Kurohimeyama Hideo

Kurohimeyama Hideo
黒姫山 秀男
Personal information
Born Hideo Tanaka
(1948-11-12) November 12, 1948
Ōmi, Niigata, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 143 kg (315 lb)
Career
Stable Tatsunami
Record 677-691-2
Debut March, 1964
Highest rank Sekiwake (July, 1974)
Retired January, 1982
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (4)
Fighting Spirit (3)
Technique (1)
Gold Stars 6
Kitanoumi (3)
Kitanofuji
Kotozakura
Wajima
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Kurohimeyama Hideo (born 12 November 1948 as Hideo Tanaka) is a former sumo wrestler from Ōmi, Niigata, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1964, and first reached the top division in July 1969. After he was re-promoted to the top division in November 1969 he fought there for 71 consecutive tournaments and 1065 matches, never missing a single bout. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in January 1982 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Takekuma. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age of 65 in November 2013.[1]

Career record

Kurohimeyama Hideo[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
1964 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #6
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #100
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #46
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #1
4–3
 
1965 West Sandanme #80
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #95
1–4–2
 		 West Jonidan #21
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #75
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #45
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #55
4–3
 
1966 West Sandanme #44
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #21
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #12
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #31
5–2
 		 East Makushita #96
5–2
 		 West Makushita #69
5–2
 
1967 East Makushita #53
4–3
 		 West Makushita #43
5–2
 		 West Makushita #38
4–3
 		 West Makushita #29
6–1
 		 West Makushita #12
5–2
 		 East Makushita #6
2–5
 
1968 West Makushita #20
3–4
 		 East Makushita #25
6–1
 		 East Makushita #9
5–2
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 West Makushita #4
5–2
 
1969 West Makushita #1
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #10
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #11
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #4
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #12
9–6
 
1970 East Maegashira #5
9–6
F		 East Maegashira #1
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 
1971 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
10–5
T		 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #2
11–4
★O
1972 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 
1973 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #5
11–4
F
1974 West Komusubi #2
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake #2
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #2
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake #1
9–6
 
1975 West Sekiwake #2
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
★		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 
1976 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
8–7
 
1977 East Komusubi #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
O		 East Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 
1978 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #10
9–6
★F
1979 West Maegashira #3
8–7
★O		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
★O		 West Sekiwake #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
1980 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 
1981 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 
1982 West Jūryō #8
Retired
2–10		 x x x x 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. ↑ 定年３親方が記者会見、思い出しみじみ. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 22 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kurohimeyama Hideo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-02.


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