Shobushi Kanji

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Shobushi Kanji
勝武士 幹士
Shobushi performing shokkiri, or comic sumo, with Takamisato at an exhibition in April 2017
Personal information
BornKiyotaka Ōmori
(1991-11-04)November 4, 1991
Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
DiedMay 13, 2020(2020-05-13) (aged 28)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight111.2 kg (245 lb; 17.51 st)
Career
StableTakadagawa
Record260-279
DebutMarch, 2007
Highest rankSandanme 11 (November 2017)

Shobushi Kanji (勝武士 幹士, real name Kiyotaka Suetake (末武 清孝, Suetake Kiyotaka) and born Kiyotaka Ōmori (大森 清孝, Ōmori Kiyotaka); November 4, 1991 – May 13, 2020)[1] was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi. He was the first sumo wrestler to die from COVID-19, and is also thought to be the first person in their 20s to die from the virus in Japan.[2]

Career

Shobushi did judo at Ryuo Junior High School in

danpatsu-shiki
) in February 2020.

Illness and death

Shobushi was the first sumo wrestler confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 during the

acute myelogenous leukemia in 2008.[9]
Shortly before the announcement of his death, the May tournament was cancelled.

The Nishonoseki

Hakkaku, said after Shobushi's death, "We cannot find any words to say when we think about the broken hearts of his family. It must have been so very painful to fight the disease for over a month but, like a sumo wrestler, he persevered and endured, fighting to the very end. We only wish that he rests in peace now."[10]

Fighting style

Shobushi was an oshi-sumo specialist who preferred pushing and thrusting rather than fighting on the mawashi. His most common winning kimarite or techniques were oshi-dashi (push out) and tsuki-otoshi (thrust over).[11]

Career record

Shobushi Kanji[12]
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
2007 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #24
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #117
3–4
 		 East Jonokuchi #3
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #99
2–5
 
2008 West Jonokuchi #2
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #40
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #73
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #46
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #82
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #103
5–2
 
2009 West Jonidan #61
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #33
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #56
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #33
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #70
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #4
2–5
 
2010 East Jonidan #37
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #56
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #78
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #34
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #70
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #100
2–5
 
2011 East Jonidan #34
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #67
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 East Sandanme #97
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #49
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #68
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #94
4–3
 
2012 West Sandanme #77
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #45
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #75
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #9
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #92
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #73
4–3
 
2013 East Sandanme #55
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #73
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #54
1–6
 		 West Sandanme #86
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #6
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #74
2–5
 
2014 East Jonidan #1
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #81
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #49
0–7
 		 West Sandanme #99
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #65
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #82
5–2
 
2015 East Sandanme #50
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #75
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #96
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #76
1–6
 		 East Jonidan #23
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #88
5–2
 
2016 West Sandanme #54
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #27
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #56
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #41
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #25
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #12
1–6
 
2017 East Sandanme #41
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #72
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #90
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #70
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #37
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #11
2–5
 
2018 East Sandanme #41
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #65
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #81
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #6
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #87
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #72
3–4
 
2019 East Sandanme #85
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #95
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #25
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #5
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #41
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #4
4–3
 
2020 East Sandanme #84
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #64
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #82
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 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. ^ "２８歳の勝武士さんがコロナ死 八角理事長「言葉も見つかりません」". Yahoo Japan (in Japanese). 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "28-year-old sumo wrestler dies after coronavirus infection". english.kyodonews.net. Kyodo. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. ^ "勝武士さん、異例の一門葬も…親方衆ら対象多いが協会関係者「約１か月も頑張った証しとして」". Hochi (in Japanese). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "コンビ秘話…勝武士さん初っ切り相棒に聞く（上）". Nikkan Sports. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ^ "1st sumo wrestler tests positive for coronavirus". english.kyodonews.net. Kyodo. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ^ As Japan reopens, coronavirus testing slowed by bureaucracy and staff shortages, Reuters (28 May 2020)
  7. ^ Hiroshi, Morita (11 June 2020). "Grand sumo confronts the coronavirus challenge". NHK World Japan. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "巡業人気者の勝武士さん、土俵下で糖尿発症不戦敗も". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  9. ^ "コロナ感染の力士死去 角界初 三段目・２８歳勝武士さん". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Japanese sumo wrestler Shobushi dies of COVID-19 at age 28". Yahoo! Sports. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Wins of Shobushi". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Shobushi Kanji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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