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+12 in)
Weight117 kg (258 lb)
Career
StableNishonosekiSadogatake
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
87
 
West Maegashira #22
87
 
West Maegashira #17
96
 
1951 West Maegashira #13
87
 
East Maegashira #12
87
 
East Maegashira #7
663
 
1952 East Maegashira #9
105
 
East Maegashira #4
69
 
West Maegashira #6
114
 
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
510
 
East Maegashira #3
78
West Maegashira #4
510
 
East Maegashira #7
78
 
1954 East Maegashira #8
78
 
West Maegashira #9
96
 
East Maegashira #5
87
 
West Maegashira #2
78
 
1955 East Maegashira #4
78
West Maegashira #5
105
T
East Maegashira #1
78
West Maegashira #2
510
 
1956 West Maegashira #6
105
East Maegashira #1
96
East Komusubi #1
105
T
West Sekiwake #1
78
 
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
186
 
East Maegashira #8
123
F
West Komusubi #2
123
T
Not held West Sekiwake #2
114
T
East Sekiwake #1
105
 
1958 East Sekiwake #1
114
O
East Sekiwake #1
132
TO
West Ōzeki #1
114
 
East Ōzeki #1
105
 
East Ōzeki #1
114
 
East Ōzeki #1
105
 
1959 West Ōzeki #1
267
 
West Ōzeki #1
114
 
East Ōzeki #1
87
 
East Ōzeki #1
123
 
East Ōzeki #1
069
 
West Ōzeki #1
105
 
1960 West Ōzeki #1
96
 
East Ōzeki #1
87
 
East Ōzeki #1
375
 
West Ōzeki #1
105
 
East Ōzeki #1
69
 
East Ōzeki #2
168
 
1961 East Ōzeki #2
123
 
East Ōzeki #1
96
 
West Ōzeki #2
510
 
West Ōzeki #3
0510
 
West Ōzeki #3
96
 
West Ōzeki #1
375
 
1962 West Ōzeki #1
96
 
East Ōzeki #1
474
 
West Ōzeki #2
0015
 
East Ōzeki #3
105
 
West Ōzeki #1
285
 
East Ōzeki #3
Retired
0015
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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