Ōikari Tsuyoshi

Ōikari Tsuyoshi
大碇 剛
Personal information
Born Tsuyoshi Saito
(1972-06-16) June 16, 1972
Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 131 kg (289 lb)
Career
Stable Isenoumi
Record 356–336–57
Debut March 1995
Highest rank Maegashira 11 (March, 2000)
Retired November 2004
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Ōikari Tsuyoshi (born 16 June 1972 as Tsuyoshi Saito) is a former sumo wrestler from Kyoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1995, and reached the top division in November 1998. His highest rank was maegashira 11. He retired in November 2004 and is currently an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Kabutoyama.[1]

Career record

Ōikari Tsuyoshi[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
1995 x Makushita tsukedashi #60
6–1
 		 East Makushita #31
3–4
 		 West Makushita #46
6–1
 		 East Makushita #21
3–4
 		 West Makushita #28
4–3
 
1996 West Makushita #20
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
5–2
 		 East Makushita #5
5–2
 		 East Makushita #1
3–4
 		 West Makushita #5
3–4
 		 West Makushita #9
5–2
 
1997 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
6–1–P
 		 East Jūryō #12
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #7
2–3–10
 		 West Makushita #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1998 West Makushita #2
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
10–5–PP
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #15
5–10
 
1999 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
11–4–P
 
2000 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #11
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #1
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #2
5–10
 
2001 East Jūryō #7
5–8–2
 		 East Jūryō #11
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #10
9–6–P
 		 West Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #3
11–4
Champion
 
2002 West Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #15
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #2
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #9
10–5
 
2003 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–2–8
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #10
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #11
11–4
 
2004 East Jūryō #4
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #4
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #10
3–12
 		 East Makushita #6
2–5
 		 West Makushita #17
Retired
3–4
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. ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Ōikari Tsuyoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

External links


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