Asahisato Kenji

Asahisato Kenji
旭里 憲治
Personal information
Born Kenji Masuda
(1965-11-09) November 9, 1965
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb)
Career
Stable Ōshima
Record 553-543-3
Debut March 1981
Highest rank Maegashira 14 (January, 1988)
Retired January, 1998
Championships 1 (Makushita)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Asahisato Kenji (born 9 November 1965 as Kenji Masuda) is a former sumo wrestler from Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in March 1990. His highest rank was maegashira 14. He retired in January 1998 and is currently an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Nakagawa.[1]

Career record

Asahisato Kenji[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
1981 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #35
43
 
East Jonidan #134
52
 
West Jonidan #88
25
 
East Jonidan #110
43
 
1982 East Jonidan #88
34
 
West Jonidan #109
61
 
East Jonidan #39
43
 
East Jonidan #23
25
 
West Jonidan #51
70PPP
Champion

 
East Sandanme #52
25
 
1983 West Sandanme #75
25
 
East Jonidan #13
34
 
East Jonidan #33
43
 
West Jonidan #20
61
 
East Sandanme #53
43
 
West Sandanme #39
52
 
1984 East Sandanme #11
25
 
East Sandanme #37
25
 
West Sandanme #5
52
 
West Makushita #39
25
 
East Sandanme #8
52
 
West Makushita #41
34
 
1985 East Makushita #55
52
 
East Makushita #34
25
 
West Makushita #58
52
 
East Makushita #37
52
 
East Makushita #21
43
 
West Makushita #16
34
 
1986 West Makushita #25
25
 
East Makushita #48
52
 
East Makushita #30
25
 
West Makushita #60
43
 
East Makushita #46
43
 
East Makushita #38
43
 
1987 East Makushita #31
16
 
East Sandanme #2
43
 
West Makushita #50
34
 
West Sandanme #2
43
 
West Makushita #46
52
 
East Makushita #28
52
 
1988 East Makushita #14
43
 
West Makushita #7
25
 
West Makushita #21
52
 
West Makushita #12
43
 
West Makushita #7
43
 
East Makushita #3
52
 
1989 West Jūryō #13
96
 
West Jūryō #9
87
 
East Jūryō #6
69
 
East Jūryō #11
96
 
West Jūryō #7
96
 
East Jūryō #4
96
 
1990 East Jūryō #1
87
 
West Maegashira #14
78
 
East Jūryō #1
96
 
East Maegashira #14
312
 
West Jūryō #8
96
 
West Jūryō #2
510
 
1991 East Jūryō #7
96
 
West Jūryō #2
87
 
West Jūryō #1
69
 
West Jūryō #5
87
 
West Jūryō #3
573
 
East Jūryō #8
69
 
1992 East Jūryō #12
96
 
West Jūryō #7
87
 
West Jūryō #5
87
 
East Jūryō #3
87
 
East Maegashira #16
69
 
West Jūryō #2
510
 
1993 West Jūryō #7
87
 
West Jūryō #3
78
 
East Jūryō #5
87
 
East Jūryō #4
87
 
East Jūryō #3
87
 
West Jūryō #2
87
 
1994 East Jūryō #2
96
 
East Jūryō #1
87
 
East Maegashira #16
510
 
West Jūryō #4
411
 
East Jūryō #12
213
 
West Makushita #9
25
 
1995 East Makushita #25
52
 
West Makushita #14
70
Champion

 
East Jūryō #13
96
 
East Jūryō #9
87
 
East Jūryō #8
69
 
East Jūryō #11
96
 
1996 West Jūryō #6
87
 
West Jūryō #5
69
 
West Jūryō #8
78
 
West Jūryō #11
96
 
West Jūryō #5
78
 
West Jūryō #7
114
 
1997 West Makushita #10
43
 
West Makushita #6
43
 
West Makushita #3
52
 
West Jūryō #12
105
 
East Jūryō #5
411
 
East Jūryō #10
96
 
1998 West Jūryō #4
Retired
5100
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. "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. "Asahisato Kenji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-02.

External links


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