Kongō Masahiro
Kongō Masahiro | |
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金剛 正裕 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Masahiro Yoshizawa November 18, 1948 Hokkaidō, Japan |
Died | August 12, 2014 | (aged 65)
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 116 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
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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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 |
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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
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo tournament top division champions
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- List of sekiwake
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kongō Masahiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-16.