Tenkaihō Takayuki
天鎧鵬 貴由輝
Personal information
BornTakayuki Minami
(1984-10-14) 14 October 1984
Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight185 kg (408 lb)
Career
StableOnoe
UniversityNihon University
Record367–365–4
DebutJanuary, 2007
Highest rankMaegashira 8 (November, 2012)
RetiredMarch, 2019
Elder nameKitajin
Championships1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of 21 July 2023.

Tenkaihō Takayuki (born 14 October 1984 as Takayuki Minami) is a retired sumo wrestler from Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2007, and reached the top division in January 2012. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He won one sandanme championship. He retired in March 2019 to become a coach in the Japan Sumo Association.

Early life and sumo background

Minami began sumo in only his first year of primary school.[1] In middle school he was regular participant in tournaments and came in third place in a Kyūshū wide tournament. In his second year of high school he was in the best eight in a national sumo tournament, and in his third year made the best sixteen in the same national tournament. He continued practicing sumo at Nihon University and was a teammate of later sumo stars Yamamotoyama and Kiyoseumi. Upon graduation he chose to join Onoe stable which was led by former Hamanoshima who went to the same high school and university as Minami had.[1] He also became stablemates with future ōzeki Baruto.

Career

Minami started his professional career with a consistent string of successes, only losing a few bouts in his first several tournaments and winning the sandanme division championship from the low rank of sandanme 92 with a 7–0 record and a playoff win over veteran Kihonoumi. He rose slowly but consistently through the ranks, recording mostly winning records over the next three years. In the November 2010 tournament he had a breakout performance, losing only to future maegashira Yoshiazuma. In a playoff for the makushita division championship, he lost to future sekiwake Myōgiryū. He again continued to rise slowly but consistently through the ranks, achieving second division jūryō promotion for the July 2011 tournament. He was helped by there being a large number of retirements due to a match-fixing scandal. Upon promotion to the second division he took the ring name of Tenkaihō. It took him only three winning tournaments in the remainder of 2011 to gain promotion to the top division. After battling for three tournaments in the top tier makuuchi he was relegated back to the second division. He managed to be re-promoted three times after that, but was soon demoted again, and became more of a jūryō regular than a makuuchi performer. He was demoted to the makushita division after the May 2016 tournament, scoring only 4–11 at Jūryō 14. He competed in the upper makushita ranks until 2019 but was never able to secure another promotion.

Retirement from sumo

Tenkaihō announced his retirement after the March 2019 tournament. He stayed in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association with the elder name Hidenoyama (borrowed from the active wrestler Kotoshogiku), and coaches at Onoe stable. In February 2020 he switched to the Otowayama elder name, and in January 2023 he changed to Sanoyama.[2] Following the retirement of former maegashira Chiyonokuni, Tenkaihō changed his elder name from Sanoyama (inherited by Chiyonokuni) to Kitaijin, previously held by former sekiwake Kotoyūki.[3]

Fighting style

Tenkaihō was a yotsu-sumo wrestler who preferred grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His favoured grip on his opponent's mawashi or belt was migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His most common winning kimarite was a straightforward yori-kiri or force out, which accounted for about half of his career victories.[4]

Personal life

He registered his marriage in September 2015, to a care worker from Anjo, Aichi. Their wedding reception was held in June 2016.[5]

Career record

Tenkaihō Takayuki[6]
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
2007 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #31
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #60
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #92
7–0–P
Champion
 		 East Makushita #59
5–2
 		 East Makushita #41
5–2
 
2008 East Makushita #28
6–1
 		 East Makushita #12
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #5
2–5
 		 East Makushita #16
3–4
 		 East Makushita #23
5–2
 
2009 West Makushita #13
3–4
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 West Makushita #17
2–5
 		 West Makushita #32
4–3
 		 East Makushita #26
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
5–2
 
2010 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 		 East Makushita #18
3–4
 		 East Makushita #29
4–3
 		 East Makushita #22
5–2
 		 East Makushita #11
6–1–P
 
2011 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #6
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #10
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 
2012 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
5–10
 
2013 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
2–13
 
2014 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #15
3–8–4
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
5–10
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
10–5
 
2015 East Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #8
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 
2016 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #14
4–11
 		 West Makushita #6
3–4
 		 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 East Makushita #18
4–3
 
2017 West Makushita #12
2–5
 		 East Makushita #25
2–5
 		 East Makushita #41
5–2
 		 West Makushita #29
4–3
 		 West Makushita #21
4–3
 		 West Makushita #17
4–3
 
2018 East Makushita #14
5–2
 		 West Makushita #4
3–4
 		 East Makushita #8
2–5
 		 West Makushita #22
5–2
 		 West Makushita #11
3–4
 		 West Makushita #19
3–4
 
2019 East Makushita #29
1–6
 		 West Makushita #52
Retired
4–3
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. 1 2 "Active University/College Grad Rikishi: Minami". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Onoe Beya". Japan Sumo Association. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "元幕内千代の国が引退、佐ノ山を襲名　元天鎧鵬→北陣、元琴勇輝→荒磯　元若嶋津の荒磯親方退職" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tenkaiho bouts by kimarite". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Akinomaki (14 April 2016). "Another sekitori marriage". Sumo Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tenkaihō Takayuki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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