Kongō Masahiro

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Kongō Masahiro
金剛 正裕
Personal information
BornMasahiro Yoshizawa
(1948-11-18)November 18, 1948
Hokkaidō, Japan
DiedAugust 12, 2014(2014-08-12) (aged 65)
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight116 kg (256 lb)
Career
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* Up to date as of June 2020.

Kongō Masahiro (18 November 1948 - 12 August 2014) was a former

sekiwake and he won a top division tournament championship in 1975. He was a sumo coach and head of the Nishonoseki stable
from 1976 until 2013.

Career

He was born in

make-koshi or losing scores, but in May and July 1970 he won two consecutive jūryō championships to earn promotion to the top makuuchi
division.

He had put on a little more weight, and was now around 100 kg (220 lb), but he remained in the

sanshō
or special prize for Outstanding Performance. He returned to komusubi for the following tournament.

The highlight of his career came in July 1975 when he won the top division championship from the maegashira 1 ranking. Yokozuna

sekiwake
for the following tournament. This was to be his highest rank, as he could score only 6–9 in the September 1975 tournament and never managed to return to sekiwake.

Retirement from sumo

In 1975 Kongō's stablemaster, former ōzeki

Daitetsu and Daizen. However, with the stablemaster in poor health it went into a gradual decline. Kongō was hospitalized following a stroke in October 2012. In January 2013, the stable's three remaining wrestlers retired and the stable was closed. Kongō himself retired from the Sumo Association in June 2013.[2]

Death

He died of pneumonia on August 12, 2014.[3]

Career record

Kongō Masahiro[4]
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
1964 x x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #12
7–0
Champion

 
East Jonidan #11
3–4
 
East Jonidan #21
5–2
 
1965 East Sandanme #81
3–4
 
East Jonidan #1
3–4
 
West Jonidan #9
6–1
 
East Sandanme #49
5–2
 
East Sandanme #17
4–3
 
East Sandanme #1
3–4
 
1966 West Sandanme #10
5–2
 
East Makushita #82
5–2
 
West Makushita #61
4–3
 
East Makushita #54
4–3
 
East Makushita #48
2–5
 
East Makushita #66
6–1
 
1967 West Makushita #35
4–3
 
East Makushita #28
2–5
 
East Makushita #55
5–2
 
East Makushita #32
4–3
 
West Makushita #24
4–3
 
West Makushita #18
2–5
 
1968 East Makushita #33
4–3
 
East Makushita #24
3–4
 
East Makushita #29
6–1
 
East Makushita #12
5–2
 
West Makushita #5
4–3
 
East Makushita #4
4–3
 
1969 East Makushita #3
3–4
 
East Makushita #6
7–0
Champion

 
East Jūryō #10
9–6
 
East Jūryō #5
7–8
 
West Jūryō #6
5–10
 
West Jūryō #12
10–5
 
1970 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 
East Jūryō #7
6–9
 
East Jūryō #11
12–3
Champion

 
West Jūryō #3
12–3
Champion

 
West Maegashira #9
7–8
 
East Maegashira #11
9–6
 
1971 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 
East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
East Maegashira #7
7–8
 
East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
East Maegashira #7
8–7
 
East Maegashira #4
5–10
 
1972 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 
West Maegashira #5
8–7
 
East Maegashira #1
9–6
 
East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
West Maegashira #2
9–6
 
East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
1973 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 
East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
West Maegashira #7
8–7
 
East Maegashira #3
5–10
 
West Maegashira #8
9–6
 
West Maegashira #4
5–10
 
1974 West Maegashira #6
10–5
 
West Komusubi #1
4–11
 
East Maegashira #6
8–7
 
East Maegashira #2
8–7
 
East Maegashira #1
9–6
O
East Komusubi #1
8–7
 
1975 East Komusubi #1
4–11
 
West Maegashira #6
6–9
 
West Maegashira #9
10–5
O
West Maegashira #1
13–2
O
West Sekiwake #1
6–9
 
East Maegashira #2
7–8
 
1976 West Maegashira #3
4–11
West Maegashira #10
8–7
 
East Maegashira #7
9–6
 
East Maegashira #2
3–12
 
East Maegashira #11
Retired
0–0
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. ^ .
  2. ^ 二所ノ関親方が退職 元関脇金剛、長期療養中. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ^ 大相撲:愛された「ホラ吹き金剛」…前二所ノ関親方死去 (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. August 15, 2014. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kongō Masahiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-16.

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