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Sadanoumi Kōji

Sumo wrestler

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Gender
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Birth19 July 1956
Age68 years
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Sadanoumi Kōji (born 19 July 1956 as Hiroshi Matsumara) is a former sumo wrestler from Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1972, and reached the top division in November 1980. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in July 1988 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tagonoura. He left the Sumo Association in August 1999. He is the father of the current sekitori wrestler of the same name, Sadanoumi Takashi.

Career record

Sadanoumi Kōji
Year in sumoJanuary
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		March
Haru basho, Osaka		May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		September
Aki basho, Tokyo		November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1972x(Maezumo)West Jonokuchi #6
6–1
Champion
 		West Jonidan #29
2–5
 		East Jonidan #48
5–2
 		West Jonidan #14
2–5
 
1973East Jonidan #37
6–1
 		East Sandanme #64
4–3
 		West Sandanme #53
6–1
 		East Jonidan #2
4–3
 		West Sandanme #65
5–2
 		West Sandanme #38
5–2
 
1974East Sandanme #10
2–5
 		East Sandanme #26
3–4
 		West Sandanme #39
6–1
 		West Sandanme #3
5–2
 		West Makushita #37
2–5
 		East Makushita #53
4–3
 
1975West Makushita #43
3–4
 		East Makushita #52
3–4
 		East Sandanme #3
5–2
 		West Makushita #43
5–2
 		West Makushita #25
2–5
 		East Makushita #41
4–3
 
1976West Makushita #34
6–1
 		East Makushita #16
4–3
 		East Makushita #11
2–5
 		East Makushita #26
5–2
 		West Makushita #14
4–3
 		West Makushita #8
5–2
 
1977West Makushita #4
3–4
 		West Makushita #8
2–5
 		East Makushita #24
3–4
 		East Makushita #31
6–1
 		East Makushita #11
4–3
 		East Makushita #7
5–2
 
1978West Makushita #3
5–2
 		West Jūryō #10
3–12
 		East Makushita #8
5–2
 		East Makushita #2
5–2
 		West Jūryō #13
2–13
 		West Makushita #15
4–3
 
1979East Makushita #11
4–3
 		West Makushita #6
4–3
 		West Makushita #3
3–4
 		West Makushita #7
7–0–P
Champion
 		West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		East Jūryō #7
8–7
 
1980West Jūryō #4
6–9
 		West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		East Jūryō #10
9–6
 		West Jūryō #4
11–4
 		West Maegashira #12
11–4
F
1981East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		West Maegashira #7
9–6
 		East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		East Maegashira #4
10–5
T
1982East Komusubi #1
8–7
O		East Komusubi #1
4–11
 		East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		West Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1983West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		West Maegashira #3
6–9
 		West Maegashira #6
9–6
 		East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
1984West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		West Komusubi #1
7–8
 		West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		West Maegashira #10
10–5
 		East Maegashira #3
5–10
 		West Maegashira #8
9–6
 
1985West Maegashira #2
3–12
 		East Maegashira #13
10–5
F		West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		East Maegashira #3
6–9
 		West Maegashira #7
9–6
 
1986West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		East Maegashira #8
8–7
 		West Maegashira #4
6–9
 		West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		West Maegashira #3
3–12
 
1987West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		East Maegashira #4
4–11
 		East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		West Maegashira #3
3–12
 		East Maegashira #11
8–7
 
1988East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		West Maegashira #10
0–15
 		West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		West Jūryō #11
Retired
2–4–7		xx
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

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