Tochiakagi Takanori

Tochiakagi Takanori (born Masao Kanaya; October 31, 1954 – August 18, 1997) was a sumo wrestler from Numata, Gunma, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 1973, and reached the top division in May 1977. His highest rank was sekiwake, which he first reached in May 1979. Unusually he kept the rank for the following tournament even though he had a majority of losses (7–8), because there were few wrestlers below him with good enough records to replace him. This was the first such occurrence since the establishment of the six tournaments per year system in 1958. He beat three yokozuna, Wajima, Wakanohana and Mienoumi, in one tournament in November 1979, and was to win eight kinboshi in total during his top division career. He won four Outstanding Performance and four Fighting Spirit prizes. He was one of the few wrestlers to employ the rare foot sweep technique of susohari. In 1980 he was tipped alongside Kotokaze and Asashio as a possible ozeki candidate,[1] but never achieved his potential due to an apparent aversion to hard training, and a smoking habit. He missed the November 1980 tournament because of a leg injury and thereafter had chronic problems with both his ankles. In addition he had a poor diet and suffered from diabetes towards the end of his career. He fought in the unsalaried makushita division for 27 tournaments after being demoted from the jūryō division in 1985, longer than any other former sekiwake. He decided to retire when his stable master, former yokozuna Tochinishiki died in January 1990, although his name remained on the banzuke for the following tournament in the sandanme division, making him the first former sanyaku wrestler to fall this low since Ōyutaka in November 1985. He left the sumo world upon retirement. He died of a heart attack in 1997.

Tochiakagi Takanori
栃赤城 雅男
Personal information
BornMasao Kanaya
(1954-10-31)October 31, 1954
Numata, Gunma, Japan
DiedAugust 18, 1997(1997-08-18) (aged 42)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight135 kg (298 lb)
Career
StableKasugano
Record556-543-46
DebutJanuary, 1973
Highest rankSekiwake (May, 1979)
RetiredMarch, 1990
Championships1 (Jūryō)
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (4)
Fighting Spirit (4)
Gold Stars8
Kitanoumi (3)
Wakanohana II (3)
Mienoumi
Wajima
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Career record
Tochiakagi Takanori[2]
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
1973 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #11
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #53
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #5
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #46
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #30
3–4
 
1974 East Sandanme #42
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #21
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #10
5–2
 		 East Makushita #49
4–3
 		 West Makushita #39
4–3
 		 West Makushita #32
4–3
 
1975 West Makushita #23
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
2–5
 		 West Makushita #35
5–2
 		 East Makushita #19
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 West Makushita #22
3–4
 
1976 West Makushita #30
6–1
 		 West Makushita #12
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
4–3
 		 West Makushita #4
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 
1977 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #12
10–5
F		 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 
1978 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1979 West Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #4
10–5
F		 East Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 West Sekiwake #1
9–6
O		 East Sekiwake #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
10–5
O★★★
1980 West Sekiwake #1
11–4
O		 East Sekiwake #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Maegashira #2
10–5
F★		 West Sekiwake #1
1–5–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1981 East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
10–5
O★		 East Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
★		 West Maegashira #5
9–6
F★
1982 East Maegashira #1
2–13
★		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #10
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #15
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 
1983 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 
1984 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #3
11–4
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #12
6–9
 
1985 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 West Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
1–14
 		 West Makushita #15
2–5
 
1986 East Makushita #32
3–4
 		 East Makushita #43
3–4
 		 East Makushita #58
4–3
 		 West Makushita #42
5–2
 		 West Makushita #21
3–4
 		 East Makushita #30
4–3
 
1987 East Makushita #23
5–2
 		 West Makushita #13
5–2
 		 West Makushita #6
3–4
 		 West Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
3–4
 
1988 East Makushita #8
3–4
 		 East Makushita #12
4–3
 		 West Makushita #7
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
3–4
 		 East Makushita #8
3–4
 		 East Makushita #13
3–4
 
1989 West Makushita #18
4–3
 		 East Makushita #14
4–3
 		 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
2–5
 		 East Makushita #16
1–6
 
1990 West Makushita #39
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #4
Retired
0–0–7		 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. Sharnoff, Lora (21 November 1980). "Lora's Look at Sumo" (PDF). Tokyo Weekender. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. "Tochiakagi Takanori Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-04.


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