Yōtsukasa Dai
Yōtsukasa Dai | |
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燁司 大 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Daishi Suzuki 23 September 1973 Matsusaka, Mie, Japan |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 149 kg (328 lb) |
Career | |
Irumagawa | |
University | Nihon University |
Record | 357-379-12 |
Debut | January, 1996 |
Highest rank | Maegashira 11 (January, 2004) |
Retired | November, 2005 |
Elder name | See retirement |
* Up to date as of June 25, 2020. |
Yōtsukasa Dai (born 23 September 1973, as Daishi Suzuki) is a former
Career
He began doing sumo from the fourth grade of elementary school. At
Retirement
Yōksukaza's final tournament was in November 2005. Ranked right at the bottom of the jūryō division at no. 14 East, he lost every one of his first fourteen matches, defaulting on the final day to end with a rare 0–15 record. He was the first sekitori to suffer this embarrassing score since
Yōtsukasa was unable to acquire permanent elder stock in the
Fighting style
Yōtsukasa was an oshi-sumo specialist, preferring tsuki-oshi (pushing and thrusting) techniques to fighting on the mawashi or belt. He won most of his bouts by a straightforward oshi-dashi, or push out, although his personal favourite was tsuki-otoshi, or thrust over.
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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1996 | Makushita tsukedashi #60 6–1 |
East Makushita #31 3–4 |
East Makushita #42 4–3 |
West Makushita #32 4–3 |
West Makushita #21 4–3 |
West Makushita #13 1–6 |
1997 | West Makushita #38 3–4 |
West Makushita #48 6–1–P |
East Makushita #22 6–1–P |
West Makushita #8 5–2 |
East Makushita #4 4–3 |
East Makushita #2 3–4 |
1998 | East Makushita #6 4–3 |
East Makushita #5 6–1 |
West Jūryō #12 9–6 |
West Jūryō #8 7–8 |
East Jūryō #11 9–6 |
West Jūryō #7 7–8 |
1999 | West Jūryō #9 9–6 |
West Jūryō #1 8–7 |
East Maegashira #15 9–6 |
East Maegashira #12 7–8 |
West Maegashira #13 0–3–12 |
East Jūryō #7 9–6 |
2000 | West Jūryō #2 3–12 |
West Jūryō #10 8–7 |
East Jūryō #6 8–7 |
East Jūryō #5 6–9 |
West Jūryō #7 5–10 |
West Jūryō #11 9–6 |
2001 | East Jūryō #5 7–8 |
West Jūryō #5 6–9 |
West Jūryō #7 8–7 |
West Jūryō #4 6–9 |
West Jūryō #7 6–9 |
East Jūryō #11 3–12 |
2002 | East Makushita #8 3–4 |
East Makushita #14 4–3 |
East Makushita #12 4–3 |
East Makushita #8 5–2 |
West Makushita #2 5–2 |
West Jūryō #10 9–6 |
2003 | East Jūryō #7 10–5 |
West Jūryō #1 9–6 |
East Maegashira #13 6–9 |
East Jūryō #1 8–7 |
West Maegashira #13 7–8 |
West Maegashira #15 9–6 |
2004 | East Maegashira #11 5–10 |
East Maegashira #17 6–9 |
East Jūryō #3 6–9 |
East Jūryō #5 7–8 |
West Jūryō #6 8–7 |
West Jūryō #5 4–11 |
2005 | West Jūryō #9 6–9 |
West Jūryō #12 8–7 |
East Jūryō #10 7–8 |
West Jūryō #11 6–9 |
West Jūryō #13 7–8 |
East Jūryō #14 Retired 0–15 |
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
- ^ Jonosuke (30 November 2005). "Yotsukasa". Sumo Forum. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Yotsukasa Dai Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
External links
- Yōtsukasa Dai's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage