Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki

Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki
磋牙司 洋之
Personal information
Born Hiroyuki Isobe
(1981-12-21) December 21, 1981
Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 128 kg (282 lb; 20.2 st)
Career
Stable Irumagawa
University Toyo University
Current rank see below
Debut March, 2004
Highest rank Maegashira 9 (Sept, 2011)
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Apr 25, 2016.

Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki (born 21 December 1981 as Hiroyuki Isobe) is a sumo wrestler from Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He has both a makushita and a jūryō division championship. His highest rank has been maegashira 9.

Early life and sumo background

Isobe began practicing sumo very early, and in his sixth year of primary school won a national boys sumo tournament, earning the title of "young boy yokozuna" for this accomplishment. In junior high school as a representative for Shizuoka prefecture in a national tournament, he won both the team and individual competitions. In his second year of high school he took the championship to take the high school yokozuna title. In his third year he won a Kanazawa tournament and was chosen for a tournament expedition to China, which was also attended by many future stars in sumo. He defeated the future top makuuchi division wrestler Futeno, and also finished ahead of the future Asashōryū. He went onto Toyo University where the future Kimurayama was his teammate. [1]

Career

Joining Irumagawa stable, he was below the official height requirement at just 166 cm but was accepted after passing a secondary examination. Initially fighting under his own surname of Isobe, he reached the second highest jūryō division in November 2007. After changing his shikona to Sagatsukasa he initially remained near the bottom of jūryō and was demoted to makushita on several occasions. However he fought his way back and reached the top division in March 2010 after a 9-6 score at jūryō 1. He lasted only one tournament in makuuchi and a series of poor performances back in jūryō saw him demoted to makushita once again. Returning to jūryō in May 2011 he won the yūshō or championship with a 13-2 record and was promoted back to the top division. He lasted four tournaments at the top before being relegated to jūryō for the March 2012 tournament. After six tournament in the second division, the last two of which he achieved consecutive 9-6 records, he was promoted back to the top division for the March 2013 tournament. However, he was injured and missed the last seven days of the tournament and was again relegated. He only lasted one tournament in jūryō and dropped out of the salaried divisions back to makushita where he has remained.

Fighting style

Sagatsukasa's Sumo Association profile lists his favoured techniques as kuisagari, an unusual move employed by shorter wrestlers that involves pushing the head against the opponent's chest and grabbing the front part of the mawashi, oshi (pushing) and nage (throwing). His most common winning kimarite in his career to date have been oshi dashi (push out), hiki otoshi (pull down) and tsuki otoshi (thrust over). In September 2011 he defeated Tochinowaka with the spectacular ipponzeoi move, which had only been seen twice in the top division since 1974.

Career record

Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki[1]
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
2004 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #15
52
 
West Jonidan #94
61
 
East Jonidan #17
61
 
East Sandanme #55
61
 
2005 East Sandanme #3
52
 
West Makushita #43
511
 
East Makushita #31
43
 
West Makushita #21
43
 
East Makushita #16
43
 
East Makushita #13
34
 
2006 West Makushita #18
52
 
East Makushita #9
43
 
West Makushita #6
007
 
East Makushita #47
43
 
East Makushita #39
61
 
West Makushita #17
43
 
2007 West Makushita #14
34
 
West Makushita #22
52
 
West Makushita #13
34
 
East Makushita #19
70
Champion

 
East Makushita #3
43
 
East Jūryō #14
69
 
2008 East Makushita #2
43
 
West Jūryō #14
87
 
West Jūryō #12
78
 
West Jūryō #13
96
 
East Jūryō #9
510
 
East Jūryō #14
69
 
2009 West Makushita #2
43
 
West Makushita #1
412
 
East Jūryō #14
78
 
East Makushita #1
43
 
West Jūryō #11
96
 
East Jūryō #4
87
 
2010 West Jūryō #1
96
 
East Maegashira #15
69
 
East Jūryō #1
78
 
West Jūryō #1
312
 
West Jūryō #10
510
 
West Makushita #1
34
 
2011 West Makushita #3
52
 
East Jūryō #12
Tournament Cancelled
000
East Jūryō #12
132
Champion

 
East Maegashira #13
87
 
West Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #12
69
 
2012 West Maegashira #14
510
 
East Jūryō #2
69
 
West Jūryō #5
87
 
West Jūryō #3
69
 
East Jūryō #7
78
 
West Jūryō #7
96
 
2013 West Jūryō #2
96
 
West Maegashira #14
267
 
East Jūryō #7
411
 
West Makushita #1
35
 
West Makushita #10
52
 
East Makushita #6
43
 
2014 East Makushita #2
43
 
East Jūryō #14
411
 
West Makushita #7
43
 
West Makushita #3
25
 
East Makushita #14
34
 
West Makushita #19
43
 
2015 East Makushita #15
43
 
West Makushita #11
43
 
East Makushita #9
16
 
East Makushita #34
43
 
East Makushita #27
34
 
West Makushita #38
43
 
2016 West Makushita #30
52
 
West Makushita #17
16
 
East Makushita #42

 
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. 1 2 "Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

External links

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