Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi

Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi
富士東 和佳
Personal information
Born Kazuyoshi Shibuya
(1987-04-19) April 19, 1987
Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 187 kg (412 lb)
Career
Stable Tamanoi
Current rank see below
Debut November, 2003
Highest rank Maegashira 4 (July, 2013)
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Apr 25, 2016.

Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi (born April 19, 1987 as Kazuyoshi Shibuya) is a professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. His highest rank to date has been maegashira 4.

Early life and sumo background

Kazuyoshi Shibuya went to primary school and junior high school in the Adachi, Tokyo. He began practicing sumo in his fifth year of primary school and in his sixth year came in a second in a national primary school sumo tournament. He had been going to Tamanoi stable regularly for practice since primary school as his sumo club had an ongoing relationship with the stable, and this was the stable he ultimately chose to join after junior high school.

Career

He made his debut in November 2003, the same tournament as later jūryō contemporary Sadanoumi. He rose gradually to the ranks of makushita and was working his way up, but would start to suffer from pain due to a neck injury and would eventually drop back down to the fourth tier sandanme division. After two tournaments here he would slowly work his way through makushita again. He reached the elite sekitori ranks in January 2011, a little over seven years after his professional debut.

His rise through jūryō and onto the top-tier makuuchi division was surprisingly smooth compared to his struggles in lower divisions, undoubtedly helped by the forced retiring of several jūryō and lower makuuchi wrestlers due to an unprecedented match-fixing scandal. In these circumstances, a relatively average record of 9-6 at jūryō #8 would allow him promotion to the makuuchi division in July of that year.

A member of Tamanoi stable, he is the first top division wrestler produced by Tamanoi's head coach, the former ozeki Tochiazuma Daisuke. This first makuuchi tournament would be a very successful 10-5 record which would allow him to rise higher through the ranks, but his following four efforts were all losing tournaments which saw him slide back to maegashira 15. A very disappointing 3–12 score in the May 2012 tournament saw him demoted back to the jūryō division, but upon his return to the top division he put together a string of five consecutive 8–7 records which eventually saw him promoted to his highest rank to date of maegashira 4.

He sat out the March 2014 tournament, recuperating after a detached retina operation. This led to his demotion back to jūryō for the following May 2014 tournament where he only managed a 7-8 record. He won the jūryō division championship in March 2015 and was promoted back to makuuchi, but his return to the top division lasted only one tournament as he could only score 3-12. This has been his last makuuchi appearance to date.

Fighting style

Fujiazuma weighs 183 kg, making him one of the heaviest wrestlers in makuuchi. He wins most of his bouts by pushing and thrusting; his most common winning kimarite or technique is oshi dashi (push out).

Career record

Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi[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
2003 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #13
52
 
West Jonidan #78
52
 
East Jonidan #34
43
 
West Jonidan #12
43
 
2004 East Sandanme #92
52
 
East Sandanme #58
52
 
West Sandanme #28
43
 
East Sandanme #13
43
 
West Sandanme #2
34
 
East Sandanme #15
34
 
2005 East Sandanme #30
43
 
East Sandanme #20
43
 
West Sandanme #7
43
 
West Makushita #57
43
 
West Makushita #47
52
 
West Makushita #31
52
 
2006 West Makushita #17
43
 
East Makushita #14
25
 
West Makushita #30
25
 
West Makushita #47
52
 
East Makushita #32
61
 
East Makushita #11
34
 
2007 East Makushita #18
25
 
East Makushita #37
43
 
West Makushita #31
34
 
West Makushita #38
43
 
East Makushita #31
16
 
East Sandanme #3
34
 
2008 West Sandanme #12
52
 
East Makushita #53
43
 
East Makushita #44
52
 
West Makushita #29
43
 
West Makushita #24
61
 
West Makushita #8
25
 
2009 East Makushita #24
43
 
East Makushita #18
52
 
East Makushita #10
43
 
West Makushita #8
34
 
East Makushita #15
34
 
East Makushita #20
52
 
2010 West Makushita #15
43
 
East Makushita #11
34
 
West Makushita #16
52
 
West Makushita #7
43
 
West Makushita #2
34
 
West Makushita #5
52
 
2011 West Jūryō #13
87
 
West Jūryō #8
Tournament Cancelled
0015
West Jūryō #8
96
 
East Maegashira #15
105
 
East Maegashira #7
69
 
West Maegashira #10
78
 
2012 East Maegashira #11
78
 
West Maegashira #12
510
 
East Maegashira #15
312
 
West Jūryō #5
105
 
East Maegashira #15
87
 
East Maegashira #13
87
 
2013 West Maegashira #11
87
 
East Maegashira #9
87
 
East Maegashira #7
87
 
West Maegashira #4
510
 
East Maegashira #8
69
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
2014 West Maegashira #9
510
 
East Maegashira #15
Sat out due to injury
0015
East Jūryō #8
78
 
West Jūryō #9
87
 
West Jūryō #6
78
 
East Jūryō #7
78
 
2015 East Jūryō #8
96
 
East Jūryō #3
123
Champion

 
East Maegashira #13
312
 
East Jūryō #5
105
 
East Jūryō #1
69
 
West Jūryō #4
96
 
2016 West Jūryō #1
69
 
East Jūryō #3
510
 
East Jūryō #7

 
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. "Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

External links


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