Akinoshū Kenji

Akinoshū Kenji
安芸乃州 賢二
Personal information
Born	Kenji Imada (1969-01-17) 17 January 1969 (age 55) Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	121 kg (267 lb)
Career
Stable	Izutsu
Record	409-387-58
Debut	September, 1984
Highest rank	Maegashira 9 (January, 1998)
Retired	January, 2001
Championships	1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Akinoshū Kenji (born 17 January 1969 as Kenji Imada) is a former

9. He left the sumo world upon retirement in January 2001.

Career record

Akinoshū Kenji^[1]

Year	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1984	x	x	x	x	(Maezumo)	East Jonokuchi #47 3–4
1985	West Jonokuchi #26 5–2	East Jonidan #121 1–6	East Jonidan #149 4–3	East Jonidan #120 3–4	East Jonidan #141 4–3	East Jonidan #112 4–3
1986	East Jonidan #90 4–3	East Jonidan #58 3–4	East Jonidan #79 7–0–P	East Sandanme #71 0–7	East Jonidan #17 4–3	West Sandanme #88 3–4
1987	West Jonidan #3 4–3	East Sandanme #77 3–4	West Sandanme #91 4–3	West Sandanme #72 2–5	East Jonidan #2 6–1	West Sandanme #49 4–3
1988	West Sandanme #35 3–4	East Sandanme #51 1–6	West Sandanme #87 5–2	West Sandanme #54 4–3	West Sandanme #36 2–5	West Sandanme #59 3–4
1989	West Sandanme #78 4–3	West Sandanme #57 3–4	East Sandanme #77 4–3	West Sandanme #57 5–2	East Sandanme #25 2–5	West Sandanme #54 3–4
1990	East Sandanme #75 6–1	West Sandanme #24 6–1	West Makushita #47 5–2	East Makushita #33 1–6	East Sandanme #2 4–3	West Makushita #47 3–4
1991	East Sandanme #1 5–2	East Makushita #42 0–7	East Sandanme #18 4–3	West Sandanme #4 5–2	West Makushita #43 3–4	West Makushita #50 4–3
1992	West Makushita #40 4–3	East Makushita #30 4–3	East Makushita #22 3–4	West Makushita #28 1–6	West Makushita #55 4–3	West Makushita #42 3–4
1993	West Makushita #53 5–2	East Makushita #32 3–4	East Makushita #43 3–4	East Makushita #53 5–2	East Makushita #38 4–3	West Makushita #27 5–2
1994	East Makushita #15 5–2	West Makushita #8 2–5	West Makushita #22 4–3	East Makushita #17 4–3	West Makushita #12 1–6	West Makushita #37 5–2
1995	East Makushita #24 4–3	West Makushita #17 3–4	West Makushita #25 4–3	East Makushita #21 6–1	West Makushita #7 3–4	West Makushita #10 2–5
1996	West Makushita #23 3–4	East Makushita #36 5–2	East Makushita #23 4–3	East Makushita #16 5–2	West Makushita #8 6–1	East Makushita #2 4–3
1997	East Jūryō #13 8–7	East Jūryō #11 9–6	West Jūryō #6 10–5	East Jūryō #2 9–6	East Maegashira #15 8–7	East Maegashira #13 9–6
1998	West Maegashira #9 5–10	East Maegashira #15 8–7	East Maegashira #12 2–13	East Jūryō #6 12–3 Champion	West Maegashira #15 8–7	East Maegashira #14 4–11
1999	East Jūryō #5 7–8	East Jūryō #7 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	East Jūryō #7 8–7	East Jūryō #5 5–10	West Jūryō #9 10–5	East Jūryō #3 5–10
2000	West Jūryō #6 10–5	East Jūryō #2 5–10	West Jūryō #6 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Makushita #8 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Makushita #48 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Sandanme #28 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7
2001	West Sandanme #88 Retired 0–0–7	x	x	x	x	x
Record given as wins–losses–absencies    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Playoff (s) Divisions: Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks:  Maegashira

See also

• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers

References

External links

• Akinoshū Kenji's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage