Kotonishiki Noboru

Kotonishiki Noboru
琴錦登
Personal information
Born Noboru Fujimura
(1922-03-07)March 7, 1922
Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan
Died July 14, 1974(1974-07-14) (aged 52)
Height 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
Career
Stable Nishonoseki
Record 258-256-23
Debut January 1938
Highest rank Komusubi
Retired May 1955
Championships 1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes 1 (Fighting Spirit)
Gold Stars 7

Kotonishiki Noboru (March 7, 1922 – July 14, 1974, born Noboru Fujimura) was a sumo wrestler and coach from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He was runner-up in the January 1949 tournament and earned seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. After his retirement in 1955 he founded the Sadogatake stable and produced yokozuna Kotozakura among others. He ran the stable until his death in 1974.[1]

Career record

Kotonishiki Noboru[2]
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1938 (Maezumo) (Maezumo) Not held
1939 West Jonokuchi #21
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #35
8–0
Champion
 		 Not held
1940 West Sandanme #35
5–3
 		 East Sandanme #15
4–4
 		 Not held
1941 East Sandanme #10
5–3
 		 West Makushita #34
5–3
 		 Not held
1942 West Makushita #20
3–5
 		 East Makushita #22
5–3
 		 Not held
1943 West Makushita #10
6–2
 		 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 Not held
1944 West Jūryō #6
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #1
6–4
 		 East Maegashira #17
5–5
 
1945 Not held West Maegashira #8
5–2
 		 West Maegashira #2
3–7
 
1946 Not held Not held West Maegashira #6
7–6
 
1947 Not held East Maegashira #3
7–3
 		 East Komusubi #2
4–7
 
1948 Not held East Maegashira #3
4–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–5
 
1949 East Maegashira #7
10–3
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–11
★★		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1950 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #11
7–8
 
1951 East Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #13
11–4
 		 West Maegashira #3
8–7
 
1952 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #3
8–7
★
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira
- New Year
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 Spring
Haru basho, Osaka		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1953 East Maegashira #1
3–12
★		 East Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
★		 East Maegashira #6
10–5
F★
1954 East Maegashira #1
2–9–4
★		 West Maegashira #7
1–10–4
 		 West Maegashira #16
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 
1955 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #15
Retired
0–0–15		 x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kuroda, Joe (October 2005). "The 53rd Yokozuna Kotozakura Masakatsu / Sadogatake Yoshikane". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kotonishiki Noboru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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