Katayama Shinji
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Shinji Katayama | |
| Date of birth | September 6, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Yaizu, Japan | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Weight | 140 kg (310 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Onomatsu | |
| Current rank | Jūryō 14 | |
| Record | 233-218-0 | |
| Debut | March, 2002 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 13 (July, 2005) | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jonokuchi) | |
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* Career information is correct as of May 2008. |
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Katayama Shinji (born September 6, 1979) is a sumo wrestler from Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 13.
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[edit] Career
Katayama practised amateur sumo at Senshu University, finishing third at the All Japan Sumo Championships. He made his professional debut in March 2002 at the age of 22, joining Onomatsu stable. He did not have enough amateur titles to enter at the makushita level, instead beginning his career at the lowest level of sumo entry, maezumo. Nevertheless he moved moved through the divisions quickly, reaching sekitori status upon promotion to the second highest juryo division in July 2004.
Katayama was promoted to the top makuuchi division in May 2005. He earned eight wins against seven losses in that tournament, but he has not managed to achieve kachi-koshi in the top division since then and he is currently competing in the juryo division once again. He could manage only a 7-8 score at the rank of Juryo 13 in March 2008, leaving him dangerously close to demotion to the unsalaried ranks. His maintained his sekitori status with a 9-6 mark in May 2008.
Unlike most sumo wrestlers, Katayama has never adopted a traditional shikona, instead using his own surname as his fighting name. This is a trend that is becoming more fashionable, with other recent sekitori such as Shimotori, Satoyama, Kakizoe and Ichihara also using their own names.
[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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| 2005 | x | x | West Maegashira #16 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 4–11 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #16 7–8 |
| 2006 | West Maegashira #16 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #14 5–10 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #15 6–9 |
| 2007 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2008 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (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
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
