Ōtsukasa Nobuhide
| Ōtsukasa Nobuhide | |
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| Personal information | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 149 kg (328 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Irumagawa |
| Current rank | Juryo 12 |
| Record | 615-648-1 |
| Debut | March, 1993 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 4 (July, 2001) |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| * Up to date as of Mar 2009. | |
Ōtsukasa Nobuhide (born February 18, 1971 as Nobuhide Ōuchi) is a professional sumo wrestler from Miki, Hyōgo, Japan. The highest rank he has reached is maegashira 4.
Career
Ōtsukasa began sumo whilst at Miki Middle School and was a member of Ichikawa High School's sumo club, where he won national high school sumo championships. He continued his amateur sumo career at Nihon University. Ōtsukasa made his professional debut in March 1993, entering at the third highest makushita division. He won the makushita championship in only his second tournament, with a perfect 7-0 record. However, it was not until January 1996 that he became a sekitori by earning promotion to the second highest jūryō division.
Ōtsukasa is a classic "elevator" rikishi, too good for jūryō but not quite good enough for the top makuuchi division. He has been promoted to makuuchi no less than eleven times, [1] the first being in September 1999, and the most recent in March 2008. This is two less than the record of 13 promotions held by Oshio, and Ōtsukasa has said he would like to break this record. Ōtsukasa was ranked in the top division for three of the six tournaments held in 2007 but has not managed a majority of wins against losses in makuuchi since July 2004. His most recent promotion makes him the third oldest postwar wrestler to earn promotion to the top division. He won his first four bouts on his latest return but then lost ten in a row to finish with a 5-10 score.
Since the retirement of Kotonowaka in November 2005 he has been the oldest man in the sekitori ranks (the top two divisions). After the 2009 Haru basho Ōtsukasa will drop out of Juryo (assuming he doesn't retire), leaving Tosanoumi Toshio, who is 2 days under a year younger than Ōtsukasa, as the oldest active sekitori.
Top division record
| Year | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
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| 1999 | x | x | x | x | East Maegashira #14 8–7 |
West Maegashira #11 8–7 |
| 2000 | West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) | West Maegashira #12 8–7 |
East Maegashira #11 6–9 |
East Maegashira #13 5–10 |
| 2001 | (Juryo) | East Maegashira #12 8–7 |
East Maegashira #8 8–7 |
West Maegashira #4 4–11 |
West Maegashira #9 7–8 |
East Maegashira #11 8–7 |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #7 8–7 |
West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
East Maegashira #9 5–10 |
West Maegashira #12 5–10 |
(Juryo) |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #13 4–11 |
(Juryo) | West Maegashira #14 8–7 |
West Maegashira #10 5–10 |
East Maegashira #15 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 5–10 |
| 2004 | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | West Maegashira #14 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 3–12 |
(Juryo) |
| 2005 | (Juryo) | West Maegashira #16 4–11 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) |
| 2006 | (Juryo) | West Maegashira #15 4–11 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | East Maegashira #15 7–8 |
| 2007 | West Maegashira #16 7–8 |
(Juryo) | East Maegashira #11 4–11 |
East Maegashira #17 6–9 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) |
| 2008 | (Juryo) | East Maegashira #16 5–10 |
(Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | (Juryo) |
| 2009 | (Juryo) | (Juryo) | x | x | x | x |
| Record given as wins–losses–absences Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) |
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References
- ^ a b "Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi". szumo.hu. Retrieved 2007-06-25.