Aogiyama Hideki

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Aogiyama Hideki
蒼樹山 秀樹
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Personal information
BornHideki Teraki
(1970-02-18) 18 February 1970 (age 52)
Hikone, Shiga, Japan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight148 kg (326 lb)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record628-645-79
DebutMarch, 1985
Highest rankMaegashira 1 (July, 1996)
RetiredNovember, 2003
Elder name Edagawa
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars 2 (Takanohana II)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Aogiyama Hideki (born 18 February 1970 as Hideki Teraki) is a former sumo wrestler from Hikone, Shiga, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1985, and reached the top division in March 1993. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He retired in November 2003, and he is an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Edagawa. [1]

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Career

He was born in the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, the second son of a restaurant owner. He played baseball in his youth but decided to join professional sumo after his elder brother, who had joined Tokitsukaze stable a year previously, quit sumo. He had an inauspicious debut, losing all three maezumo bouts in March 1985 and then all seven bouts in his first official tournament appearance in the lowest jonokuchi division in the following tournament in March. He missed two tournaments from injury in July and September 1989 which saw him fall from the makushita division to the sandanme division, but upon his return he rose steadily up makushita and was promoted to sekitori status in November 1991 upon reaching the juryo division. To mark the occasion he changed his shikona or fighting name from his own surname of Teraki to Aogiyama. His first tournament in juryo was unsuccessful but he returned to the division in May 1992 and in January 1993 he won his first yusho or tournament championship with an 11–4 record. This saw him promoted to the top makuuchi division for the March 1993 tournament. However, he could score only six wins against nine losses in his top division debut and he also failed to win a majority of bouts in two subsequent attempts in makuuchi in July 1993 and March 1994. He did not establish himself as a top division regular until his fourth promotion to the division in November 1995. He reached what was to be his highest rank of maegashira 1 in July 1996. He won two kinboshi for defeating yokozuna Takanohana in the July 1997 and January 1998 tourneys. Takanohana subsequently withdrew from the latter tournament, and Aogiyama was asked to take part in the sanyaku soroibumi ritual on the final day even though he was not ranked in sanyaku himself, because of a shortage of available wrestlers – an unusual occurrence. In the following March 1998 tournament he won the Fighting Spirit Award for his strong 11–4 record.

Aogiyama missed the March 2000 tournament after rupturing his Achilles tendon, and after two losing scores upon his return he was demoted back to juryo after a run of 29 straight tournaments ranked in the top division. He returned to the maegashira ranks in September 2001 after taking his second juryo championship with a 12–3 record, but he was finding it more difficult to hold his own in makuuchi. His 38th and final top division tournament was in July 2003, and his overall record in makuuchi was 223 wins against 314 losses, with 33 absences due to injury.

Retirement from sumo

He announced his retirement from sumo on the tenth day of the November 2003 tournament, having lost all nine of his previous matches and facing demotion to the makushita division. He remained in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Edagawa, which was formerly owned by ex-ozeki Kitabayama of the Tokitsukaze stable and was being borrowed by the former Zaonishiki. His danpatsu-shiki or official retirement ceremony took place on October 3, 2004, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan with around 320 guests taking part in the hair-cutting ritual. Edagawa works as a coach at Tokitsukaze stable and in the jungyo (regional tour) department of the Sumo Association, and regularly tours the country promoting jungyo events. From March 2012 he has also worked as a judge of tournament bouts. He was seen as a candidate to take over the running of Tokitsukaze stable in 2007 when the previous head coach, the former Futatsuryū, was dismissed as an elder in the stable's hazing scandal, but instead the job went to Tokitsuumi who retired from active competition. It is unknown whether Edagawa personally declined or was passed over for the role.

He stood in for Tokitsukaze Oyakata in September 2020 when two Sumo Association directors visited the stable to inform Shōdai of his promotion to ōzeki, due to the stablemaster's illness. [2]

Fighting style

Aogiyama was an oshi-sumo specialist who preferred pushing and thrusting techniques to fighting on the mawashi or belt. As well as a straightforward oshi-dashi or push out he also regularly used hiki-otoshi, the pull down and hataki-komi, the slap down.

Personal life

He is a fan of the Hanshin Tigers, and his other interests include pachinko, video games and listening to music.

Career record

Aogiyama Hideki [3]
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
1985x(Maezumo)EastJonokuchi#25
0–7
 		WestJonokuchi#54
3–4
 		EastJonokuchi#39
4–3
 		EastJonokuchi#11
3–4
 
1986EastJonokuchi#20
4–3
 		EastJonidan#125
2–5
 		WestJonidan#145
4–3
 		EastJonidan#96
3–4
 		WestJonidan#111
5–2
 		WestJonidan#62
3–4
 
1987 EastJonidan#79
4–3
 		WestJonidan#51
3–4
 		EastJonidan#71
5–2
 		EastJonidan#33
5–2
 		WestJonidan#5
3–4
 		EastJonidan#18
6–1
 
1988 WestSandanme#66
5–2
 		WestSandanme#351
3–4
 		WestSandanme#53
4–3
 		WestSandanme#35
4–3
 		WestSandanme#19
5–2
 		EastMakushita#53
3–4
 
1989 WestSandanme#5
3–4
 		WestSandanme#18
4–3
 		WestSandanme#3
4–3
 		EastMakushita#50
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		WestSandanme#30
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		EastSandanme#91
4–0–3
 
1990 WestSandanme#64
6–1
 		EastSandanme#16
6–1
 		EastMakushita#43
6–1–PP
 		EastMakushita#20
4–3
 		EastMakushita#15
5–2
 		EastMakushita#6
2–5
 
1991 WestMakushita#19
1–6
 		EastMakushita#45
5–2
 		WestMakushita#28
5–2
 		WestMakushita#15
5–2
 		WestMakushita#6
5–2
 		EastJūryō#13
4–11
 
1992 WestMakushita#6
4–3
 		EastMakushita#3
5–2
 		WestJūryō#12
10–5
 		EastJūryō#4
8–7
 		WestJūryō#2
7–8
 		EastJūryō#4
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1993 EastJūryō#4
11–4
Champion
 		EastMaegashira#13
6–9
 		EastJūryō#2
9–6
 		WestMaegashira#15
5–10
 		EastJūryō#5
9–6
 		EastJūryō#2
9–6
 
1994 WestJūryō#1
9–6
 		EastMaegashira#16
4–11
 		EastJūryō#7
11–4
 		EastJūryō#1
7–8
 		EastJūryō#4
5–4–6
 		WestJūryō#9
9–6
 
1995 EastJūryō#4
8–7
 		EastJūryō#3
7–8
 		WestJūryō#5
8–7
 		WestJūryō#3
9–6
 		EastJūryō#1
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#15
9–6
 
1996 WestMaegashira#11
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#2
4–11
 		WestMaegashira#7
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#1
3–12
 		EastMaegashira#6
6–9
 		EastMaegashira#10
8–7
 
1997 EastMaegashira#7
6–9
 		EastMaegashira#11
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#6
8–7
 		EastMaegashira#2
6–9
★		EastMaegashira#4
3–12
 		EastMaegashira#10
8–7
 
1998 WestMaegashira#5
6–9
★		WestMaegashira#7
11–4
F		WestMaegashira#1
3–12
 		WestMaegashira#8
8–7
 		EastMaegashira#4
5–10
 		EastMaegashira#7
8–7
 
1999 WestMaegashira#3
4–11
 		EastMaegashira#8
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#4
7–8
 		EastMaegashira#5
5–10
 		WestMaegashira#8
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#4
6–9
 
2000 WestMaegashira#6
4–10–1
 		EastMaegashira#13
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		EastMaegashira#13
7–8
 		EastMaegashira#14
6–9
 		WestJūryō#3
7–8
 		EastJūryō#6
5–10
 
2001 WestJūryō#10
10–5
 		WestJūryō#2
8–4–3
 		EastJūryō#2
5–10
 		WestJūryō#7
8–7
 		WestJūryō#5
12–3–P
Champion
 		EastMaegashira#13
4–11
 
2002 EastJūryō#4
6–9
 		EastJūryō#7
8–7
 		EastJūryō#3
10–5
 		WestMaegashira#12
6–7–2
 		WestMaegashira#14
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		WestMaegashira#14
6–9
 
2003 WestJūryō#2
7–8
 		WestJūryō#3
10–5–P
 		WestMaegashira#12
7–8
 		WestMaegashira#14
4–11
 		EastJūryō#6
6–9
 		WestJūryō#8
Retired
0–10–5
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

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

Makuuchi ranks:  Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

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References

  1. ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Shodai Promoted to 2nd-Highest Sumo Rank of Ozeki". Nippon. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Aogiyama Hideki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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