Kirinowaka Tarō

Kirinowaka Tarō
霧の若 太郎
Personal information
Born Masayuki Okamoto
(1983-09-18) September 18, 1983
Minamiaso, Kumamoto
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 123 kg (271 lb)
Career
Stable Michinoku
Record 310-291-0
Debut March, 1999
Highest rank Jūryō 4 (September, 2009)
Retired May, 2011
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Kirinowaka Tarō (born 18 September 1983 as Masayuki Okamoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1999, but never reached the top division. The highest rank he achieved was jūryō 4. He was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association, as a result of the 2011 match-fixing scandal.[1]

Career record

Kirinowaka Tarō[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
1999 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #32
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #95
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #119
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #135
6–1
 
2000 East Jonidan #54
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #79
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #34
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #53
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #33
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #52
5–2
 
2001 East Jonidan #12
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #77
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #21
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #35
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #20
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #9
3–4
 
2002 East Sandanme #22
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #11
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #28
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #13
5–2
 		 West Makushita #51
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #12
5–2
 
2003 East Makushita #50
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #13
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #26
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #2
4–3
 		 West Makushita #51
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #4
4–3
 
2004 West Makushita #50
3–4
 		 West Makushita #57
6–1
 		 West Makushita #26
4–3
 		 West Makushita #22
4–3
 		 East Makushita #18
2–5
 		 West Makushita #31
4–3
 
2005 West Makushita #25
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
2–5
 		 West Makushita #25
3–4
 		 West Makushita #32
4–3
 		 West Makushita #25
5–2
 
2006 East Makushita #15
5–2
 		 West Makushita #6
5–2
 		 East Makushita #3
4–3
 		 East Makushita #2
3–4
 		 West Makushita #5
2–5
 		 East Makushita #17
3–4
 
2007 East Makushita #23
4–3
 		 East Makushita #18
5–2
 		 West Makushita #11
6–1
 		 East Makushita #4
3–4
 		 West Makushita #7
4–3
 		 West Makushita #4
5–2
 
2008 East Jūryō #13
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #13
3–12
 		 East Makushita #6
5–2
 
2009 East Makushita #2
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 
2010 West Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #12
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #13
2–13
 		 East Makushita #14
2–5
 		 West Makushita #27
4–3
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 
2011 East Makushita #19
3–4
 		 East Makushita #28
Tournament Cancelled
––		 East Makushita #28
Retired
–
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. ↑ "Match-fixing wrestlers forced to retire". Times Live. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Kirinowaka Tarō Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-28.


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