Kotogahama Sadao
琴ヶ濵 貞雄
Personal information
BornUsō Sadao
(1927-10-10)10 October 1927
Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan
Died7 June 1981(1981-06-07) (aged 53)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight117 kg (258 lb)
Career
StableNishonoseki → Sadogatake
Record441-352-92
DebutNovember 1945
Highest rankŌzeki (May 1958)
RetiredNovember 1962
Elder nameOguruma
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (2)
Technique (5)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars7
Tochinishiki (3)
Chiyonoyama (2)
Kagamisato
Yoshibayama
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Kotogahama Sadao (Jap 琴ヶ濵貞雄) (10 October 1927 – 7 June 1981) was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan.

He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira. After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.

Pre-modern top division record

  • The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.
Kotogahama Sadao[1]
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1950 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #22
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #17
9–6
 
1951 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–6–3
 
1952 East Maegashira #9
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #6
11–4
 
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; 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 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #3
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 
1954 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
7–8
 
1955 East Maegashira #4
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #5
10–5
★T		 East Maegashira #1
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 
1956 West Maegashira #6
10–5
★		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
★★		 East Komusubi #1
10–5
T		 West Sekiwake #1
7–8
 
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; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

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

Modern top division record

  • Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.
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
1957 West Komusubi #2
1–8–6
 		 East Maegashira #8
12–3
F		 West Komusubi #2
12–3
T		 Not held West Sekiwake #2
11–4
T		 East Sekiwake #1
10–5
 
1958 East Sekiwake #1
11–4
O		 East Sekiwake #1
13–2
TO		 West Ōzeki #1
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki #1
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki #1
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki #1
10–5
 
1959 West Ōzeki #1
2–6–7
 		 West Ōzeki #1
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki #1
8–7
 		 East Ōzeki #1
12–3
 		 East Ōzeki #1
0–6–9
 		 West Ōzeki #1
10–5
 
1960 West Ōzeki #1
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #1
8–7
 		 East Ōzeki #1
3–7–5
 		 West Ōzeki #1
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki #1
6–9
 		 East Ōzeki #2
1–6–8
 
1961 East Ōzeki #2
12–3
 		 East Ōzeki #1
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki #2
5–10
 		 West Ōzeki #3
0–5–10
 		 West Ōzeki #3
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki #1
3–7–5
 
1962 West Ōzeki #1
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #1
4–7–4
 		 West Ōzeki #2
0–0–15
 		 East Ōzeki #3
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki #1
2–8–5
 		 East Ōzeki #3
Retired
0–0–15
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; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kotogahama Sadao Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 18 October 2012.


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