Tochinoumi Teruyoshi

Tochinoumi Teruyoshi
栃ノ海 晃嘉
Personal information
Born Shigehiro Hanada
(1938-03-13) March 13, 1938
Aomori, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 110 kg (240 lb)
Career
Stable Kasugano
Record 475-261-104
Debut September, 1955
Highest rank Yokozuna (January, 1964)
Retired November, 1966
Championships 3 (Makuuchi)
1 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
Technique (6)
Gold Stars 1 (Asashio Tarō III
* Up to date as of July 2007.

Tochinoumi Teruyoshi (栃ノ海 晃嘉, born March 13, 1938) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 49th yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head coach of Kasugano stable.

Career

Born in Inakdate, Minamitsugaru District, he made his professional debut in September 1955. He joined Kasugano stable, a prestigious heya that had previously produced yokozuna Tochigiyama and Tochinishiki. He initially fought under his own surname, Hanada. After about three years in the lower ranks he reached the second jūryō division in January 1959 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in March 1960. After two make-koshi or losing scores he was demoted to jūryō but immediately won the second division championship with a 14-1 record and was promoted back. He then adopted the shikona Tochinoumi. He captured his first top division tournament championship in May 1962 at sekiwake rank and was promoted to ōzeki. After his second championship in November 1963 and a 13-2 record in January 1964, he was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna. He was only able to win one further championship, in May 1964, and achieved only three double figure scores after that. After an injury plagued 1966 he retired at the end of the year at the age of 28.

He was somewhat overshadowed by his yokozuna contemporaries Taihō and Kashiwado, but he was a noted technician and earlier in his career won six special prizes for Technique. He was one of the lightest yokozuna ever at just 110 kg.

Retirement from sumo

Tochinoumi stayed in the sumo world as an elder of the Sumo Association, under the name Nakadachi. Somewhat unusually for an ex yokozuna, he did not immediately take charge of a stable, instead working as an assistant coach. However, in January 1990 he did become head coach of Kasugano stable after the death of the previous stablemaster, the former Tochinishiki.[1] He stood down in 2003, handing control of the stable over to former sekiwake Tochinowaka.

His first marriage ended in divorce. His second wife was, like his first, from the world of show business as she was a former member of the Takarazuka Revue troupe.[1]

Career record

Tochinoumi Teruyoshi[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
1955 x x x Not held Shinjo
3–0
 		 Not held
1956 West Jonidan #83
5–3
 		 West Jonidan #46
5–3
 		 East Jonidan #22
6–2
 		 Not held West Sandanme #87
6–2
 		 Not held
1957 West Sandanme #60
6–2
 		 East Sandanme #37
7–1–PPP
 		 East Makushita #81
4–4
 		 Not held West Makushita #80
5–3
 		 East Makushita #64
7–1
 
1958 East Makushita #51
3–5
 		 East Makushita #54
6–2
 		 West Makushita #41
4–4
 		 East Makushita #40
8–0
Champion
 		 West Makushita #6
4–4
 		 West Makushita #5
7–1
 
1959 West Jūryō #23
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #21
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #16
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #4
10–5
 
1960 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #15
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #17
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #5
14–1
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #14
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #8
11–4
T
1961 East Maegashira #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
10–5
T★		 East Komusubi #1
11–4
T		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
T
1962 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
T		 West Sekiwake #1
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake #1
14–1
TF		 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #3
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki #2
9–6
 
1963 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki #2
8–2–5
 		 West Ōzeki #1
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki #2
8–7
 		 East Ōzeki #3
11–4
 		 West Ōzeki #1
14–1
 
1964 East Ōzeki #1
13–2
 		 East Yokozuna #2
10–5
 		 East Yokozuna #2
13–2
 		 East Yokozuna #1
11–4
 		 East Yokozuna #1
9–6
 		 West Yokozuna #1
0–3–12
 
1965 East Yokozuna #2
8–7
 		 East Yokozuna #2
8–7
 		 East Yokozuna #2
8–7
 		 West Yokozuna #2
7–4–4
 		 West Yokozuna #2
10–5
 		 West Yokozuna #2
5–6–4
 
1966 East Yokozuna #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Yokozuna #2
10–5
 		 East Yokozuna #2
1–3–11
 		 East Yokozuna #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Yokozuna #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Yokozuna #2
Retired
2–5–8
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. 1 2 Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
  2. ↑ "Tochinoumi Teruyoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
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