Daizen Takahiro

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Daizen Takahiro
大善 尊太
Personal information
BornTokuo Takahashi
(1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 59)
Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight144 kg (317 lb)
Career
Stable Nishonoseki
Record739-732-61
DebutMarch, 1981
Highest rankKomusubi (March, 1994)
RetiredMarch, 2003
Elder name Fujigane
Championships 3 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
Gold Stars 2 (Akebono, Musashimaru)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Daizen Takahiro (born 14 December 1964 as Tokuo Takahashi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in November 1991. His highest rank was komusubi and he earned two kinboshi . After his retirement in 2003 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and a coach at Nishonoseki stable. Upon the closure of his stable in 2013 he moved to Kasugano stable. [1]

Contents

Career record

Daizen Takahiro [2]
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
1981x(Maezumo)EastJonokuchi#16
34
 
EastJonokuchi#1
52
 
EastJonidan#102
25
 
EastJonidan#126
43
 
1982WestJonidan#101
52
 
WestJonidan#52
07
 
EastJonidan#102
43
 
WestJonidan#80
52
 
WestJonidan#41
25
 
WestJonidan#62
52
 
1983WestJonidan#18
25
 
EastJonidan#46
43
 
EastJonidan#27
43
 
WestJonidan#12
34
 
WestJonidan#31
43
 
WestJonidan#13
43
 
1984WestSandanme#88
43
 
EastSandanme#67
52
 
EastSandanme#31
25
 
EastSandanme#55
43
 
WestSandanme#39
34
 
WestSandanme#53
124
 
1985WestSandanme#93
Sat out due to injury
007
WestSandanme#93
Sat out due to injury
007
WestJonidan#44
52
 
EastJonidan#6
52
 
EastSandanme#46
43
 
EastSandanme#42
43
 
1986WestSandanme#23
43
 
WestSandanme#9
52
 
WestMakushita#43
34
 
EastMakushita#59
43
 
EastMakushita#44
34
 
WestMakushita#56
52
 
1987 WestMakushita#38
52
 
EastMakushita#23
34
 
EastMakushita#33
52
 
WestMakushita#18
43
 
EastMakushita#13
52
 
EastMakushita#5
61
 
1988 EastMakushita#1
61P
 
EastJūryō#9
87
 
EastJūryō#6
285
 
WestMakushita#2
Sat out due to injury
007
WestMakushita#2
43
 
WestMakushita#1
34
 
1989 EastMakushita#6
34
 
EastMakushita#11
34
 
WestMakushita#16
25
 
WestMakushita#34
34
 
WestMakushita#45
52
 
WestMakushita#24
70
Champion

 
1990 WestMakushita#4
34
 
EastMakushita#9
61
 
EastMakushita#2
34
 
WestMakushita#5
61
 
WestMakushita#1
43
 
WestJūryō#13
87
 
1991 EastJūryō#11
96
 
WestJūryō#7
87
 
EastJūryō#5
69
 
WestJūryō#9
96
 
EastJūryō#5
123P
Champion

 
WestMaegashira#11
78
 
1992 EastMaegashira#13
69
 
EastMaegashira#16
78
 
WestJūryō#1
96
 
EastMaegashira#14
78
 
WestMaegashira#14
105
 
WestMaegashira#5
96
 
1993 EastMaegashira#4
510
 
WestMaegashira#10
78
 
WestMaegashira#11
78
 
EastMaegashira#14
96
 
WestMaegashira#5
510
 
EastMaegashira#12
105
 
1994 EastMaegashira#3
87
 
WestKomusubi#1
510
 
WestMaegashira#4
78
 
EastMaegashira#5
69
 
EastMaegashira#9
96
 
EastMaegashira#3
69
1995 EastMaegashira#6
213
 
WestMaegashira#14
69
 
WestJūryō#1
78
 
EastJūryō#4
87
 
EastJūryō#2
78
 
WestJūryō#4
510
 
1996 EastJūryō#10
96
 
EastJūryō#7
78
 
EastJūryō#9
87
 
EastJūryō#5
114P
Champion

 
EastJūryō#1
78
 
WestJūryō#2
Sat out due to injury
0015
1997 WestJūryō#2
510
 
EastJūryō#7
771
 
WestJūryō#8
Sat out due to injury
0015
WestJūryō#8
78
 
EastJūryō#10
78
 
WestJūryō#10
96
 
1998 EastJūryō#5
87
 
EastJūryō#3
69
 
EastJūryō#6
78
 
WestJūryō#9
87
 
WestJūryō#8
87
 
WestJūryō#6
78
 
1999 WestJūryō#8
87
 
WestJūryō#2
123
Champion

 
EastMaegashira#11
78
 
WestMaegashira#12
510
 
EastJūryō#1
96
 
WestMaegashira#13
78
 
2000 WestJūryō#1
105
 
WestMaegashira#12
96
 
WestMaegashira#3
312
 
WestMaegashira#10
510
 
WestJūryō#2
78
 
WestJūryō#4
87
 
2001 WestJūryō#1
69
 
WestJūryō#3
96
 
EastMaegashira#14
87
 
WestMaegashira#11
87
 
WestMaegashira#8
96
 
EastMaegashira#6
69
2002 WestMaegashira#8
78
 
WestMaegashira#9
96
 
EastMaegashira#4
411
 
WestMaegashira#9
69
 
EastMaegashira#11
411
 
EastJūryō#5
78
 
2003 WestJūryō#7
411
 
EastMakushita#1
Retired
25
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. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. "Daizen Takahiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.