Kōbō Kenichi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Kenichi Mineyama | |
| Date of birth | August 18, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 136 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Miyagino | |
| Record | 582-572-14 | |
| Debut | March, 1989 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 9 (January 2002) | |
| Retired | December 2007 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jonokuchi) | |
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* Career information is correct as of December 2007. |
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Kōbō Kenichi (born August 18, 1973 as Kenichi Mineyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Kumage, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9.
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[edit] Career
Kōbō made his professional debut in March 1989 at the age of 15. He worked his way quickly through the lowest three divisions, making his makushita debut shortly after his 18th birthday, less than three years into his career. However, he was unable to advance further for several years, reaching sekitori status only in January 1999 upon promotion to the second highest jūryō division, after nearly ten years of toiling in the lower divisions. He fought in the top makuuchi division on four occasions, mostly recently in May 2004, but he largely remained a veteran of the jūryō division, in which he spent 44 tournaments. For a long period he was the highest ranking wrestler in Miyagino stable, before the emergence of Hakuho, now a yokozuna. In July 2007 he fell to the unsalaried makushita division for the first time since September 2000, and he announced his retirement in December 2007.
[edit] Retirement from sumo
Kōbō has remained with the Japan Sumo Association as an elder under the name Ajigawa Oyakata, and is working as a coach at his old stable. In May 2008 he had his danpatsu-shiki, or official retirement ceremony, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
[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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| 2001 | x | x | x | x | x | East Maegashira #14 8–7 |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #9 3–12 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2003 | East Maegashira #14 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2004 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | East Maegashira #17 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2005 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2006 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2007 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| 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] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
