Yoshinohana Masaki

Yoshinohana Masaki
義ノ花 成典
Personal information
Born Masanori Aikawa
(1943-09-04) September 4, 1943
Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight 165 kg (364 lb)
Career
Stable Dewanoumi
Record 527-533-26
Debut May, 1959
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (November, 1966)
Retired July, 1973
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
1 (Sandanme)
1 (Jonokuchi)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars 1 (Tochinoumi)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Yoshinohana Masaki (born 4 September 1943 as Masanori Aikawa) is a former sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional debut in September May 1959, and reached the top division in November 1964. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Inagawa. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in September 2008.[1]

Career record

Yoshinohana Masaki[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1959 x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #22
8–0
Champion
 		 East Jonidan #41
5–3
 		 East Jonidan #6
4–4
 
1960 West Jonidan #7
1–7
 		 West Jonidan #13
3–5
 		 East Jonidan #19
3–5
 		 West Jonidan #26
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #31
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #111
4–3
 
1961 East Sandanme #95
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #71
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #84
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #62
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #47
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #36
4–3
 
1962 West Sandanme #19
1–2–4
 		 East Sandanme #33
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Sandanme #68
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Sandanme #87
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #75
7–0
Champion
 		 East Makushita #87
7–0
Champion
 
1963 West Makushita #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #5
5–2
 		 East Makushita #1
5–3
 		 West Jūryō #16
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #16
9–6
 
1964 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #1
12–3
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #10
6–7–2
 
1965 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #14
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #4
10–5
 
1966 West Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #15
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #1
6–9
★
1967 East Maegashira #3
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #10
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #7
10–5
 
1968 West Maegashira #1
0–9–6
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #2
13–2
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 
1969 East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #12
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 
1970 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #8
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 
1971 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #7
10–5
F		 East Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #7
1–14
 
1972 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
10–5–P
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 
1973 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #11
2–13
 		 West Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
Retired
2–7–6
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. ↑ "Yoshinohana Masaki Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Yoshinohana Masaki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-07.


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