Hamanishiki Tatsurō

Hamanishiki Tatsurō (born November 23, 1976 as Tatsurō Takahama) is a former sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1999. His highest rank was maegashira 11, which he reached in 2002. He was mostly ranked in the makushita and sandanme divisions from 2005 until his retirement in 2012. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association upon his retirement and was the head coach of Kasugayama stable from 2012 until 2016.

Hamanishiki Tatsurō
濵錦 竜郎
Personal information
BornTatsurō Takahama
(1976-11-23) November 23, 1976
Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight127.5 kg (281 lb)
Career
StableOitekaze
Record360-365-30
DebutMarch 1999
Highest rankMaegashira 11 (March, 2002)
RetiredMarch, 2012
* Up to date as of Feb 2012.

Career

Takahama practised amateur sumo at Nihon University and joined the professional sport in March 1999. He made his debut alongside Kotomitsuki and Takamisakari.[1] He began wrestling under his own name but upon promotion to the second highest jūryō division in July 2000 he adopted the shikona or fighting name of Hamanishiki.

After five tournaments in jūryō he made his debut in the top makuuchi division in May 2001. However he was unable to progress higher than the lower maegashira ranks and fell back to the second division in September 2002. In November 2004, ranked at the very bottom of jūryō, he produced a disastrous 1-14 record and was demoted to the third makushita division, where he had begun his career. He reverted to his own surname in November 2005 but this did little to change his fortunes. He missed two tournaments through injury in November 2006 and January 2007 and was demoted once more, to the fourth sandanme division.

He managed to return to the makushita division after a good 6-1 performance in January 2008, and he followed up with a 5-2 score in March and 4-3 in May, which took him to makushita 26 for the July 2008 tournament, his highest rank since September 2006, before his injury. He returned to the Hamanishiki name in July 2009.

In May 2011 he earned promotion back to the jūryō division for the first time in over six years after scoring 6-1 at makushita 10. There were a large number of positions available in jūryō due to the forced retirements of several wrestlers after a match-fixing scandal. The 39 tournaments it took him to return to jūryō is the most in sumo history.[2] His stay in jūryō lasted only two tournaments however, as he could score only 5-10 in July and 2-13 in September.

Retirement from sumo
As a ringside judge in May 2016

He retired in February 2012 and took charge of the Kasugayama stable as the previous head, former maegashira Kasugafuji, concentrated on his role as a director of the Sumo Association's board. After a legal dispute with the former Kasugafuji, who subsequently left the Sumo Association and claimed rent had not been paid to him, Hamanishiki moved the stable to a new location in Kawasaki city. Continuing legal disputes with the former head of the stable meant that he had not been given the official certificate granting him ownership of the Kasugayama elder stock, and thus was not qualified to be a stablemaster. In October 2016 the Sumo Association ordered him to resign as stablemaster, and move his wrestlers to Oitekaze stable. He left the Sumo Association altogether in January 2017, having failed to meet their deadline to come to an agreement with his predecessor.

Fighting style

Hamanishiki was a yotsu-sumo wrestler, who preferred grappling techniques to pushing or thrusting. His most common winning kimarite was a straightforward yori-kiri or force out. His favourite grip on his opponent's mawashi was migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position.

Career record
Hamanishiki Tatsurō[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
1999 x Makushita tsukedashi #60
4–3
 		 East Makushita #51
6–1
 		 West Makushita #24
6–1
 		 East Makushita #8
3–4
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 
2000 East Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #5
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #13
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #4
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 
2001 East Jūryō #10
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #12
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6–PPP
 		 West Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #12
7–8
 
2002 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #12
6–9
 		 Maegashira #14
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 
2003 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #9
10–5–P
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #7
2–3–10
 		 West Makushita #6
0–0–7
 		 West Makushita #6
4–3
 
2004 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #10
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #14
1–14
 
2005 West Makushita #12
4–3
 		 East Makushita #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #5
2–5
 		 East Makushita #15
3–4
 		 East Makushita #21
3–4
 		 East Makushita #27
2–5
 
2006 West Makushita #41
5–2
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 		 East Makushita #19
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
3–4
 		 East Makushita #19
3–4
 		 East Makushita #28
0–0–7
 
2007 West Sandanme #8
0–1–6
 		 West Sandanme #68
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #52
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #36
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #21
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #38
4–3
 
2008 East Sandanme #23
6–1
 		 East Makushita #45
5–2
 		 East Makushita #30
4–3
 		 East Makushita #26
3–4
 		 East Makushita #34
5–2
 		 West Makushita #17
3–4
 
2009 East Makushita #26
4–3
 		 East Makushita #19
3–4
 		 East Makushita #28
2–5
 		 East Makushita #46
5–2
 		 East Makushita #34
4–3
 		 West Makushita #28
2–5
 
2010 East Makushita #44
4–3
 		 East Makushita #38
5–2
 		 West Makushita #23
3–4
 		 West Makushita #31
5–2
 		 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 West Makushita #19
4–3
 
2011 East Makushita #15
4–3
 		 West Makushita #10
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 West Makushita #10
6–1
 		 East Jūryō #9
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #14
2–13
 		 East Makushita #10
2–5
 
2012 East Makushita #20
3–4
 		 West Makushita #26
Retired
0–0		 x x x x
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(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira
gollark: I look for exit doors, d6.
gollark: It could strike at us at any time.
gollark: I don't trust it.
gollark: I inspect the ladder, 2d6.
gollark: Sense how?

See also

References
  1. Sumo Fan Magazine
  2. "2011 July Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics". Japan Sumo Association. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. "Hamanishiki Tatsurō Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
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