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
80
Champion

 
East Jonidan #37
53
 
West Jonidan #18
62
 
1959 Sandanme #102
26
 
East Jonidan #5
62
 
East Sandanme #82
53
 
East Sandanme #69
44
 
East Sandanme #66
71
 
East Sandanme #25
80
Champion

 
1960 West Makushita #53
44
 
East Makushita #47
35
 
East Makushita #53
44
 
West Makushita #50
61
 
West Makushita #31
52
 
East Makushita #23
34
 
1961 West Makushita #28
43
 
East Makushita #21
52
 
East Makushita #13
34
 
West Makushita #14
34
 
East Makushita #19
43
 
East Makushita #13
43
 
1962 West Makushita #10
34
 
West Makushita #13
43
 
East Makushita #9
61
 
East Makushita #2
61
 
East Jūryō #14
87
 
East Jūryō #11
87
 
1963 East Jūryō #6
123
 
East Jūryō #1
87
 
East Jūryō #1
69
 
West Jūryō #3
69
 
East Jūryō #5
78
 
East Jūryō #6
96
 
1964 East Jūryō #1
510
 
East Jūryō #6
78
 
East Jūryō #7
87
 
East Jūryō #6
78
 
East Jūryō #7
510
 
East Jūryō #13
123
 
1965 East Jūryō #5
114
 
East Jūryō #2
510
 
East Jūryō #6
87
 
East Jūryō #4
78
 
West Jūryō #5
123
Champion

 
East Maegashira #14
87
 
1966 East Maegashira #14
96
 
West Maegashira #10
96
 
East Maegashira #7
510
 
West Maegashira #12
78
 
East Maegashira #13
411
 
West Jūryō #3
123
 
1967 West Maegashira #11
87
 
West Maegashira #8
87
 
West Maegashira #5
69
 
West Maegashira #6
69
 
West Maegashira #9
78
 
West Maegashira #9
96
 
1968 East Maegashira #3
510
 
West Maegashira #8
96
 
West Maegashira #3
78
West Maegashira #3
411
 
West Maegashira #8
87
 
West Maegashira #6
69
 
1969 East Maegashira #9
69
 
East Maegashira #11
96
 
East Maegashira #5
69
 
West Maegashira #9
78
 
East Maegashira #10
78
 
East Maegashira #11
87
 
1970 East Maegashira #7
213
 
East Jūryō #3
0510
 
West Jūryō #13
96
 
West Jūryō #7
213
 
West Makushita #7
Retired
007
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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