Kyokunankai Hiromitsu

Kyokunankai Hiromitsu
旭南海 廣光
Personal information
Born Hirokazu Ken
(1977-12-14) December 14, 1977
Amagi, Kagoshima
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 137 kg (302 lb)
Career
Stable Ōshima
Record 512-493-9
Debut March, 1993
Highest rank Maegashira 16 (September, 2010)
Retired May, 2011
Championships 1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Kyokunankai Hiromitsu (born 14 December 1977 as Hirokazu Ken) is a former sumo wrestler from Amagi, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1993 and reached the top division in September 2010. The 17 years it took him to reach the top division is the second slowest progress ever, in the history of professional sumo wrestling. His highest rank was maegashira 16. He was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association, as a result of the 2011 match-fixing scandal.[1]

Career record

Kyokunankai Hiromitsu[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
1993 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #9
34
 
East Jonokuchi #16
43
 
West Jonidan #171
34
 
East Jonokuchi #6
52
 
1994 East Jonidan #136
43
 
West Jonidan #107
34
 
East Jonidan #126
007
 
West Jonidan #196
61
 
East Jonidan #94
52
 
East Jonidan #44
43
 
1995 East Jonidan #21
43
 
West Jonidan #1
16
 
East Jonidan #41
34
 
West Jonidan #57
52
 
West Jonidan #20
43
 
East Sandanme #99
25
 
1996 West Jonidan #32
34
 
East Jonidan #54
52
 
East Jonidan #11
43
 
East Sandanme #90
52
 
East Sandanme #57
34
 
East Sandanme #73
16
 
1997 West Jonidan #15
52
 
West Sandanme #81
43
 
East Sandanme #65
43
 
West Sandanme #46
43
 
West Sandanme #33
16
 
West Sandanme #65
34
 
1998 West Sandanme #77
16
 
West Jonidan #11
43
 
East Sandanme #93
52
 
East Sandanme #59
43
 
West Sandanme #39
52
 
East Sandanme #13
34
 
1999 West Sandanme #27
52
 
West Makushita #60
34
 
East Sandanme #16
25
 
West Sandanme #35
52
 
East Sandanme #8
52
 
East Makushita #48
43
 
2000 West Makushita #39
43
 
West Makushita #31
43
 
West Makushita #26
25
 
West Makushita #42
16
 
East Sandanme #10
43
 
West Makushita #58
43
 
2001 East Makushita #49
61
 
East Makushita #24
43
 
West Makushita #20
16
 
West Makushita #42
34
 
East Makushita #58
52
 
East Makushita #37
52
 
2002 East Makushita #21
25
 
East Makushita #37
34
 
East Makushita #45
34
 
East Makushita #54
61PP
 
East Makushita #24
34
 
East Makushita #32
43
 
2003 East Makushita #24
43
 
East Makushita #19
52
 
West Makushita #10
34
 
West Makushita #16
25
 
West Makushita #33
43
 
West Makushita #27
43
 
2004 West Makushita #20
34
 
West Makushita #27
43
 
East Makushita #21
43
 
East Makushita #16
52
 
West Makushita #9
43
 
East Makushita #6
52
 
2005 East Makushita #2
35
 
East Makushita #9
61PP
Champion

 
West Makushita #2
61
 
East Jūryō #12
87
 
East Jūryō #9
78
 
West Jūryō #9
69
 
2006 East Jūryō #11
96
 
West Jūryō #6
105
 
West Jūryō #2
411
 
West Jūryō #9
69
 
West Jūryō #13
87
 
West Jūryō #12
96
 
2007 West Jūryō #8
69
 
West Jūryō #11
69
 
West Jūryō #14
87
 
East Jūryō #11
78
 
West Jūryō #12
78
 
West Jūryō #13
69
 
2008 East Makushita #1
52
 
East Jūryō #11
87
 
East Jūryō #8
78
 
West Jūryō #9
96
 
West Jūryō #5
78
 
East Jūryō #6
96
 
2009 West Jūryō #2
411
 
West Jūryō #10
87
 
West Jūryō #8
87
 
East Jūryō #6
69
 
East Jūryō #10
852
 
East Jūryō #7
69
 
2010 East Jūryō #12
96
 
East Jūryō #7
69
 
West Jūryō #9
69
 
West Jūryō #12
105
 
East Maegashira #16
411
 
East Jūryō #5
105
 
2011 West Jūryō #1
510
 
East Jūryō #6
Tournament Cancelled
East Jūryō #6
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. "Kyokunankai Hiromitsu Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-26.


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