Terunoumi Masato

Terunoumi Masato
大輝煌 正人
Personal information
Born	Masato Hayashi September 15, 1967 Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
Died	June 6, 2009 (aged 41)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	160 kg (350 lb; 25 st)
Career
Stable	Musashigawa
Record	100-87-33
Debut	March, 1990
Highest rank	Maegashira 15 (January, 1991)
Retired	May, 1993
Championships	1 (Jūryō) 3 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Terunoumi Masato, born Masato Hayashi (September 15, 1967 – June 6, 2009), was a sumo wrestler from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1990, and reached the top division in January 1991. He won immediate promotion to makuuchi after his jūryō debut, the first wrestler to do so since the establishment of the six tournaments a year system in 1958. His highest rank was maegashira 15. He left the sumo world upon retirement in May 1993.

Career record

Terunoumi Masato^[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
1990	x	Makushita tsukedashi #60 5–2	West Makushita #37 6–1–PPP Champion	East Makushita #17 6–1	West Makushita #4 7–0 Champion	West Jūryō #9 11–4 Champion
1991	East Maegashira #15 5–10	West Jūryō #4 7–8	East Jūryō #6 9–6	East Jūryō #1 1–3–11	West Jūryō #10 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Jūryō #10 6–9
1992	West Makushita #1 2–5	West Makushita #9 7–0 Champion	West Jūryō #10 4–11	West Makushita #2 2–5	East Makushita #13 5–2	East Makushita #4 4–3
1993	West Jūryō #13 8–7	West Jūryō #10 5–10	East Makushita #2 Retired 0–0–7	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

• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers

References

1. "Terunoumi Masato Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.