Fujinoshin Tsukasa

Fujinoshin Tsukasa
富士乃真 司
Personal information
Born Tetsuya Yagi
(1960-11-06) November 6, 1960
Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 131 kg (289 lb)
Career
Stable Izutsu → Kokonoe
Record 408-386-47
Debut March, 1976
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (January, 1988)
Retired September, 1990
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Fujinoshin Tsukasa (born 6 November 1960 as Tetsuya Yagi) is a former sumo wrestler from Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1976, and reached the top division in September 1986. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He retired in September 1990 and is currently an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Jinmaku.[1]

Career

He was born in Funabashi, Chiba, not far from the Kuramae Kokugikan.[2] At the age of 15 in March 1976 he joined Izutsu stable (later renamed Kokonoe stable), recruited by former yokozuna Kitanofuji. He switched from his family name of Yagi to the shikona of Fujihikari in 1978. After several years in the lower divisions he broke into juryo in January 1985, but only stayed there for two tournaments. He returned to juryo in January 1986 and made the top makuuchi division in September of that year, before falling back to juryo. In November 1987 he returned to the top division and stayed there for two years, reaching a highest rank of maegashira 1 in January 1988, although he was unable to defeat a yokozuna or win a special prize. During this period he was part of a stable that included two yokozuna, Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi, as well as fellow maegashira Takanofuji.

The beginning of the end of Fujinoshin′s career came on Day 12 of the Aki basho in September 1989 when he had his ankle broken by a wrestler (Misugisato) who fell on it while Fujinoshin was sitting by the dohyo waiting for his match. He was unable to compete and had to default and withdraw from the tournament.[2] The kosho or public injury system which protected a wrestler′s rank for one tournament did not apply in his case as the injury did not occur in a tournament bout itself,[3] and as a result he fell to the juryo division. He returned to sumo in January 1990 but was unable to win promotion back to makuuchi and announced his retirement in September 1990 having fallen into the makushita division after another enforced absence.

Retirement from sumo

Fujinoshin has remained in the sumo world as a toshiyori or elder of the Japan Sumo Association and has worked as a coach at Kokonoe stable. Until 1998 he was known as Nishikido Oyakata, but when his old boss Kitanofuji quit the Sumo Association that year he switched to the Jinmaku elder name.

Fighting style

Fujinoshin employed a wide variety of techniques but was regarded by some commentators as a jack of all trades, master of none.[2] He favoured a right hand outside, left hand inside grip (hidari-yotsu) on his opponent's mawashi or belt. His most common winning technique was yori-kiri (force out) but he also tried oshi–dashi (push out), hataki–komi (slap down), yori–taoshi (force out and down), uwate–nage (overarm throw), shitate–nage (underarm throw), uwatedashi–nage (pulling overarm throw) and katasukashi (armlock throw).[2]

Career record

Fujinoshin Tsukasa[4]
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
1976 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #21
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #77
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #57
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #84
5–2
 
1977 East Jonidan #35
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #44
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #19
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #67
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #82
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #64
3–4
 
1978 East Sandanme #79
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #87
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #11
2–3–2
 		 East Jonidan #35
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #90
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #38
4–3
 
1979 West Sandanme #26
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #49
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #74
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #24
1–6
 		 East Sandanme #56
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #41
2–5
 
1980 West Sandanme #64
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #90
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #42
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #54
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #9
4–3
 		 East Makushita #56
3–4
 
1981 West Sandanme #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #50
5–2
 		 West Makushita #28
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
5–2
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
3–4
 
1982 East Makushita #23
2–5
 		 East Makushita #40
4–3
 		 East Makushita #30
3–4
 		 East Makushita #45
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Sandanme #20
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #7
3–4
 
1983 West Sandanme #23
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #9
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #27
4–1–2
 		 East Sandanme #16
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Sandanme #16
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #7
6–1
 
1984 East Makushita #36
5–2
 		 West Makushita #21
3–4
 		 East Makushita #31
5–2
 		 East Makushita #17
6–1
 		 East Makushita #6
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
5–2
 
1985 West Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #12
3–12
 		 West Makushita #10
3–4
 		 West Makushita #15
4–3
 		 East Makushita #10
5–2
 		 West Makushita #4
6–1
 
1986 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 
1987 East Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #13
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1988 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #4
5–6–4
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 
1989 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
3–10–2
 		 East Maegashira #14
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1990 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #13
4–11
 		 West Makushita #9
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Makushita #49
Retired
2–4–1		 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 2012-09-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Patmore, Angela (1990). The Giants of Sumo. MacDonald & Co. p. 101. ISBN 0356181200.
  3. ↑ Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. p. 104. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
  4. ↑ "Fujinoshin Tsukasa Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
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