Hanahikari Setsuo

Hanahikari Setsuo
花光 節夫
Personal information
Born Setsuo Endo
(1940-06-21) June 21, 1940
Matsuo, Iwate, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb)
Career
Stable Hanakago
Record 462-435-17
Debut May, 1958
Highest rank Maegashira 3 (January, 1968)
Retired September, 1970
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Sandanme)
1 (Jonokuchi)
Gold Stars 1 (Kashiwado)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Hanahikari Setsuo (born 21 June 1940 as Setsuo Endo) is a former sumo wrestler from Matsuo, Iwate, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1958 and reached the top division in November 1965. His highest rank was maegashira 3. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Ōtake. He left the Sumo Association in May 1975.[1]

Career record

Kotogahama Sadao[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
1958 x x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #6
8–0
Champion
 		 East Jonidan #37
5–3
 		 West Jonidan #18
6–2
 
1959 Sandanme #102
2–6
 		 East Jonidan #5
6–2
 		 East Sandanme #82
5–3
 		 East Sandanme #69
4–4
 		 East Sandanme #66
7–1
 		 East Sandanme #25
8–0
Champion
 
1960 West Makushita #53
4–4
 		 East Makushita #47
3–5
 		 East Makushita #53
4–4
 		 West Makushita #50
6–1
 		 West Makushita #31
5–2
 		 East Makushita #23
3–4
 
1961 West Makushita #28
4–3
 		 East Makushita #21
5–2
 		 East Makushita #13
3–4
 		 West Makushita #14
3–4
 		 East Makushita #19
4–3
 		 East Makushita #13
4–3
 
1962 West Makushita #10
3–4
 		 West Makushita #13
4–3
 		 East Makushita #9
6–1
 		 East Makushita #2
6–1
 		 East Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 
1963 East Jūryō #6
12–3
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
9–6
 
1964 East Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #13
12–3
 
1965 East Jūryō #5
11–4
 		 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
12–3
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #14
8–7
 
1966 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #13
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #3
12–3
 
1967 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 
1968 East Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 
1969 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #10
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 
1970 East Maegashira #7
2–13
 		 East Jūryō #3
0–5–10
 		 West Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #7
2–13
 		 West Makushita #7
Retired
0–0–7
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. ↑ "Hanahikari Setsuo Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Kotogahama Sadao Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-11.


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