Akinoshū Kenji

Akinoshū Kenji
安芸乃州 賢二
Personal information
Born Kenji Imada
(1969-01-17) January 17, 1969
Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 121 kg (267 lb)
Career
Stable Izutsu
Record 409-387-58
Debut September, 1984
Highest rank Maegashira 9 (January, 1998)
Retired January, 2001
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Akinoshū Kenji (born 17 January 1969 as Kenji Imada) is a former sumo wrestler from Hiroshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in September 1984, and reached the top division in September 1997. His highest rank was maegashira 9. He left the sumo world upon retirement in January 2001.

Career record

Akinoshū Kenji[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
1984 x x x x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #47
34
 
1985 West Jonokuchi #26
52
 
East Jonidan #121
16
 
East Jonidan #149
43
 
East Jonidan #120
34
 
East Jonidan #141
43
 
East Jonidan #112
43
 
1986 East Jonidan #90
43
 
East Jonidan #58
34
 
East Jonidan #79
70P
 
East Sandanme #71
07
 
East Jonidan #17
43
 
West Sandanme #88
34
 
1987 West Jonidan #3
43
 
East Sandanme #77
34
 
West Sandanme #91
43
 
West Sandanme #72
25
 
East Jonidan #2
61
 
West Sandanme #49
43
 
1988 West Sandanme #35
34
 
East Sandanme #51
16
 
West Sandanme #87
52
 
West Sandanme #54
43
 
West Sandanme #36
25
 
West Sandanme #59
34
 
1989 West Sandanme #78
43
 
West Sandanme #57
34
 
East Sandanme #77
43
 
West Sandanme #57
52
 
East Sandanme #25
25
 
West Sandanme #54
34
 
1990 East Sandanme #75
61
 
West Sandanme #24
61
 
West Makushita #47
52
 
East Makushita #33
16
 
East Sandanme #2
43
 
West Makushita #47
34
 
1991 East Sandanme #1
52
 
East Makushita #42
07
 
East Sandanme #18
43
 
West Sandanme #4
52
 
West Makushita #43
34
 
West Makushita #50
43
 
1992 West Makushita #40
43
 
East Makushita #30
43
 
East Makushita #22
34
 
West Makushita #28
16
 
West Makushita #55
43
 
West Makushita #42
34
 
1993 West Makushita #53
52
 
East Makushita #32
34
 
East Makushita #43
34
 
East Makushita #53
52
 
East Makushita #38
43
 
West Makushita #27
52
 
1994 East Makushita #15
52
 
West Makushita #8
25
 
West Makushita #22
43
 
East Makushita #17
43
 
West Makushita #12
16
 
West Makushita #37
52
 
1995 East Makushita #24
43
 
West Makushita #17
34
 
West Makushita #25
43
 
East Makushita #21
61
 
West Makushita #7
34
 
West Makushita #10
25
 
1996 West Makushita #23
34
 
East Makushita #36
52
 
East Makushita #23
43
 
East Makushita #16
52
 
West Makushita #8
61
 
East Makushita #2
43
 
1997 East Jūryō #13
87
 
East Jūryō #11
96
 
West Jūryō #6
105
 
East Jūryō #2
96
 
East Maegashira #15
87
 
East Maegashira #13
96
 
1998 West Maegashira #9
510
 
East Maegashira #15
87
 
East Maegashira #12
213
 
East Jūryō #6
123
Champion

 
West Maegashira #15
87
 
East Maegashira #14
411
 
1999 East Jūryō #5
78
 
East Jūryō #7
Sat out due to injury
0015
East Jūryō #7
87
 
East Jūryō #5
510
 
West Jūryō #9
105
 
East Jūryō #3
510
 
2000 West Jūryō #6
105
 
East Jūryō #2
510
 
West Jūryō #6
Sat out due to injury
0015
West Makushita #8
Sat out due to injury
007
East Makushita #48
Sat out due to injury
007
East Sandanme #28
Sat out due to injury
007
2001 West Sandanme #88
Retired
007
x x x x 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

References

  1. "Akinoshu Kenji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

External links



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