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32-568: Born in Moriyoshi , Kitaakita District , Narita practised sumo in college and was a very dominant player, having achieved the student equivalent of yokozuna after winning the Kokutai (Japan Games) and All Japan University Championship sumo tournaments in 2001, his fourth year at Chuo University . He made his professional debut in May 2002, joining former ōzeki Kotokaze 's Oguruma stable . Upon entry he

64-403: A 3–4 or worse record in their regular seven bouts. It is ignored if one loses and counted if one wins, making it a true bonus bout for a makushita wrestler. In such a match-up, the makushita wrestler will have his hair fashioned into a full oicho-mage as sekitori do but continues to wear his plain cotton mawashi . The term makushita can also be used to refer to all four divisions as

96-460: A bout with him, and around 200 to 300 people participating in the hair-snipping ritual. In February 2022 Oguruma stable closed and he branched out to open his own Oshiogawa stable , taking former makuuchi wrestlers Yago and Amakaze and a number of other personnel with him. Takekaze was almost entirely reliant on oshi-sumo or pushing techniques , and usually lost if his opponents grabbed hold of his mawashi or belt. He commented, "Sumo at

128-462: A defeat of ōzeki Kotomitsuki , saw him climb to maegashira 2 for the May 2009 tournament. He also reached maegashira 1 in November 2009. In September 2010 he finished runner-up in a tournament for the first time, and was awarded his second Fighting Spirit prize, shared with stablemate Yoshikaze . In July 2014 Takekaze earned his first kinboshi or gold star for a defeat of a yokozuna with

160-526: A defeat of ōzeki Kotoōshū . He was awarded his first special prize , for Fighting Spirit. Consequently, in the March, 2008 tournament he debuted at the komusubi rank, finally breaking into san'yaku . He was the first wrestler from his stable to make the titled ranks. Takekaze could manage only three wins in his komusubi debut and was demoted to maegashira 8 for the May 2008 tournament. However, an 8–7 score at maegashira 4 in March 2009, which included

192-418: A form of overcoat over his yukata . However, the wrestlers are still considered to be in training, receiving only an allowance rather than a salary. As with the other divisions below jūryō , wrestlers only compete in seven bouts, held roughly every other day. The number of sandanme wrestlers per tournament is 180 (reduced from 200 in March 2022). Jonidan ( 序二段 ) is the fifth highest division. Unlike

224-452: A small allowance instead of a salary. Jūryō wrestlers, along with their makuuchi counterparts, are the only professional sumo wrestlers who compete in a full fifteen bouts per official tournament. In the case of injuries with makuuchi wrestlers pulling out, jūryō wrestlers near the top of the division may find themselves in the occasional matchup with a top-division wrestler. Such jūryō - makuuchi matchups are also not uncommon towards

256-411: A tournament. It is often considered that holding the rank of makushita is the first step toward becoming a professional ( sekitori ranked) sumo wrestler. Furthermore, it can be regarded as the most heavily contested division, with younger sumo wrestlers on their way up competing with those older sumo wrestlers who have dropped from jūryō and are determined to regain the higher rank. A key incentive

288-404: A whole that are below jūryō , as these four divisions are considered wrestlers that are still in training. Sandanme ( 三段目 ) is the fourth highest division. This level represents the first break point in the treatment a wrestler receives as he rises up the ranks. From sandanme, he is allowed a better quality of dress; for instance, he no longer needs to wear geta on his feet and can wear

320-419: A win over Harumafuji . His 9–6 score at maegashira 4 was enough to earn him promotion to sekiwake for the first time, as everyone else in the division from sekiwake down to maegashira 3 had a losing score, with the exception of sekiwake Gōeidō who was promoted to ōzeki. Not only did Takekaze become the oldest sekiwake debutant since the end of World War II at the age of 35 years two months, but

352-448: A wrestler below makushita still only receives a small living allowance. Winning all seven matches in a tournament grants an unconditional advance to the jūryō division if one is ranked within the top thirty wrestlers of the division. For any other member of the division, a 7–0 record will guarantee promotion to within the top thirty members, so two successive 7–0 records will allow a makushita wrestler to advance to jūryō . Those in

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384-416: A wrestler's rank within a division is, the general level of opponents he will have to face becomes stronger. According to tradition, each rank is further subdivided into East and West, with East being slightly more prestigious, and ranked slightly higher than its West counterpart. The divisions, ranked in order of hierarchy from highest to lowest, are as follows: Makuuchi ( 幕内 ) , or makunouchi ( 幕の内 ) ,

416-434: Is almost universally known as jūryō . Wrestlers in the jūryō and the makuuchi division above are known as sekitori . Jūryō wrestlers, like those in the top makuuchi division, receive a regular monthly salary as well as other perks associated with having become a sekitori , or a member of the two upper divisions in sumo. Sumo wrestlers ranked in the divisions below jūryō are considered to be in training and receive

448-525: Is in the top ten all-time. His 5–10 record in the January 2018 tournament saw him demoted to jūryō for the first time since 2005, but he resolved to continue wrestling, and earned immediate promotion back to makuuchi , becoming at 38 years and 10 months the second oldest wrestler to do so since the beginning of the Showa era after Aminishiki . However he lasted only one tournament and was demoted back to jūryō after

480-414: Is the difference between being ranked in the topmost makushita slot versus the lowest jūryō rank, which has been likened to being that between heaven and hell: a wrestler ranked at makushita or lower is expected to carry out chores for the stable and any sekitori within it, whereas the jūryō wrestler will be served upon. Similarly, the jūryō wrestler receives a comfortable monthly salary, whereas

512-448: Is the only division that is featured on standard NHK 's live coverage of sumo tournaments and is broadcast bilingually. The lower divisions are covered only on streaming services like Abema . The name makuuchi literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when the top ranked wrestlers were able to sit in a curtained off area prior to appearing for their bouts. Makuuchi can also refer to

544-406: Is the second highest division, and is fixed at 28 wrestlers. The name literally means "ten ryō "', which was at one time the income a wrestler ranked in this division could expect to receive. The official name of the second division is actually jūmaime ( 十枚目 ) , meaning "tenth placing" and can be heard in official announcements and seen in some publications, but within and outside the sumo world it

576-548: Is the third highest division. Prior to the creation of the jūryō division, this division was only one below the topmost makuuchi division (meaning inside the curtain). Makushita , literally means "below ( shita ) the curtain ( maku )." In the current system, there are 120 wrestlers in the division (60 ranked on the East and 60 on the West side of the banzuke ). Unlike the sekitori ranks above them, wrestlers compete only seven times during

608-431: Is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers who are ranked according to their performance in previous tournaments. At the top of the division are the four ranks of "titleholders", or "champions" called the san'yaku , comprising yokozuna , ōzeki , sekiwake and komusubi . There are typically 8–12 wrestlers in these ranks with the remainder, called maegashira , ranked in numerical order from 1 downwards. This

640-463: The jūryō division. However upon winning the jūryō championship in September 2003 with a 13–2 record he was promoted back to the top division. He took time to adjust to the stronger opposition in makuuchi and did not achieve a kachi-koshi or winning record above the mid maegashira ranks until May 2007. However, in January 2008 he produced his best score in the top division, 12–3, which included

672-422: The mawashi is not my style – I haven't learned to do it." He has won only around four percent of his career matches by yori-kiri (force out), which is the most popular overall technique in sumo. As well as oshi-dashi (push out) he also regularly employed hiki-otoshi , the pull-down, and tsuki-otoshi , the thrust over. At just 172 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) he was of the shortest wrestlers in

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704-403: The 64 tournaments it took to reach the sekiwake rank from his top division debut is also a record. He performed creditably in the September 2014 tournament, only just missing out on kachi-koshi with a 7–8 record. He remained in the san'yaku ranks at komusubi for the following tournament in November, but could only score 2–13. In 2015 he managed only two winning tournaments and dropped down

736-546: The May 2018 basho . He announced his retirement during the January 2019 tournament after his eighth loss at the low rank of jūryō 12 made demotion to the makushita division virtually certain. He is the owner of the Oshiogawa toshiyori kabu and stayed in sumo as a coach at Oguruma stable. His danpatsu-shiki was held in front of a 9000 crowd at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan on 1 February 2020, with his son taking part in

768-585: The city of Kitaakita . This Akita Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Makushita Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions . Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For more information, see kachi-koshi and make-koshi . Wrestlers are also ranked within each division. The higher

800-415: The divisions above it, there is no fixed number of wrestlers in the division although it is usually the largest division in any given tournament, with commonly around 200–250 wrestlers ranked within it. As a result of the numbers, and the fact that, as with the other lower divisions, the wrestlers fight only seven times during a tournament, a play-off tournament on the last day is normally required to determine

832-1518: The end of a sumo tournament, in order to better establish promotion and relegation of individuals between the two divisions. Once a wrestler is promoted to jūryō , he is considered a professional with significant salary and privileges. As such, promotions to jūryō are announced just a few days after a preceding tournament, whereas other rankings are not announced for several weeks. [REDACTED] Kitanowaka [REDACTED] Kinbōzan [REDACTED] Kagayaki [REDACTED] Hakuōhō [REDACTED] Shirokuma [REDACTED] Kayō  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Tamashōhō [REDACTED] Shimanoumi [REDACTED] Shimazuumi [REDACTED] Tomokaze [REDACTED] Tōhakuryū [REDACTED] Shiden  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Hidenoumi [REDACTED] Tsurugishō [REDACTED] Mitoryū [REDACTED] Hakuyozan  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Daiamami [REDACTED] Daishōhō [REDACTED] Ōnoshō [REDACTED] Fujiseiun  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Aonishiki  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Chiyomaru [REDACTED] Daiseizan  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Tochitaikai  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Wakaikari  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Kotoeiho  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Nabatame  [ ja ] [REDACTED] Ōshōumi  [ ja ] Makushita ( 幕下 )

864-439: The rankings. By January 2016 he had fallen to maegashira 13, his lowest rank for seven years but secured his top division status with a 10–5 result. He went on to secure four winning records out of six tournaments in 2016. In September 2017 Takekaze appeared in his 83rd top division tournament, a record for a college graduate and 10th all-time. He has also fought more top division matches than any other former amateur champion and

896-507: The top division. Takekaze was married in August 2006. He has a son, born at the end of 2007. Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique     Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Moriyoshi, Akita Moriyoshi ( 森吉町 , Moriyoshi-machi )

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960-425: The uppermost ranks of the division, and thus slated for a possible advancement, may have a match with those in jūryō , either as one of the seven matches they are expected to compete in, or occasionally in addition to the matches they have already had. This eighth match is sometimes required as a result of tournament withdrawals due to injury of sekitori , and is usually given to makushita wrestlers who have achieved

992-476: Was a town located in Kitaakita District , Akita Prefecture , Japan . In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,471 and a population density of 21.85 per square kilometre (56.6/sq mi). The total area was 341.88 square kilometres (132.00 sq mi). On March 22, 2005, Moriyoshi, along with the towns of Aikawa , Ani and Takanosu (all from Kitaakita District ), merged to create

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1024-401: Was given makushita tsukedashi status and allowed to enter at the rank of makushita 15 due to his amateur achievements. He reached sekitori level in just two tournaments, and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in March 2003, the first wrestler from his stable to achieve this. Takekaze had to pull out of his debut tournament in the top division due to injury and fell back to

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