Chikubayama Masakuni

Chikubayama Masakuni
竹葉山 真邦
Personal information
Born Tazaki Makoto
(1957-08-21) August 21, 1957
Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 116 kg (256 lb; 18.3 st)
Career
Stable Miyagino
Record 442-402-21
Debut March, 1973
Highest rank Maegashira 13 (September 1986)
Retired January, 1989
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of July 2008.

Chikubayama Masakuni (born August 21, 1957) is a former sumo wrestler from Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan.

Career

He did sumo from a young age but played baseball at junior high school as there was no sumo team available. He joined Miyagino stable after graduation. His ring name (shikona) was named after former yokozuna Yoshibayama, his stablemaster.,[1] and it also references Chikugo, Fukuoka. His active career was relatively modest. Although he made his professional debut in March 1973 (alongside future sekiwake Koboyama) he did not reach the top makuuchi division until September 1986, 81 tournaments later – the second slowest ever at the time. He spent only two tournaments in the top division, peaking at maegashira 13. He was small compared to his contemporaries, at just 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) tall and weighing around 116 kg (256 lb; 18.3 st).

Retirement from sumo

He retired from being an active wrestler in January 1989 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Nakagawa. However, following the sudden death in June of the same year of the head of the Miyagino stable (the former Hirokawa) he became the Miyagino stablemaster. He recruited later yokozuna Hakuhō Shō.[2] He was forced to give up the Miyagino name in 2004 when it was acquired by the former Kanechika (he had apparently only been renting it from the widow of the previous coach), but he remained in the stable under the name Kumagatani, and was still regarded as Hakuhō's mentor. In December 2010 he regained the Miyagino name and status of head coach after Kanechika was demoted by the Japan Sumo Association for being caught on tape discussing alleged match-fixing.[3]

Career record

Chikubayama Masakuni[4]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1973 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #6
52
 
West Jonidan #54
52
 
West Jonidan #9
34
 
West Jonidan #25
34
 
1974 East Jonidan #36
61
 
East Sandanme #76
52
 
East Sandanme #49
34
 
West Sandanme #58
34
 
East Sandanme #69
52
 
West Sandanme #36
34
 
1975 East Sandanme #46
34
 
East Sandanme #55
16
 
East Jonidan #5
43
 
East Sandanme #68
34
 
West Jonidan #1
43
 
West Sandanme #62
34
 
1976 West Jonidan #1
43
 
West Sandanme #64
43
 
West Sandanme #47
61
 
West Sandanme #7
25
 
East Sandanme #31
43
 
West Sandanme #18
61
 
1977 Makushita #41
25
 
West Sandanme #3
43
 
East Makushita #52
43
 
East Makushita #40
34
 
East Makushita #47
52
 
West Makushita #30
43
 
1978 West Makushita #25
34
 
East Makushita #32
43
 
West Makushita #24
52
 
West Makushita #12
61
 
West Makushita #2
43
 
East Jūryō #13
69
 
1979 East Makushita #4
34
 
East Makushita #10
43
 
East Makushita #6
34
 
East Makushita #12
16
 
East Makushita #38
52
 
East Makushita #23
52
 
1980 East Makushita #12
43
 
West Makushita #9
25
 
West Makushita #24
43
 
West Makushita #16
34
 
West Makushita #25
34
 
West Makushita #37
61
 
1981 West Makushita #14
43
 
West Makushita #10
34
 
West Makushita #17
43
 
West Makushita #9
43
 
West Makushita #7
34
 
West Makushita #11
52
 
1982 West Makushita #4
25
 
West Makushita #17
34
 
East Makushita #28
61P
 
West Makushita #8
43
 
East Makushita #6
43
 
East Makushita #4
43
 
1983 West Jūryō #13
78
 
West Makushita #3
16
 
West Makushita #26
25
 
West Makushita #41
52
 
West Makushita #23
52
 
West Makushita #10
52
 
1984 West Makushita #2
43
 
East Jūryō #13
87
 
West Jūryō #9
96
 
East Jūryō #4
87
 
East Jūryō #2
78
 
East Jūryō #4
510
 
1985 East Jūryō #9
456
 
East Makushita #2
Sat out due to injury
007
East Makushita #2
52
 
West Jūryō #10
87
 
West Jūryō #9
87
 
East Jūryō #8
96
 
1986 East Jūryō #3
447
 
East Jūryō #12
96
 
West Jūryō #8
114
Champion

 
East Jūryō #1
87
 
East Maegashira #13
69
 
West Jūryō #4
105P
 
1987 East Maegashira #14
510
 
West Jūryō #4
87
 
East Jūryō #4
87
 
East Jūryō #2
78
 
West Jūryō #4
78
 
West Jūryō #5
69
 
1988 West Jūryō #10
78
 
East Jūryō #12
69
 
West Makushita #2
43
 
East Makushita #1
34
 
East Makushita #6
25
 
East Makushita #22
52
 
1989 East Makushita #10
Retired
241
x x x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. 竹葉山 真邦 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  2. "Hakuho wrestles his way into the history books". The Japan Times. 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  3. "Stablemaster bout-rigging claim hit". Japan Times. 25 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  4. "Chikubayama Masakuni Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-06.


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