Takanotsuru Shinichi

Sumo wrestler
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSumo wrestler
isAthlete Sumo wrestler Wrestler
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth18 June 1976
Age48 years
The details

Biography

Takanotsuru Shinichi (born 18 June 1976 as Shinichi Sekiyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1992, and reached the top division in January 2003. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He retired in May 2006 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association coaching at Naruto stable. He had jun-toshiyori status for a year and then borrowed the Nishiiwa kabu from May 2007. He became Naruto Oyakata and took over as stablemaster of Naruto when the previous stablemaster (ex-yokozuna Takanosato) died in November 2011. Due to a dispute with Takanosato's widow over who owned the Naruto stock he changed his oyakata name to Tagonoura in December 2013 and changed the stable name to Tagonoura stable. He oversaw the promotion of Kisenosato to yokozuna in January 2017.

Career record

Takanotsuru Shinichi
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
1992x(Maezumo)East Jonokuchi #28
4–3
 
East Jonidan #140
4–3
 
West Jonidan #107
2–5
 
East Jonidan #147
3–4
 
1993East Jonokuchi #4
3–4
 
East Jonokuchi #13
5–2
 
West Jonidan #123
4–3
 
East Jonidan #93
3–4
 
West Jonidan #116
4–3
 
West Jonidan #84
4–3
 
1994West Jonidan #64
5–2
 
East Jonidan #23
4–3
 
West Jonidan #1
5–2
 
East Sandanme #71
3–4
 
West Sandanme #92
6–1
 
East Sandanme #38
3–4
 
1995East Sandanme #56
3–4
 
East Sandanme #74
3–4
 
West Sandanme #87
5–2
 
West Sandanme #55
5–2
 
West Sandanme #28
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Sandanme #86
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1996West Jonidan #46
7–0–P
Champion

 
East Sandanme #49
4–3
 
East Sandanme #34
4–3
 
East Sandanme #19
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Sandanme #79
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Jonidan #40
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1997East Jonidan #111
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Jonokuchi #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
(Maezumo)East Jonokuchi #56
6–1
 
East Jonidan #128
7–0–PP
 
West Sandanme #94
5–2
 
1998West Sandanme #63
4–3
 
East Sandanme #45
5–2
 
East Sandanme #20
4–3
 
East Sandanme #8
5–2
 
West Makushita #47
2–5
 
East Sandanme #9
5–2
 
1999East Makushita #47
4–3
 
West Makushita #37
3–4
 
East Makushita #50
4–3
 
East Makushita #41
4–3
 
East Makushita #31
2–3–2
 
West Makushita #46
5–2
 
2000East Makushita #33
5–2
 
East Makushita #18
4–3
 
West Makushita #12
4–3
 
East Makushita #9
2–5
 
West Makushita #19
6–1
 
West Makushita #4
4–3
 
2001East Makushita #3
4–3
 
West Jūryō #13
9–6
 
East Jūryō #8
7–8
 
West Jūryō #10
7–8
 
East Jūryō #12
10–5
 
West Jūryō #7
6–9
 
2002Jūryō #9
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
West Jūryō #9
7–8
 
West Jūryō #10
9–6
 
East Jūryō #5
9–6
 
East Jūryō #3
8–7
 
East Jūryō #2
10–5
 
2003West Maegashira #12
9–6
 
West Maegashira #8
4–11
 
East Maegashira #14
0–11–4
 
West Jūryō #10
5–10
 
East Makushita #1
6–1
 
West Jūryō #9
8–7
 
2004East Jūryō #5
6–9
 
East Jūryō #9
9–6
 
East Jūryō #6
8–7
 
West Jūryō #2
9–6
 
West Maegashira #16
9–6
 
West Maegashira #12
4–11
 
2005East Jūryō #3
6–9
 
East Jūryō #6
8–7
 
East Jūryō #3
4–11
 
East Jūryō #11
7–8
 
East Jūryō #12
7–8
 
West Jūryō #12
8–7
 
2006East Jūryō #7
6–9
 
West Jūryō #10
1–14
 
West Makushita #8
Retired
0–6–1
xxx
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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