Wakanosato Shinobu
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| real name | Kogawa Shinobu |
| Born | July 10, 1976 |
| place of birth | Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture |
| size | 1.84 m |
| Weight | 154 kg |
| Career | |
| Heya | Naruto |
| Career record | 914–783–124 613–568–124 (makuuchi) |
| debut | March 1992 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (January 2001) |
| Tournament victories | 4 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| resignation | September 2015 |
Wakanosato Shinobu , Japanese 若 の 里 忍 , actually Kogawa Shinobu , 古 川 忍 (born July 10, 1976 in Hirosaki , Aomori Prefecture ) is a former Japanese sumo wrestler .
Wakanosato was a Naruto-Beya fighter. He began his career in March 1992 under his maiden name Kogawa and reached the Jūryō Division in November 1997 . On this occasion he took the battle name ( Shikona ) "Wakanosato", a combination of the Shikona of his stable master and his stable master.
In May 1998, he made his makuuchi debut and was soon up to the top maegashira ascend -Ränge. Several serious injuries followed: At the Kyushu basho (November tournament) in 1998, after defeating the then yokozuna Wakanohana in this tournament, he broke his right fibula shortly before the end of the tournament . Exactly one year later he suffered meniscus damage to his left knee joint , which forced him to take a two-tournament break, which is why he was relegated to the juryo division.
With two successive tournament victories in this league, however, he made his comeback spectacularly and reached the rank of Sekiwake through his successful streak . During this time he was showered with special prizes for fighting spirit and special achievement. He then leveled with mostly scarce kachi-koshi in lower sanyaku -Rängen. However , he did not get promoted to Ōzeki .
Wakanosato has been relegated to the maegashira ranks several times and temporarily dropped back into the juryo division.
Wakanosato was jokingly called "the barometer " in his best times , because the quality of a sanyaku wrestler can allegedly be measured by the result in the fight against him: Whoever loses to Wakanosato is not strong enough for these ranks.
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| SURNAME | Wakanosato, Shinobu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kogawa Shinobu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sumo wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirosaki , Aomori Prefecture , Japan |