Ichihara Takayuki
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Takayuki Ichihara | |
| Date of birth | August 16, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Aichi, Japan | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 180 kg (400 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Kise | |
| Current rank | Juryo 11 West | |
| Record | 52-30-13 | |
| Debut | January, 2007 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 13 (March, 2008) | |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Ichihara Takayuki (市原孝行? born 16 August 1984) is a sumo wrestler from Nagoya, Japan. An extremely successful amateur, his highest rank in the professional sport to date has been maegashira 13.
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[edit] Career
Ichihara, who unusually competes under his real name, was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, where he won eleven national titles. He won the Japan Games and the National Amateur Championships and was runner-up in the Japanese university championship.[1]He was crowned the "Amateur Yokozuna" of 2006.[2] Because of his amateur achievements, he was able to make his professional debut at the rank of Makushita 10, the first makushita tsukedashi entrant to begin as high as the tenth rank.
After steady scores of five wins to two losses in his first two tournaments in January and March 2007, followed by 4-3 in May and July, he was promoted to the second jūryō division in November 2007 after a 6-1 at Makushita 1 East. He scored 13 wins to 2 losses, although he lost a playoff for the championship on the final day, and was immediately promoted to the top makuuchi division for January 2008. He was the first wrestler to make his makuuchi debut after spending only one tournament in juryo since Daikiko in January 1991.
In his top division debut Ichihara won five of his first seven bouts but tired in the second week of the tournament, finishing with an 8-7 score.[3] He injured his right knee on the opening day of the March 2008 tournament after losing to Homasho and had to withdraw. As a result, he was demoted all the way down to the rank of Jūryō 11 for the May tournament. He participated in the basho with his knee heavily strapped, and struggled to a make-koshi 7-8 score.
He is one of the largest wrestlers in sumo, at 180kg or 400lb. Being so large, he lacks speed and mobility, and there are concerns that his knee injury could hamper his movement even further and hold him back.
[edit] Top division record
| 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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| 2008 | East Maegashira #16 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 0–2–13 |
(Jūryō) | x | x | x |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi |
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[edit] References
- ^ The new rikishi on the banzuke
- ^ Sumo Fan Magazine
- ^ Buckton, Mark (2008-01-29). Hatsu Basho 2008 — the changing of the guard. Japan Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
- ^ Ichihara Takayuki Rikishi Information. Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
