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Arase Nagahide (荒勢 永英, 20 June 1949 – 11 August 2008), real name Arase Hideo (荒瀬 英生) was a sumo wrestler from Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
An amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, he made his professional debut in 1972, and reached the top makuuchi division the following year. His highest rank was sekiwake. He was a member of Hanakago stable and a stablemate of yokozuna Wajima, a fellow Nihon University graduate. He once wore a cream-coloured mawashi, or belt, in a tournament, the only wrestler so far to do so.After his retirement in 1981 he was briefly an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Magaki but left in 1983, turning the name over to Wakanohana II, and became a television personality. He stood for election to the House of Councillors in 2001, but was unsuccessful. He suffered a stroke in 2006. He died of heart failure in 2008 at the age of 59.
Career record
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Makushita tsukedashi #60 5–2 | West Makushita #38 5–2 | West Makushita #22 6–1–P | West Makushita #7 5–2 | East Makushita #2 6–1 | West Jūryō #9 8–7 |
| 1973 | East Jūryō #8 8–7 | East Jūryō #7 9–6 | West Jūryō #2 10–5 | East Maegashira #13 9–6 | East Maegashira #9 6–9 | West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
| 1974 | West Maegashira #10 9–6 | East Maegashira #5 7–8 ★ | West Maegashira #6 11–4 O | West Maegashira #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #3 10–5 F | East Komusubi #2 5–10 |
| 1975 | West Maegashira #4 8–7 | West Maegashira #2 9–6 F | West Komusubi #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #2 8–7 | West Maegashira #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #4 8–7 |
| 1976 | West Maegashira #2 8–7 | West Maegashira #1 8–7 | West Sekiwake #1 8–7 | East Sekiwake #2 6–9 | West Maegashira #2 6–9 | West Maegashira #6 9–6 |
| 1977 | West Maegashira #1 9–6 | West Sekiwake #1 7–8 | West Komusubi #1 8–7 | East Komusubi #1 8–7 | East Sekiwake #1 11–4 T | East Sekiwake #1 8–7 |
| 1978 | East Sekiwake #1 8–7 | West Sekiwake #1 7–8 | West Komusubi #1 5–10 | West Maegashira #5 8–7 | West Maegashira #2 5–10 | West Maegashira #8 6–9 |
| 1979 | East Maegashira #11 8–7 | West Maegashira #6 8–7 | West Maegashira #2 5–10 | East Maegashira #7 8–7 | West Maegashira #2 3–12 | East Maegashira #12 10–5 |
| 1980 | East Maegashira #2 8–7 ★ | West Sekiwake #1 8–7 | East Sekiwake #1 3–12 | East Maegashira #8 8–7 | West Maegashira #6 6–9 | West Maegashira #9 8–7 |
| 1981 | East Maegashira #6 5–10 | West Maegashira #11 9–6 | East Maegashira #7 3–10–2 | East Jūryō #1 6–9 | West Jūryō #7 Retired 1–5 | 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) | ||||||