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
3–4
 		 East Jonokuchi #16
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #171
3–4
 		 East Jonokuchi #6
5–2
 
1994 East Jonidan #136
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #107
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #126
0–0–7
 		 West Jonidan #196
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #94
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #44
4–3
 
1995 East Jonidan #21
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #1
1–6
 		 East Jonidan #41
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #57
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #20
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #99
2–5
 
1996 West Jonidan #32
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #54
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #11
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #90
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #57
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #73
1–6
 
1997 West Jonidan #15
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #81
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #65
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #46
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #33
1–6
 		 West Sandanme #65
3–4
 
1998 West Sandanme #77
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #11
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #93
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #59
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #39
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #13
3–4
 
1999 West Sandanme #27
5–2
 		 West Makushita #60
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #16
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #35
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #8
5–2
 		 East Makushita #48
4–3
 
2000 West Makushita #39
4–3
 		 West Makushita #31
4–3
 		 West Makushita #26
2–5
 		 West Makushita #42
1–6
 		 East Sandanme #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #58
4–3
 
2001 East Makushita #49
6–1
 		 East Makushita #24
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
1–6
 		 West Makushita #42
3–4
 		 East Makushita #58
5–2
 		 East Makushita #37
5–2
 
2002 East Makushita #21
2–5
 		 East Makushita #37
3–4
 		 East Makushita #45
3–4
 		 East Makushita #54
6–1–PP
 		 East Makushita #24
3–4
 		 East Makushita #32
4–3
 
2003 East Makushita #24
4–3
 		 East Makushita #19
5–2
 		 West Makushita #10
3–4
 		 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #33
4–3
 		 West Makushita #27
4–3
 
2004 West Makushita #20
3–4
 		 West Makushita #27
4–3
 		 East Makushita #21
4–3
 		 East Makushita #16
5–2
 		 West Makushita #9
4–3
 		 East Makushita #6
5–2
 
2005 East Makushita #2
3–5
 		 East Makushita #9
6–1–PP
Champion
 		 West Makushita #2
6–1
 		 East Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #9
6–9
 
2006 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #2
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #9
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #12
9–6
 
2007 West Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #12
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #13
6–9
 
2008 East Makushita #1
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
9–6
 
2009 West Jūryō #2
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–5–2
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 
2010 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #12
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #16
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #5
10–5
 
2011 West Jūryō #1
5–10
 		 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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