishi (sumo wrestler) he made his debut in July 1968. 1975 was his name for the first time on the rankings of the Makuuchi division, but he was downgraded several times. Mostly he stayed as a maegashira in the middle ranks and did not attract any particular success. Until mid-1980, he improved, he that in the sanyaku -Ränge advancing.
In addition to Wakanohana, who was roughly the same age, extremely strong wrestlers like Chiyonofuji and Kitanoumi fought at the head of the division at the same time . Stable colleague Wakanohana had long been a yokozuna when Takanosato was named Ōzeki in 1982 at the age of almost 30 . Shortly before his birthday, Takanosato achieved a coup by winning the September Aki-Basho tournament. He did not suffer a single defeat. He kept his form in the subsequent tournaments, and his tournament victory in July 1983 convinced those responsible to grant him the title of yokozuna.
On the last day of the following Aki basho, his first basho as yokozuna, Takanosato, who had not been defeated so far, faced Chiyonofuji, who had also been undefeated in this tournament - and prevailed. This was the first time that a yokozuna was able to win its inaugural tournament with zensho yusho . In January 1984 he won the Imperial Cup for the last time. Due to injuries, he could hardly take part in tournaments for the whole of 1985 and finally announced his retirement.
After his wrestling career as stable master Naruto Toshihide, the former yokozuna opened his own wrestling stable, the Naruto-Beya, which has since produced several well-known rikishi, such as the former Sekiwake Wakanosato Shinobu .
Takanosato suffered from diabetes . However, he kept this fact a secret for years. He later wrote a guide for those affected on how to deal with the disease after his experience.
Web links
- Info page about Takanosato Toshihide at the Japanese Sumo Association. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 20, 2012 ; accessed on August 18, 2015 .
- Takanosato Toshihide Rikishi Information. In: sumodb.sumogames.de. Retrieved August 18, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies. (No longer available online.) In: Kyodo News . November 7, 2011, archived from the original on January 14, 2012 ; accessed on August 18, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Takanosato, Toshihide |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Takaya Toshihide; Naruto Toshihide |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sumo wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Namioka , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2011 |
| Place of death | Fukuoka |