Dewanohana Yoshitaka

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Dewanohana Yoshitaka
出羽の花 義貴
Personal information
BornSoichi Nomura
(1951-05-13) 13 May 1951 (age 72)
Nakasato, Aomori, Japan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight122 kg (269 lb)
Career
Takanosato
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Dewanohana Yoshitaka (born 13 May 1951 as Soichi Nomura) is a former

sekiwake. He retired in January 1988 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Dekiyama.[1]
Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2016 he was re-hired by the Sumo Association for five years as a consultant.

Career

Nomura was an amateur champion at

jūryō division in May 1975, whereupon his changed his shikona or fighting name from Nomura to Dewanohana. He weighed barely more than 100 kilos and initially struggled as a sekitori, falling back to makushita for five tournaments. Upon his return to jūryō he won the division championship or yūshō with an 11–4 record. In November 1977 he was promoted to the top makuuchi
division.

Dewanohana was to spend 62 consecutive tournaments in the top division, compiling a record of 441 wins against 483 losses, with 6 injury absences. He received ten

komusubi in November 1979, and he spent a total of 19 tournaments in sanyaku, 12 at komusubi and seven at sekiwake. He held the sekiwake rank for four straight tournaments in 1982 but failed to mount a challenge for ōzeki
promotion, falling to 6–9 in September 1982. His last appearance in the sanyaku ranks came in September 1987 at the age of 36, where he could only score three wins against twelve losses. He retired just two tournaments later in January 1988, rather than face demotion to jūryō.

Retirement from sumo

He remained in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, and worked as a coach at Dewanoumi stable. His elder name for the whole of his post-retirement career was Dekiyama Oyakata. He was a judge of tournament bouts and joined the Sumo Association's executive board in 2014, managing the public relations department. He reached the mandatory retirement age for elders of 65 in 2016, but was re-employed as a consultant for a period of five years on reduced pay, ending upon his 70th birthday in 2021.

Fighting style

Dewanohana was a yotsu-sumo wrestler who grappled rather than pushed, and was noted for his skill on the

Takanosato
(12–16).

Career record

Dewanohana Yoshitaka[2]
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
1974 x Makushita tsukedashi #60
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #49
6–1
 		 East Makushita #18
6–1
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 
1975 East Makushita #4
4–3
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 
1976 West Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
3–12
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 
1977 East Makushita #4
4–3
 		 West Makushita #2
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #13
11–4
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #10
7–8
 
1978 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
10–5
F		 East Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
7–8
 
1979 West Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #11
10–5
F		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 West Komusubi #1
3–12
 
1980 East Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 West Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
5–10
 
1981 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–3–3
 		 East Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #6
10–5
 
1982 West Komusubi #1
10–5
 		 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
OT		 East Sekiwake #1
11–4
T		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 
1983 East Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #1
11–4
T		 West Sekiwake #1
8–7
F		 East Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 West Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #5
7–8
 
1984 West Maegashira #6
10–5
T		 East Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #6
7–5–3
 		 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 
1985 West Maegashira #9
11–4
F		 West Komusubi #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #4
7–8
★		 East Maegashira #6
9–6
 
1986 East Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #1
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #5
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #5
10–5
 
1987 East Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
11–4
F		 West Komusubi #1
3–12
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 
1988 West Maegashira #7
Retired
4–11		 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

References

  1. ^ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Dewanohana Yoshitaka Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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