Amatsukaze Masao

Amatsukaze Masao
天津風 征夫
Personal information
Born Masao Miyanaga
(1937-12-01)1 December 1937
Monzen, Ishikawa, Japan
Died 30 April 2013(2013-04-30) (aged 75)[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight 124 kg (273 lb)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record 381-368-33
Debut May, 1955
Highest rank Maegashira 3 (September, 1962)
Retired May, 1967
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Amatsukaze Masao, born Masao Miyanaga (1 December 1937 – 30 April 2013), is a former sumo wrestler from Monzen, Ishikawa, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1955 and reached the top division in September 1962. His highest rank was maegashira 3. He left the sumo world upon retirement in May 1967.

Career record

Amatsukaze Masao[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
1955 x x (Maezumo) Not held East Jonokuchi #11
6–0–2
 		 Not held
1956 East Jonidan #63
7–1
 		 East Jonidan #13
0–0–8
 		 East Jonidan #27
5–2–1
 		 Not held East Sandanme #96
0–0–8
 		 Not held
1957 East Jonidan #8
6–2
 		 East Sandanme #86
7–1–P
 		 West Sandanme #41
4–4
 		 Not held East Sandanme #32
5–3
 		 West Sandanme #14
6–2
 
1958 West Makushita #80
5–3
 		 East Makushita #71
4–4
 		 East Makushita #70
4–4
 		 East Makushita #68
5–3
 		 East Makushita #58
6–2
 		 West Makushita #46
5–3
 
1959 West Makushita #39
6–2
 		 West Makushita #30
3–5
 		 East Makushita #36
3–5
 		 West Makushita #39
2–6
 		 East Makushita #52
5–3
 		 West Makushita #42
6–2
 
1960 East Makushita #30
4–4
 		 East Makushita #26
6–2
 		 East Makushita #15
4–4
 		 East Makushita #15
4–3
 		 East Makushita #13
5–2
 		 East Makushita #6
3–4
 
1961 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #18
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
12–3–P
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 
1962 East Maegashira #13
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #1
11–4
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #10
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #10
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #3
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #13
10–5
 
1963 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
9–6
 
1964 East Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
2–2–11
 		 East Jūryō #2
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #6
4–11
 
1965 West Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
2–13
 		 West Jūryō #15
12–3–P
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #2
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 
1966 West Maegashira #12
2–13
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #16
8–7
 
1967 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #13
7–8
 		 East Makushita #5
Retired
1–3–3
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. ↑ 『相撲』（ベースボール・マガジン社）2013年9月号にて、訃報が伝えられた。
  2. ↑ "Amatsukaze Masao Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-12.



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