Katsuhikari Toshio

Katsuhikari Toshio
和晃 敏郎
Personal information
Born Toshio Sugiura
(1942-08-09) August 9, 1942
Gamagōri, Aichi, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 113 kg (249 lb)
Career
Stable Araiso → Isegahama
Record 461-426-3-1 (draw)
Debut November, 1958
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (September, 1970)
Retired March, 1973
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Katsuhikari Toshio (born 9 August 1942 as Toshio Sugiura) is a former sumo wrestler from Gamagōri, Aichi, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1958 and reached the top division in September 1969. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Wakafuji. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in August 2007.[1]

Career record

Katsuhikari Toshio[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
1958 x x x x x (Maezumo)
1959 East Jonokuchi #14
6–2
 		 West Jonidan #103
6–2
 		 East Jonidan #71
6–2
 		 West Jonidan #39
6–2
 		 West Jonidan #11
6–2
 		 West Sandanme #75
4–4
 
1960 West Sandanme #75
3–5
 		 West Sandanme #76
3–5
 		 East Sandanme #90
7–1–P
 		 East Sandanme #38
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #45
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #34
4–3
 
1961 East Sandanme #24
6–1
 		 East Makushita #69
3–4
 		 West Makushita #84
4–3
 		 East Makushita #75
5–2
 		 West Makushita #58
2–5
 		 East Makushita #74
6–1
 
1962 West Makushita #38
3–4
 		 East Makushita #43
5–2
 		 West Makushita #28
4–3
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 		 East Makushita #22
6–1
 		 East Makushita #11
3–4
 
1963 East Makushita #14
4–3
 		 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 East Makushita #15
5–2
 		 West Makushita #7
3–4
 		 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #8
3–4
 
1964 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 East Makushita #14
5–2
 		 West Makushita #4
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
3–4
 		 West Makushita #5
3–4
 		 East Makushita #7
3–4
 
1965 East Makushita #10
6–1
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #17
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #16
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #15
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #12
6–8–1draw
 
1966 East Jūryō #18
7–8
 		 East Makushita #2
6–1
 		 West Jūryō #18
4–11
 		 West Makushita #8
3–4
 		 East Makushita #11
5–2
 		 East Makushita #5
2–5
 
1967 East Makushita #16
6–1
 		 East Makushita #4
5–2
 		 West Makushita #6
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
3–4
 		 East Makushita #7
3–4
 		 West Makushita #8
3–4
 
1968 West Makushita #11
6–1
 		 West Makushita #3
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 
1969 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #1
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #10
2–13
 		 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 
1970 East Jūryō #12
13–2
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #2
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #7
2–13
 
1971 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #12
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 
1972 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #10
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #3
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
10–5–P
 		 East Jūryō #4
3–12
 
1973 East Jūryō #12
6–9
 		 East Makushita #3
Retired
1–3–3
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. ↑ "Katsuhikari Toshio Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Katsuhikari Toshio Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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