Sadanoumi Kōji

Sadanoumi Kōji
佐田の海 鴻嗣
Personal information
Born Hiroshi Matsumara
(1956-07-19) July 19, 1956
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 126 kg (278 lb)
Career
Stable Dewanoumi
Record 544-581-7
Debut March, 1972
Highest rank Komusubi (January, 1982)
Retired July, 1988
Championships 1 (Makushita)
1 (Jonokuchi)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (2)
Technique (1)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Sadanoumi Kōji (born 19 July 1956 as Hiroshi Matsumara) is a former sumo wrestler from Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1972, and reached the top division in November 1980. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in July 1988 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tagonoura. He left the Sumo Association in August 1999.[1] He is the father of the current sekitori wrestler of the same name, Sadanoumi Takashi.

Career record

Sadanoumi Kōji[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
1972 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #6
6–1
Champion
 		 West Jonidan #29
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #48
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #14
2–5
 
1973 East Jonidan #37
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #64
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #53
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #2
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #65
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #38
5–2
 
1974 East Sandanme #10
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #26
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #39
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #3
5–2
 		 West Makushita #37
2–5
 		 East Makushita #53
4–3
 
1975 West Makushita #43
3–4
 		 East Makushita #52
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #3
5–2
 		 West Makushita #43
5–2
 		 West Makushita #25
2–5
 		 East Makushita #41
4–3
 
1976 West Makushita #34
6–1
 		 East Makushita #16
4–3
 		 East Makushita #11
2–5
 		 East Makushita #26
5–2
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 		 West Makushita #8
5–2
 
1977 West Makushita #4
3–4
 		 West Makushita #8
2–5
 		 East Makushita #24
3–4
 		 East Makushita #31
6–1
 		 East Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #7
5–2
 
1978 West Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #10
3–12
 		 East Makushita #8
5–2
 		 East Makushita #2
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #13
2–13
 		 West Makushita #15
4–3
 
1979 East Makushita #11
4–3
 		 West Makushita #6
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
3–4
 		 West Makushita #7
7–0–P
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 
1980 West Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #4
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #12
11–4
F
1981 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #4
10–5
T
1982 East Komusubi #1
8–7
O		 East Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1983 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
1984 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 West Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
9–6
 
1985 West Maegashira #2
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #13
10–5
F		 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 
1986 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
3–12
 
1987 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 
1988 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
0–15
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
Retired
2–4–7		 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. ↑ "Sadanoumi Kōji Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Sadanoumi Kōji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-29.


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