Ōnohana Taketora

Ōnohana Taketora
大乃花 武虎
Personal information
Born	Hisayoshi Ono June 23, 1958 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	131 kg (289 lb)
Career
Stable	Taihō
Record	483-428-30
Debut	March, 1974
Highest rank	Maegashira 13 (March, 1988)
Retired	September, 1990
Championships	2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Ōnohana Taketora (born 23 June 1958 as Hisayoshi Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1974 and reached the top division in March 1988. His highest rank was maegashira 13. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Onoe. He left the Sumo Association in April 2004.^[1]

Career record

Ōnohana Taketora^[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
1974	x	(Maezumo)	West Jonokuchi #3 6–1	West Jonidan #50 5–2	West Jonidan #10 3–4	East Jonidan #21 0–1–6
1975	East Jonidan #68 6–1	East Jonidan #19 3–4	West Jonidan #32 5–2	West Sandanme #80 4–3	East Sandanme #66 3–4	East Sandanme #78 2–5
1976	West Jonidan #22 5–2	East Sandanme #71 4–3	East Sandanme #56 4–3	West Sandanme #44 5–2	East Sandanme #17 3–4	West Sandanme #28 3–4
1977	East Sandanme #40 3–4	East Sandanme #50 4–3	East Sandanme #38 4–3	East Sandanme #22 5–2	East Makushita #59 5–2	East Makushita #41 1–6
1978	East Sandanme #6 5–2	West Makushita #39 4–3	West Makushita #30 4–3	East Makushita #22 2–5	West Makushita #47 5–2	East Makushita #26 3–4
1979	West Makushita #36 3–4	East Makushita #45 0–3–4	West Sandanme #28 6–1	East Makushita #47 4–3	West Makushita #35 5–2	East Makushita #21 5–2
1980	East Makushita #11 4–3	East Makushita #9 3–4	West Makushita #16 1–6	West Makushita #39 5–2	West Makushita #21 5–2	East Makushita #10 3–4
1981	West Makushita #16 0–1–6	West Makushita #43 3–4	East Makushita #53 6–1–P	East Makushita #23 4–3	East Makushita #19 5–2	East Makushita #7 2–5
1982	West Makushita #23 5–2	East Makushita #12 5–2	East Makushita #5 3–4	West Makushita #9 5–2	East Makushita #3 3–4	East Makushita #10 2–5
1983	East Makushita #21 4–3	East Makushita #17 6–1	West Makushita #3 6–1	West Jūryō #11 4–11	East Makushita #8 6–1–PPP Champion	West Makushita #1 5–2
1984	East Jūryō #9 2–3–10	East Makushita #8 3–4	East Makushita #17 4–3	West Makushita #10 5–2	East Makushita #4 3–4	East Makushita #8 4–3
1985	West Makushita #4 6–1–PP	West Jūryō #11 5–10	East Makushita #5 4–3	East Makushita #3 4–3	West Jūryō #13 8–7	West Jūryō #10 6–9
1986	West Jūryō #13 10–5	West Jūryō #5 8–7	West Jūryō #2 6–9	West Jūryō #5 7–8	West Jūryō #6 2–9–4	East Makushita #7 5–2
1987	East Makushita #2 4–3	East Makushita #1 4–3	West Jūryō #11 11–4 Champion	East Jūryō #6 7–8	West Jūryō #9 13–2 Champion	West Jūryō #1 9–6
1988	East Jūryō #1 8–7	West Maegashira #13 5–10	East Jūryō #4 6–9	East Jūryō #9 8–7	East Jūryō #8 9–6	East Jūryō #3 4–11
1989	West Jūryō #11 9–6	East Jūryō #8 7–8	West Jūryō #10 8–7	East Jūryō #9 8–7	East Jūryō #8 8–7	West Jūryō #7 6–9
1990	East Jūryō #12 7–8	East Jūryō #13 9–6	East Jūryō #8 8–7	East Jūryō #6 6–9	East Jūryō #11 Retired 3–12	x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion 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 tournament second division champions

References

1. "Ōnohana Taketora Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
2. "Ōnohana Taketora Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.