Wakamisugi Akiteru

Wakamisugi Akiteru
若三杉 彰晃
Personal information
Born Noboru Sugiyama
(1937-09-24)24 September 1937
Kagawa, Japan
Died 2 November 1983(1983-11-02) (aged 46)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 133 kg (293 lb)
Career
Stable Hanakago
Record 444-394-4
Debut March, 1955
Highest rank Sekiwake (July, 1960)
Retired May, 1967
Championships 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (2)
Fighting Spirit (3)
Gold Stars 8
Tochinoumi (5)
Asashio III
Kashiwado
Sadanoyama
* Up to date as of July 2007.

Wakamisugi Akiteru, also known as Daigō Hisateru, (24 September 1937 – 2 November 1983) was a sumo wrestler from Kagawa, Japan. The highest rank he achieved was sekiwake. He was the brother in law of yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I.

Career

He was born as Noburu Sugiyama in Marugame. He entered professional sumo in March 1955, recruited by Hanakago stable. He used a variety of different shikona, including his own surname of Sugiyama, Kunikaze and Misugiiso, before adopting the name Wakamisugi when he reached sekitori status upon promotion to the juryo division in May 1958. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in November 1958. He won the top division championship in May 1960 from the rank of maegashira 4. After losing to ozeki Wakahaguro on the opening day of the tournament he won his next 14 bouts. One of his wins was by default, over yokozuna Tochinishiki who had announced his retirement the previous day. He had a genuine victory over yokozuna Asashio on Day 4. He finished with a 14-1 record, one win ahead of yokozuna Wakanohana, who he did not have to fight as they were members of the same stable. It was his first and only tournament win.

In September 1962 Wakamisugi changed his shikona once again, to Daigō Hisateru. He was a tournament runner-up in November 1962 and November 1965, both times to Taiho. He held the sekiwake rank ten times in total, including seven consecutive tournaments from May 1963 to May 1964. He earned eight kinboshi for defeating yokozuna (most of them coming after he dropped from the sekiwake rank in 1964) and five came from the same yokozuna, Tochinoumi.

Retirement from sumo

He retired in May 1967 and became an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Araiso, working as a coach at Hanakago stable until his death.

Fighting style

Wakamisugi's favoured kimarite or techniques were hidari-yotsu (a right hand outside, left hand inside grip on the mawashi), uwatenage (overarm throw), and yorikiri (force out).

Career record

Wakamisugi Akiteru[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
1955 x Shinjo
2–1
 		 East Jonidan #78
5–3
 		 Not held East Jonidan #41
8–0–P
 		 Not held
1956 West Sandanme #89
6–2
 		 West Sandanme #21
7–1
 		 East Sandanme #20
7–1
 		 Not held West Makushita #69
6–2
 		 Not held
1957 East Makushita #56
4–4
 		 East Makushita #55
6–2
 		 East Makushita #37
6–2
 		 Not held East Makushita #25
7–1–P
 		 East Makushita #10
5–3
 
1958 West Makushita #6
5–3
 		 West Makushita #2
7–1–P
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #22
11–4–P
 		 East Jūryō #13
11–4
 		 West Jūryō #3
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #19
10–5
 
1959 East Maegashira #13
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #1
3–12
 
1960 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #4
14–1
O★		 East Sekiwake #2
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
9–6
 
1961 East Sekiwake #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #2
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #5
11–4
F
1962 West Komusubi #2
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
6–9
★		 West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #10
12–3
 
1963 West Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 
1964 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
O		 East Sekiwake #1
10–5
 		 East Sekiwake #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
8–7
★		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #5
9–6
★
1965 West Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
F★		 East Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 West Sekiwake #1
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #6
12–3
F
1966 East Maegashira #1
9–6
★		 West Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
2–9–4
 		 West Maegashira #10
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 
1967 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #2
Retired
0–0
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. ↑ "Wakamisugi Akiteru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.

External links


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