Tomoefuji Toshihide

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Tomoefuji Toshihide
巴富士 俊英
Personal information
BornToshihide Kurosawa
(1971-01-27) 27 January 1971 (age 53)
Kazuno, Akita
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight142 kg (313 lb; 22.4 st)
Career
Stable Kokonoe
Record354-307-97
DebutMay, 1986
Highest rankKomusubi (July, 1992)
RetiredSeptember, 1998
Championships 1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of February 2009.

Tomoefuji Toshihide (born 27 January 1971 as Toshihide Kurosawa) is a former sumo wrestler from Akita Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi .

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Career

Born in Kazuno, he was scouted by yokozuna Chiyonofuji after winning several children's sumo competitions in his native Akita Prefecture. [1] At junior high school he was a rival of the future Wakanohana. [1] He joined Chiyonofuji's Kokonoe stable and made his professional debut in May 1986. He made the sandanme division in November 1987 but then missed two tournaments and fell back to the lowest jonokuchi division. In July 1988 he won his first (and only) yusho or tournament championship in the jonidan division with a perfect 7-0 record. He reached the third highest makushita division a year later.

While in the makushita division he performed the yumitori-shiki or bow-twirling ceremony that takes place at the end of every tournament day, from 1989 to 1990. He reached sekitori status in July 1990 upon promotion to the jūryō division and in January 1991 made his debut in the makuuchi top division. He scored ten wins in his debut and was awarded the Fighting Spirit sansho or special prize. Tomoefuji seemed to have broken the jinx against performers of the yumitori-shiki ceremony having a successful career in sumo. [1]

In May 1992 he became the only sekitori in his stable, following the retirements of Hokutoumi and Takanofuji. Just a year earlier the stable had had two yokozuna, Hokutoumi and Chiyonofuji. [1] Tomoefuji's subsequent career was blighted by injuries. He was involved in a training accident with Akebono shortly before the July 1992 tournament, which led to Akebono having to miss his debut tournament as ozeki . Tomoefuji made his debut in the sanyaku ranks at komusubi in that tournament, but had to pull out on the second day. He never managed to return to the rank. Restricted by an injury to his right knee, in September 1993 he was demoted back to the jūryō division after a poor 4-11 record. He missed two tournaments in 1994, falling to the bottom of the division, and in May 1995 he lost sekitori status altogether after falling back to makushita. He fought his last competitive match in March 1998. He was still listed on the banzuke ranking sheets in September but had fallen to sandanme 85, the lowest rank ever recorded by a former sanyaku wrestler, upon which he announced his retirement from sumo. He left the Sumo Association upon retiring.

Fighting style

Tomoefuji's favourite techniques were hidari-yotsu, (a right hand outside, left hand inside grip on his opponents' mawashi ) uwatenage, (overarm throw) and yorikiri (force out). [1]

Career record

Tomoefuji Toshihide [2]
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo 		March
Haru basho, Osaka 		May
Natsu basho, Tokyo 		July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya 		September
Aki basho, Tokyo 		November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1986xx(Maezumo)EastJonokuchi#57
6–1
 		WestJonidan#121
6–1
 		WestJonidan#47
2–5
 
1987 WestJonidan#72
5–2
 		WestJonidan#31
2–2–3
 		EastJonidan#66
2–5
 		WestJonidan#93
6–1
 		WestJonidan#25
5–2
 		WestSandanme#91
1–6
 
1988 WestJonidan#23
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		EastJonidan#94
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		WestJonokuchi#7
6–1
 		WestJonidan#87
7–0–P
Champion
 		EastSandanme#80
4–3
 		EastSandanme#57
5–2
 
1989 EastSandanme#27
3–4
 		EastSandanme#41
5–2
 		WestSandanme#11
6–1
 		EastMakushita#39
6–1
 		EastMakushita#18
5–2
 		WestMakushita#8
2–5
 
1990 WestMakushita#21
5–2
 		EastMakushita#10
5–2
 		EastMakushita#5
6–1–P
 		WestJūryō#12
8–7
 		EastJūryō#9
9–6
 		EastJūryō#4
8–7
 
1991 WestMaegashira#15
10–5
F		WestMaegashira#6
5–10
 		WestMaegashira#13
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#9
9–6
 		EastMaegashira#4
0–2–13
 		EastMaegashira#16
9–6
 
1992 EastMaegashira#12
8–7
 		WestMaegashira#6
9–6
 		WestMaegashira#1
8–7
 		WestKomusubi#2
0–2–13
 		EastMaegashira#13
9–6
 		WestMaegashira#6
10–5
 
1993 EastMaegashira#2
6–9
 		WestMaegashira#4
9–6
 		WestMaegashira#1
3–12
 		EastMaegashira#8
5–10
 		WestMaegashira#13
4–11
 		WestJūryō#5
6–9
 
1994 EastJūryō#8
7–8
 		WestJūryō#9
8–7
 		WestJūryō#7
9–6
 		WestJūryō#3
10–5
 		EastJūryō#1
0–3–12
 		WestJūryō#12
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1995 WestJūryō#12
11–4–P
 		EastJūryō#5
6–9
 		WestJūryō#8
4–11
 		WestMakushita#1
1–6
 		WestMakushita#20
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		WestMakushita#59
4–3
 
1996 EastMakushita#48
5–2
 		WestMakushita#28
4–3
 		WestMakushita#20
5–2
 		WestMakushita#10
5–2
 		WestMakushita#4
2–5
 		EastMakushita#13
5–2
 
1997 EastMakushita#5
3–4
 		WestMakushita#12
3–4
 		WestMakushita#19
4–3
 		WestMakushita#12
3–4
 		WestMakushita#19
5–2
 		WestMakushita#11
4–3
 
1998 WestMakushita#6
2–5
 		EastMakushita#21
1–6
 		EastMakushita#46
0–1–6
 		WestSandanme#25
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		EastSandanme#85
Retired
–		x
Record given as wins–losses–absencies    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. p. 118. ISBN   0-8348-0283-X.
  2. ↑ "Tomoefuji Toshihide Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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