Takanotsuru Shinichi

Takanotsuru Shinichi (born 18 June 1976 as Shinichi Sekiyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1992, and reached the top division in January 2003. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He retired in May 2006 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association coaching at Naruto stable. He had jun-toshiyori status for a year and then borrowed the Nishiiwa kabu from May 2007. He became Naruto Oyakata and took over as stablemaster of Naruto when the previous stablemaster (ex-yokozuna Takanosato) died in November 2011.[1][2] Due to a dispute with Takanosato's widow over who owned the Naruto stock he changed his oyakata name to Tagonoura in December 2013 and changed the stable name to Tagonoura stable.[3] He oversaw the promotion of Kisenosato to yokozuna in January 2017, and Takayasu to ozeki in May of the same year. He commented on Kisenosato's retirement in January 2019, "I was delighted when he became yokozuna but when you see him closely, you can tell that he was struggling a lot. These two years went like a flash."[4]

Takanotsuru Shinichi
隆の鶴 伸一
Personal information
Born	Shinichi Sekiyama (1976-06-18) 18 June 1976 Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	168 kg (370 lb)
Career
Stable	Naruto
Record	393-364-71
Debut	March, 1992
Highest rank	Maegashira 8 (March, 2003)
Retired	May, 2006
Elder name	Tagonoura
Championships	1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Tagonoura and his wife divorced after she had an affair with one of Tagonoura stable’s wrestlers in September 2019.[5] He was criticized during after a photo emerged of him drunk and asleep in a restaurant during the July 2020 tournament, despite the Sumo Association's instructions for all its members to make unnecessary trips outside of their stables during the coronavirus pandemic.[6]

Career record

Takanotsuru Shinichi[7]

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)	East Jonokuchi #28 4–3	East Jonidan #140 4–3	West Jonidan #107 2–5	East Jonidan #147 3–4
1993	East Jonokuchi #4 3–4	East Jonokuchi #13 5–2	West Jonidan #123 4–3	East Jonidan #93 3–4	West Jonidan #116 4–3	West Jonidan #84 4–3
1994	West Jonidan #64 5–2	East Jonidan #23 4–3	West Jonidan #1 5–2	East Sandanme #71 3–4	West Sandanme #92 6–1	East Sandanme #38 3–4
1995	East Sandanme #56 3–4	East Sandanme #74 3–4	West Sandanme #87 5–2	West Sandanme #55 5–2	West Sandanme #28 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Sandanme #86 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7
1996	West Jonidan #46 7–0–P Champion	East Sandanme #49 4–3	East Sandanme #34 4–3	East Sandanme #19 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Sandanme #79 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Jonidan #40 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7
1997	East Jonidan #111 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	West Jonokuchi #2 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	(Maezumo)	East Jonokuchi #56 6–1	East Jonidan #128 7–0–PP	West Sandanme #94 5–2
1998	West Sandanme #63 4–3	East Sandanme #45 5–2	East Sandanme #20 4–3	East Sandanme #8 5–2	West Makushita #47 2–5	East Sandanme #9 5–2
1999	East Makushita #47 4–3	West Makushita #37 3–4	East Makushita #50 4–3	East Makushita #41 4–3	East Makushita #31 2–3–2	West Makushita #46 5–2
2000	East Makushita #33 5–2	East Makushita #18 4–3	West Makushita #12 4–3	East Makushita #9 2–5	West Makushita #19 6–1	West Makushita #4 4–3
2001	East Makushita #3 4–3	West Jūryō #13 9–6	East Jūryō #8 7–8	West Jūryō #10 7–8	East Jūryō #12 10–5	West Jūryō #7 6–9
2002	Jūryō #9 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Jūryō #9 7–8	West Jūryō #10 9–6	East Jūryō #5 9–6	East Jūryō #3 8–7	East Jūryō #2 10–5
2003	West Maegashira #12 9–6	West Maegashira #8 4–11	East Maegashira #14 0–11–4	West Jūryō #10 5–10	East Makushita #1 6–1	West Jūryō #9 8–7
2004	East Jūryō #5 6–9	East Jūryō #9 9–6	East Jūryō #6 8–7	West Jūryō #2 9–6	West Maegashira #16 9–6	West Maegashira #12 4–11
2005	East Jūryō #3 6–9	East Jūryō #6 8–7	East Jūryō #3 4–11	East Jūryō #11 7–8	East Jūryō #12 7–8	West Jūryō #12 8–7
2006	East Jūryō #7 6–9	West Jūryō #10 1–14	West Makushita #8 Retired 0–6–1	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

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo elders

References

1. "Naruto Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. "Nishiiwa to lead Naruto stable". The Japan Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
3. Miki, Shuji (17 June 2017). "SUMO ABC (53) / A stable where notable rikishi were steeped in sumo's fundamentals". The Japan News. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "Injury-plagued grand champion Kisenosato retires". Reuters. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
5. "田子ノ浦親方に「美人女将を弟子に寝取られた」疑惑を直撃！". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). 10 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
6. Takezono, Takahiro. "JSA lifts curfew but wrestlers must follow 16 commandments". Asahi Shimbun. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
7. "Takanotsuru Shinichi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 1 October 2012.