Wakanami Jun
| Wakanami Jun | |
|---|---|
| 若浪 順 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
Jun Tomiyama March 1, 1941 Ibaraki, Japan |
| Died | April 17, 2007 (aged 66) |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Tatsunami |
| Record | 568-557-20 |
| Debut | March, 1957 |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (July, 1964) |
| Retired | March, 1972 |
| Championships |
1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 2 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes |
Fighting Spirit (2) Technique(2) |
| Gold Stars |
3 Tochinoumi Kashiwado Kitanofuji |
| * Up to date as of July 2007. | |
Wakanami Jun (born Jun Tomiyama, 1 March 1941 - 17 April 2007) was a sumo wrestler from Iwai, Ibaraki, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He won a top division tournament championship in March 1968. He was also a sumo coach.
Career
He joined the Tatsunami stable in March 1957 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 1963. He was small, at just 178 cm and 103 kg, but he was very popular with sumo fans. In July 1964 he reached his highest rank of komusubi, which he was to hold on three occasions. He was runner-up to Kashiwado in the July 1967 tournament. In March 1968, ranked as a maegashira, he won the championship in the top division with a 13-2 record. Yokozuna Taihō and Sadanoyama were absent through injury, and he did not have to face anyone ranked higher than sekiwake during the tournament. He was promoted to komusubi for the following tournament but could manage only two wins there. He fought in the makuuchi division for 52 tournaments in total. He won four special prizes, two for fighting spirit and two for technique. He fell briefly to the jūryō division in 1969 and won the second division championship, becoming the first wrestler to do this after winning the top division championship. He retired in March 1972.
Retirement from sumo
He stayed in the sumo world after retirement as a coach at his stable, and was known as Onaruto and then Tamagaki Oyakata. His nephew was also a sumo wrestler in the Tatsunami stable, and reached a highest rank of makushita 2 before retiring in March 2010. He also used the Wakanami shikona, as well as the similar sounding Wakainami.
Wakanami died in a Tokyo hospital following complications from pneumonia.
Career record
- The Nagoya tournament was first held in 1958.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #15
6–2 |
Not held | West Jonidan #79
4–4 |
East Jonidan #71
6–2 |
| 1958 | West Jonidan #34
5–3 |
East Jonidan #16
3–5 |
East Jonidan #22
7–1 |
West Sandanme #83
5–3 |
East Sandanme #68
5–3 |
East Sandanme #52
6–2 |
| 1959 | West Sandanme #32
5–3 |
East Sandanme #19
6–2 |
West Makushita #83
5–3 |
East Makushita #67
5–3 |
East Makushita #63
6–2 |
West Makushita #44
6–2 |
| 1960 | East Makushita #33
5–3 |
West Makushita #26
6–2 |
West Makushita #15
5–3 |
East Makushita #7
4–3 |
West Makushita #5
4–3 |
East Makushita #4
3–4 |
| 1961 | West Makushita #5
7–0–P Champion |
West Jūryō #16
9–6 |
East Jūryō #11
8–6–1 |
East Jūryō #10
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
East Makushita #4
0–3–4 |
East Makushita #27
5–2 |
| 1962 | West Makushita #16
4–3 |
West Makushita #14
7–0–P Champion |
West Jūryō #16
9–6 |
West Jūryō #6
8–7 |
East Jūryō #5
9–6 |
West Jūryō #2
5–10 |
| 1963 | East Jūryō #7
8–7 |
East Jūryō #5
12–3–P |
West Maegashira #13
9–6 |
East Maegashira #9
10–5 F |
West Maegashira #1
5–10 |
East Maegashira #6
7–8 |
| 1964 | East Maegashira #7
7–8 |
West Maegashira #7
7–8 |
West Maegashira #8
11–4 F |
West Komusubi #1
5–10 |
East Maegashira #3
3–12 ★ |
East Maegashira #11
8–7 |
| 1965 | East Maegashira #7
6–9 |
West Maegashira #9
5–10 |
West Maegashira #13
8–7 |
East Maegashira #10
7–8 |
West Maegashira #11
8–7 |
East Maegashira #8
6–9 |
| 1966 | East Maegashira #13
10–5 |
East Maegashira #7
5–10 |
West Maegashira #13
7–8 |
East Maegashira #14
8–7 |
East Maegashira #10
8–7 |
West Maegashira #5
4–11 |
| 1967 | East Maegashira #12
10–5 |
East Maegashira #5
9–6 |
East Maegashira #2
2–13 |
East Maegashira #6
11–4 T |
East Maegashira #1
6–9 |
West Maegashira #3
4–11 |
| 1968 | West Maegashira #9
8–7 |
East Maegashira #8
13–2 T |
East Komusubi #1
2–13 |
West Maegashira #4
7–8 |
West Maegashira #5
9–6 |
West Maegashira #3
4–11 |
| 1969 | West Maegashira #8
5–10 |
West Maegashira #11
6–9 |
East Maegashira #13
6–9 |
East Jūryō #4
7–8 |
West Jūryō #5
12–3 Champion |
West Maegashira #11
8–7 |
| 1970 | West Maegashira #7
7–8 |
East Maegashira #8
7–8 |
East Maegashira #11
9–6 |
West Maegashira #4
4–11 ★ |
East Maegashira #8
8–7 |
East Maegashira #3
5–10 |
| 1971 | East Maegashira #5
10–5 |
West Komusubi
3–12 |
West Maegashira #5
9–6 |
West Maegashira #1
3–12 |
West Maegashira #9
7–8 |
East Maegashira #11
8–7 |
| 1972 | East Maegashira #6
5–10 |
West Maegashira #10
Retired 2–13 |
x | 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) | ||||||
See also
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of sumo tournament top division champions
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- List of past sumo wrestlers
References
- ↑ "Wakanami Jun Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-06.