Kitaharima Seiya
Kitaharima Seiya | |
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北磻磨 聖也 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Seiya Shimada 28 July 1986 Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan |
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 126 kg (278 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Yamahibiki |
Current rank | See below |
Debut | March 2002 |
Highest rank | Maegashira 15 (July 2016) |
Championships | 1 (Sandanme) |
* Up to date as of 31 January 2024. |
Kitaharima Seiya (
Career
He was born in
He made his professional debut in March 2002, alongside future top division wrestlers such as Kisenosato and
Following a record of nine wins against six losses at the rank of Jūryō 4 in May 2016, Kitaharima made his top makuuchi division debut in the July 2016 tournament, the only wrestler in that tournament who was new to the top division.[5] It had taken him 85 tournaments from his professional debut to reach the top division, which is the ninth slowest in sumo history.[6] His promotion came 14 years after leaving junior high school.[6] He told reporters that having been in sumo since he was 15, he was disappointed that his contemporaries who had instead gone to high school and university before entering the professional ranks had overtaken him.[6] At 126 kilograms (278 lb) he was lightest man in the top division and some 30 kilograms (66 lb) lighter than the average for the division.[6] Kitaharima's stablemaster stressed the importance of his predecessor Kitanoumi to Kitaharima's success, saying that Kitanoumi always called Kitaharima by his given name "Seiya," because "my disciples are the same as my own children."[1]
Kitaharima won his first bout in the top division, defeating
Relegated to the
Fighting style
Kitaharima is a tsuki/oshi specialist, who prefers pushing and thrusting at his opponents rather than fighting on the mawashi or belt. His most common winning kimarite or technique is oshi dashi or a straightforward push out.[20]
He is known for wanting to practice day or night, which led to his stablemaster warning against him over-training. Kitaharima has said he has no real hobbies and on his makuuchi promotion remarked that he was thinking only about sumo.[21] At the age of 37, he confided on the occasion of his ninth repromotion in the jūryō division that he still hadn't changed his training habits, although he also admitted to having to rely more on alternative treatments such as massages or changing his diet on the advice of Takayasu.[17]
Family
His younger brother Tetsuya Shimada was also a wrestler at the same stable.
Career record
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 |
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2002 | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #29 4–3 |
East Jonidan #111 4–3 |
East Jonidan #86 4–3 |
East Jonidan #60 4–3 |
2003 | West Jonidan #37 1–6 |
West Jonidan #72 5–2 |
East Jonidan #28 3–4 |
West Jonidan #48 4–3 |
East Jonidan #28 5–2 |
West Sandanme #90 2–5 |
2004 | West Jonidan #14 4–3 |
East Sandanme #95 4–3 |
West Sandanme #76 4–3 |
East Sandanme #58 3–4 |
West Sandanme #77 5–2 |
West Sandanme #43 4–3 |
2005 | West Sandanme #26 4–3 |
East Sandanme #14 4–3 |
West Sandanme #3 4–3 |
West Makushita #54 2–5 |
West Sandanme #15 2–5 |
East Sandanme #37 5–2 |
2006 | East Sandanme #10 4–3 |
East Makushita #59 4–3 |
East Makushita #49 3–4 |
East Sandanme #1 5–2 |
West Makushita #43 4–3 |
East Makushita #35 5–2 |
2007 | West Makushita #21 2–5 |
West Makushita #39 3–4 |
East Makushita #51 1–6 |
East Sandanme #22 5–2 |
East Makushita #58 3–4 |
West Sandanme #14 3–4 |
2008 | East Sandanme #24 6–1 |
East Makushita #46 4–3 |
East Makushita #38 3–4 |
West Makushita #49 5–2 |
West Makushita #34 3–4 |
West Makushita #43 5–2 |
2009 | East Makushita #28 4–3 |
West Makushita #20 1–6 |
East Makushita #40 2–5 |
West Makushita #60 4–3 |
East Makushita #49 4–3 |
East Makushita #42 6–1 |
2010 | East Makushita #18 3–4 |
West Makushita #24 4–3 |
West Makushita #19 5–2 |
East Makushita #13 3–4 |
West Makushita #16 5–2 |
West Makushita #7 5–2 |
2011 | East Makushita #2 3–4 |
Tournament Cancelled 0–0–0 |
West Makushita #6 2–5 |
East Makushita #9 4–3 |
East Makushita #4 4–3 |
East Makushita #2 4–3 |
2012 | West Jūryō #13 8–7 |
West Jūryō #10 5–10 |
West Jūryō #14 9–6 |
East Jūryō #8 7–8 |
West Jūryō #8 7–8 |
East Jūryō #10 4–11 |
2013 | West Makushita #2 4–3 |
East Makushita #1 5–2 |
East Jūryō #12 6–9 |
West Makushita #3 4–3 |
West Jūryō #14 7–8 |
East Makushita #1 3–4 |
2014 | West Makushita #4 5–2 |
West Jūryō #14 7–8 |
East Makushita #1 3–4 |
East Makushita #4 5–2 |
West Jūryō #12 8–7 |
East Jūryō #9 9–6 |
2015 | West Jūryō #5 6–9 |
West Jūryō #8 7–8 |
West Jūryō #9 9–6 |
East Jūryō #6 9–6 |
East Jūryō #2 7–8 |
East Jūryō #4 8–7 |
2016 | West Jūryō #3 5–10 |
East Jūryō #8 9–6 |
East Jūryō #4 9–6 |
East Maegashira #15 6–9 |
West Jūryō #2 5–10 |
East Jūryō #9 4–11 |
2017 | East Makushita #1 5–2 |
West Jūryō #11 4–11 |
East Makushita #3 4–3 |
East Makushita #2 6–1 |
East Jūryō #12 5–10 |
East Makushita #2 3–4 |
2018 | East Makushita #4 3–4 |
West Makushita #7 4–3 |
West Makushita #4 3–4 |
West Makushita #8 2–5 |
West Makushita #20 3–4 |
West Makushita #30 4–3 |
2019 | East Makushita #25 3–4 |
West Makushita #30 5–2 |
West Makushita #17 3–4 |
West Makushita #23 3–4 |
East Makushita #28 5–2 |
East Makushita #16 4–3 |
2020 | West Makushita #12 3–4 |
East Makushita #19 6–1 |
Tournament Cancelled 0–0–0 |
West Makushita #3 5–2 |
West Jūryō #14 5–10 |
East Makushita #3 4–3 |
2021 | East Makushita #1 3–4 |
West Makushita #5 Sat out due to COVID rules 0–0–7 |
West Makushita #5 3–4 |
East Makushita #9 2–5 |
West Makushita #20 5–2 |
East Makushita #9 3–4 |
2022 | West Makushita #15 1–6 |
East Makushita #40 4–3 |
East Makushita #30 6–1 |
West Makushita #11 3–4 |
West Makushita #19 3–4 |
East Makushita #25 2–5 |
2023 | East Makushita #45 4–3 |
East Makushita #34 4–3 |
East Makushita #28 2–5 |
West Makushita #49 3–4 |
West Sandanme #2 7–0 Champion |
East Makushita #11 6–1 |
2024 | West Makushita #2 4–3 |
East Jūryō #14 4–11 |
East Makushita #4 – |
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
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- ^ "Tatsunoumi Tetsuya Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
External links
- Kitaharima Seiya's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage