Yoshioyama Osamu

Yoshioyama Osamu
吉王山 修
Personal information
Born Osamu Yoshimura
(1949-05-20) May 20, 1949
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 130 kg (290 lb)
Career
Stable Mihogaseki
Record 403-396-0
Debut March, 1965
Highest rank Maegashira 2 (March, 1972)
Retired January, 1976
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Yoshioyama Osamu (born 20 May 1949 as Osamu Yoshimura) is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1965 and reached the top division in November 1969. His highest rank was maegashira 2. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Onogawa. He left the Sumo Association in January 1977.[1]

Career record

Yoshioyama Osamu[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
1965 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #15
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #68
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #44
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #63
3–4
 
1966 East Jonidan #79
7–0–P
 		 West Sandanme #68
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #76
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #49
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #25
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #38
7–0–P
Champion
 
1967 West Makushita #47
3–4
 		 East Makushita #52
1–6
 		 West Sandanme #40
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #9
5–2
 		 West Makushita #48
4–3
 		 East Makushita #41
5–2
 
1968 West Makushita #24
4–3
 		 West Makushita #19
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
2–5
 		 East Makushita #18
6–1
 		 East Makushita #5
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #13
8–7
 
1969 West Jūryō #10
11–4–P
 		 West Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #12
6–9
 
1970 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #10
3–12
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 
1971 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
4–11
 		 East Makushita #1
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #11
13–2
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 
1972 West Maegashira #8
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
1–14
 
1973 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
1974 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
2–13
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 
1975 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #7
6–9
 
1976 West Jūryō #12
Retired
3–12–0		 x 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)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yoshioyama Osamu Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Yoshioyama Osamu Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-19.


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