Shunketsu Yūji

Shunketsu Yūji (born July 13, 1976 as Yūji Ishide) is a former sumo wrestler from Misato, Saitama, Japan. The highest rank he reached was maegashira 12.

Shunketsu Yūji
駿傑 悠志
Personal information
BornYūji Ishide
(1976-07-13) July 13, 1976
Saitama, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight123 kg (271 lb)
Career
StableHanaregoma
Record461-434-17
DebutMarch 1992
Highest rankMaegashira 12 (September 2005)
RetiredMarch 2008
Championships1 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of March 2008.

Career

Shunketsu made his professional debut in March 1992, alongside several future top division regulars such as Kyokushuzan, Wakanosato and Takanowaka. He weighed only just over 100 kg (220 lb) and remained one of the lightest wrestlers in the senior ranks, only managing to put on around 20 kg (44 lb) in subsequent years.

Shunketsu used several different shikona during his career. He began using his own surname, Ishide. Upon promotion to sekitori status for the first time in January 2001 he was given the name Komahikari. However, after falling back to the unsalaried makushita division he reverted to Ishide. He retained this name until November 2005 when he became Shunketsu.

Restricted by diabetes and several injuries, Shunketsu took 78 tournaments from his professional debut to reach the top makuuchi division for the first time in March 2005, which at the time was the tenth slowest ever. He spent only five tournaments in makuuchi and only made kachi-koshi there once. He was ranked in the second jūryō division for 25 tournaments. He was the last sekitori from the now defunct Hanaregoma stable, which once produced yokozuna Onokuni.

After falling from the top division with a 4-11 record in January 2006 he rarely looked like returning, managing to win more than 8 bouts on only one occasion (in July 2006 when he slid to the bottom of the second division at jūryō 13 West and produced a 10-5 score). From November 2006 to May 2007 he managed four consecutive winning scores (eight wins each time), which took him up to jūryō 1 West, but he had five consecutive losing scores after that. After a 3-12 record in March 2008 at the rank of jūryō 11 West, and facing certain demotion to the third division, he announced his retirement.

He won one yusho or tournament title in the makushita division (a perfect 7-0 score in November 2000 which earned him automatic promotion to the jūryō division for the first time), and one in the jūryō division (a 12-3 score in November 2004).

Fighting style

Shunketsu was predominately a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling as opposed to pushing and thrusting techniques. His favoured grip on the opponent's mawashi was hidari-yotsu, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's arms. He also regularly employed henka, or sidestepping at the tachi-ai or initial charge.

Career record
Shunketsu Yūji[1]
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
1992 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #10
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #128
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #50
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #23
3–4
 
1993 West Jonidan #49
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #88
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #6
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #80
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #60
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #77
3–4
 
1994 West Sandanme #90
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #36
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #18
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #6
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #21
5–2
 		 West Makushita #56
4–3
 
1995 West Makushita #45
4–3
 		 West Makushita #33
5–2
 		 West Makushita #20
2–5
 		 West Makushita #40
3–4
 		 East Makushita #52
4–3
 		 East Makushita #43
5–2
 
1996 East Makushita #25
2–5
 		 West Makushita #46
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #1
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #25
5–2
 		 East Makushita #60
4–3
 		 East Makushita #51
4–3
 
1997 West Makushita #40
4–3
 		 West Makushita #31
4–3
 		 West Makushita #23
5–2
 		 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 West Makushita #18
2–5
 		 East Makushita #36
3–4
 
1998 West Makushita #46
6–1
 		 West Makushita #21
4–3
 		 East Makushita #17
4–3
 		 East Makushita #13
5–2
 		 West Makushita #5
0–6–1
 		 West Makushita #40
5–2
 
1999 East Makushita #26
5–2
 		 East Makushita #15
2–5
 		 East Makushita #31
5–2
 		 West Makushita #17
5–2
 		 West Makushita #7
3–4
 		 East Makushita #13
3–4
 
2000 East Makushita #20
6–1
 		 East Makushita #7
3–4
 		 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 East Makushita #19
5–2
 		 West Makushita #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
7–0
Champion
 
2001 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #9
3–12
 		 West Makushita #5
1–6
 		 West Makushita #21
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
5–2
 		 East Makushita #8
6–1
 
2002 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #5
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #12
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #5
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
7–8
 
2003 East Jūryō #4
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #6
2–13
 		 East Makushita #4
2–5
 		 West Makushita #18
4–3
 		 East Makushita #15
3–4
 
2004 East Makushita #21
6–1
 		 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
3–4
 		 West Makushita #8
5–2
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #13
12–3
Champion
 
2005 West Jūryō #4
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #17
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #17
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 
2006 East Maegashira #15
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #9
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #13
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–6–1
 
2007 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
7–8
 
2008 West Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #11
Retired
3–12		 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
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See also

References
  1. "Shunketsu Yūji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
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