Terunoumi Masato
| Terunoumi Masato | |
|---|---|
| 大輝煌 正人 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
Masato Hayashi September 15, 1967 Gobō, Wakayama, Japan |
| Died | June 6, 2009 (aged 41) |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 160 kg (350 lb; 25 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Musashigawa |
| Record | 100-87-33 |
| Debut | March, 1990 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 15 (January, 1991) |
| Retired | May, 1993 |
| Championships |
1 (Jūryō) 3 (Makushita) |
| * Up to date as of Sep. 2012. | |
Terunoumi Masato, also known as Daikikō Masato, born Masato Hayashi (September 15, 1967 – June 6, 2009), was a sumo wrestler from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 15.
Career
He was an amateur champion at Kinki University, and won the All Japan Gakusei Championship in his senior year. He made his professional debut in March 1990 as a makushita tsukedashi entrant, and reached the top division in January 1991. He was the first sekitori from Musashigawa stable. He won immediate promotion to makuuchi after his jūryō debut, the first wrestler to do so since the establishment of the six tournaments a year system in 1958. He was helped by the fact that the top division was expanded from 38 to 40 wrestlers for this tournament. However he was restricted by a neck injury and it was to be his only tournament in the top division.
Retirement from sumo
He left the sumo world upon retirement in May 1993. He died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 2009 at the age of 41.
Fighting style
Terunoumi was a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling techniques. His favoured grip on the opponent's mawashi or belt was migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His favourite kimarite was yori kiri.
Career record
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | x | Makushita tsukedashi #60
5–2 |
West Makushita #37
6–1–PPP Champion |
East Makushita #17
6–1 |
West Makushita #4
7–0 Champion |
West Jūryō #9
11–4 Champion |
| 1991 | East Maegashira #15
5–10 |
West Jūryō #4
7–8 |
East Jūryō #6
9–6 |
East Jūryō #1
1–3–11 |
West Jūryō #10
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Jūryō #10
6–9 |
| 1992 | West Makushita #1
2–5 |
West Makushita #9
7–0 Champion |
West Jūryō #10
4–11 |
West Makushita #2
2–5 |
East Makushita #13
5–2 |
East Makushita #4
4–3 |
| 1993 | West Jūryō #13
8–7 |
West Jūryō #10
5–10 |
East Makushita #2
Retired 0–0–7 |
x | x | x |
| 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) | ||||||
See also
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of past sumo wrestlers
References
- ↑ "Terunoumi Masato Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.