Tochiōzan Yūichirō

栃 煌 山 雄 一郎
Tochiōzan Yūichirō

Personal data
real name	Kageyama Yūichirō
Born	March 9, 1987
place of birth	Kochi Prefecture, Japan
size	1.89 m
Weight	159 kg
Career
Heya	Kasugano
rank	Sekiwake
Career record	479-378-16 401-348-16 (Makuuchi)
debut	January 2005
Highest rank	Sekiwake (September 2010)
Tournament victories	1 (Sandanme)
Status: Aki-Basho 2015.

Tochiōzan Yūichirō ( Japanese 栃 煌 山 雄 一郎 ; born March 9, 1987 in Kōchi Prefecture ), actually Kageyama Yūichirō ( 影 山 雄 一郎 ), is a sumo wrestler in the Japanese Makuuchi division.

Beginning of the sumo career

Kageyama joined the Kasugano-beya stable in 2004. He made his debut in professional sumo in March 2005 and initially fought under his family name. In the Jonokuchi Division he reached a 6-1 record and only lost to the eventual tournament winner Sawai (today: Ōzeki Gōeidō). Kageyama also finished the following two tournaments 6-1. In May he had to admit defeat to Sawai again. In November 2005 he won his first and so far only tournament victory (yusho) in the Sandanme division. Thus he rose to the third highest division ( Makushita ) after only five tournaments . There, too, he achieved positive results straight away. His tight Kachi-koshi in January 2006 was followed by two 5-2 balances and finally a 6-1 as Makushita 1 East , which brought him promotion to the Jūryō division.

Career as a sekitori

As a sekitori, Kageyama now took the ring name Tochiōzan. In Jūryō he continued to show consistently good performances. He finished his first two tournaments with 9-6 each. In January 2007 he reached a 10-5 and thus also the yusho playoff against Toyohibiki and Shimotori. Tochiōzan defeated Shimotori, but then lost to Toyohibiki, who won the tournament with it. In the next tournament Tochiōzan was already in the Makuuchi Division, which he reached without a single make-koshi . On his makuuchi debut, he managed an 11-4, for which he was rewarded with the Kantō-shō . In the following four tournaments Tochiōzan received the first make-koshi of his career, but remained in the makuuchi. In March 2008 he made a 11-4 for the second time and this time was awarded the Gino-shō. In January 2009 he remained unbeaten as Maegashira 12 for eight tournament days, but ultimately only had a record of 10-5. His debut with the rank of komusubi finally followed in May 2009, but ended with a make-koshi. The Nagoya Basho 2010 Tochiōzan finished as Maegashira 1 East with 9-6 and defeated among others the Ōzeki Harumafuji and Baruto . In the following tournament he made a brilliant debut in Sekiwake (11-4). This time he defeated a total of three Ōzeki and won his second Gino-shō. A short time later he nevertheless fell back into the maegashira ranks. In May 2012, Tochiōzan had the great chance of a yusho in the makuuchi division as maegashira 4 . He reached a 12-3 record and thus also the playoff for the tournament victory, but lost there against Maegashira 7 Kyokutenhō . In the end, he only got the Jun-Yusho and another Sanshō win (second Kantō-shō). In Nagoya he was allowed to start again as a Sekiwake , but disappointed with a 4-11. In September 2012, he received his first Kinboshi for a victory over Yokozuna Hakuhō . After the tournament he was also honored with the Shukun-shō. From September 2013 to July 2014, Tochiōzan held six tournaments in a row in the sanyaku -Rängen before him threw back injury. During the Hatsu Basho 2014, he turned a 0-3 into an 11-4 and beat the two Ōzeki Kisenosato and Kotoshogiku , among others . In November 2014, he defeated Yokozuna Harumafuji and received his second Kinboshi. 2015 he made a return to the sanyaku -Ränge. At the Nagoya Basho 2015 he was allowed to start again as a Sekiwake and led after ten days with a balance of 9-1. He beat the two yokozuna Kakuryū and Hakuhō on days 9 and 10 . This made Tochiōzan the favorite to win the tournament, as he did not have to fight any higher opponents in the last few days. However, in the end he lost three fights against Maegashira and thus missed the chance for the title. After the tournament, he was awarded the Shukun-shō for the second time in his career.

Combat Statistics

year	Hatsu (January)	Haru (March)	Natsu (May)	Nagoya (July)	Aki (September)	Kyushu (November)
2005	Maezumo	Jonokuchi 31 East 6-1	Jonidan 61 East 6-1	Sandanme 93 East 6-1	Sandanme 36 East 5-2	Sandanme 12 W 7-0 Y
2006	Makushita 12 West 4-3	Makushita 7 West 5-2	Makushita 3 West 5-2	Makushita 1 East 6-1	Juryo 11 East 9-6	Juryo 7 West 9-6
2007	Juryo 2 West 10-5 D	Maegashira 14 East 11-4	Maegashira 4 West 6-9	Maegashira 7 East 4-6-5	Maegashira 13 W 7-8	Maegashira 15 East 7-8
2008	Maegashira 15 East 8-7	Maegashira 12 East 11-4	Maegashira 5 East 5-10	Maegashira 11 East 9-6	Maegashira 6 West 6-9	Maegashira 9 East 6-9
2009	Maegashira 12 East 10-5	Maegashira 2 West 8-7	Komusubi 1 West 6-9	Maegashira 2 East 2-13	Maegashira 12 East 11-4	Maegashira 3 East 5-10
2010	Maegashira 10 East 8-7	Maegashira 6 East 11-4	Komusubi 1 West 7-8	Maegashira 1 East 9-6	Sekiwake 1 West 11-4	Sekiwake 1 East 7-8
2011	Komusubi 1 East 6-9	called off	Maegashira 2 West 4-11	Maegashira 8 East 10-5	Maegashira 3 West 7-8	Maegashira 4 West 5-6-4
2012	Maegashira 8 West 11-4	Komusubi 1 West 5-10	Maegashira 4 East 12-3 D	Sekiwake 1 West 4-11	Maegashira 5 East 9-6	Maegashira 1 West 10-5
2013	Komusubi 1 East 8-7	Komusubi 1 East 10-5	Komusubi 1 East 6-9	Maegashira 2 East 10-5	Komusubi 1 East 8-7	Sekiwake 1 West 7-8
2014	Komusubi 1 West 11-4	Sekiwake 2 West 9-6	Sekiwake 1 West 10-5	Sekiwake 1 West 2-6-7	Maegashira 8 East 11-4	Maegashira 1 East 8-7
2015	Komusubi 1 West 7-8	Maegashira 1 East 10-5	Komusubi 1 East 8-7	Sekiwake 1 East 10-5	Sekiwake 1 East 8-7

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 . Thus, Tochiōzan is the family name, Yūichirō the first name.