Kotobeppu Yōhei

Kotobeppu Yohei
琴別府 要平
Personal information
Born Yohei Miura
(1965-10-17) October 17, 1965
Beppu, Ōita, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 183 kg (403 lb)
Career
Stable Sadogatake
Record 457-433-82
Debut March, 1981
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (March, 1995)
Retired November, 1997
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
2 (Makushita)
1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Kotobeppu Yōhei (born 17 October 1965 as Yōhei Miura) is a former sumo wrestler from Beppu, Ōita, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in November 1992. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He retired in November 1997.

Career record

Kotobeppu Yōhei[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
1981 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #49
52
 
East Jonidan #126
34
 
West Jonidan #140
34
 
East Jonokuchi #1
52
 
1982 West Jonidan #97
34
 
West Jonidan #115
34
 
West Jonidan #128
52
 
West Jonidan #88
34
 
East Jonidan #105
52
 
West Jonidan #65
52
 
1983 East Jonidan #22
34
 
West Jonidan #38
25
 
West Jonidan #66
34
 
East Jonidan #85
61
 
West Jonidan #19
43
 
West Jonidan #2
34
 
1984 East Jonidan #8
43
 
East Sandanme #87
16
 
East Jonidan #21
52
 
West Sandanme #85
61
 
West Sandanme #36
25
 
East Sandanme #66
25
 
1985 East Sandanme #100
61
 
East Sandanme #51
25
 
East Sandanme #81
61
 
East Sandanme #34
34
 
East Sandanme #48
43
 
East Sandanme #29
43
 
1986 East Sandanme #8
34
 
West Sandanme #25
43
 
West Sandanme #8
16
 
West Sandanme #51
61
 
East Sandanme #4
43
 
East Makushita #49
52
 
1987 East Makushita #33
43
 
East Makushita #26
34
 
East Makushita #36
43
 
West Makushita #25
70
Champion

 
East Makushita #5
16
 
East Makushita #29
52
 
1988 West Makushita #14
52
 
East Makushita #5
34
 
West Makushita #10
34
 
East Makushita #18
61
 
East Makushita #5
25
 
West Makushita #20
70
Champion

 
1989 East Makushita #4
43
 
West Makushita #1
34
 
East Makushita #4
61
 
West Jūryō #12
177
 
West Makushita #12
Sat out due to injury
007
West Makushita #52
Sat out due to injury
007
1990 East Sandanme #33
Sat out due to injury
007
West Sandanme #93
Sat out due to injury
007
East Jonidan #53
Sat out due to injury
007
West Jonidan #123
Sat out due to injury
007
West Jonokuchi #39
61
 
West Jonidan #90
70P
Champion

 
1991 East Sandanme #80
61
 
East Sandanme #28
61
 
East Makushita #51
61
 
East Makushita #24
61
 
East Makushita #9
34
 
East Makushita #15
43
 
1992 East Makushita #12
61
 
East Makushita #2
421
 
West Jūryō #13
Sat out due to injury
0015
West Jūryō #13
105
 
West Jūryō #5
123
Champion

 
West Maegashira #14
105
F
1993 West Maegashira #9
861
 
West Maegashira #5
Sat out due to injury
0015
West Maegashira #5
510
 
East Maegashira #12
96
 
West Maegashira #3
510
 
West Maegashira #8
87
 
1994 West Maegashira #2
312
 
West Maegashira #12
96
 
East Maegashira #6
69
 
East Maegashira #11
87
 
West Maegashira #7
87
 
East Maegashira #4
510
 
1995 West Maegashira #9
96
 
East Maegashira #1
312
 
West Maegashira #9
87
 
West Maegashira #2
411
 
West Maegashira #6
69
 
East Maegashira #9
87
 
1996 West Maegashira #5
411
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
East Maegashira #7
69
 
East Maegashira #10
96
 
West Maegashira #3
312
 
East Maegashira #12
78
 
1997 East Maegashira #16
510
 
West Jūryō #3
78
 
East Jūryō #5
510
 
East Jūryō #10
69
 
West Jūryō #13
411
 
East Makushita #6
Retired
241
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. "Kotobeppu Yohei Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

External links


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