Daikirin Takayoshi

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Daikirin Takayoshi
Personal information
Birth name Masakatsu Tsutsumi
Date of birth June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) (age 65)
Place of birth Saga, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 140 kg (310 lb)
Career*
Heya Nishonoseki
Record 710-507-69
Debut May, 1958
Highest rank Ozeki (November, 1970)
Retired November, 1974
Yusho 1 (Juryo)
1 (Sandanme)
Special Prizes Technique (4)
Outstanding Performance (5)
Gold stars 3

* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Daikirin Takayoshi (born 20 June 1942 as Masakatsu Tsutsumi) is a former sumo wrestler from Saga, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki. Until June 2006 he was an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Oshiogawa.

[edit] Top division record

Daikirin Takayoshi[1]
January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1963 x x x x East Maegashira #14
4–5–6
 		 (Jūryō)
1964 (Jūryō) (Makushita) (Jūryō) (Jūryō) (Jūryō) (Jūryō)
1965 (Jūryō) (Jūryō) (Jūryō) East Maegashira #14
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 
1966 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
9–6
O★		 East Maegashira #3
6–9
★		 West Maegashira #4
11–4
T★		 West Sekiwake
7–8
 
1967 West Komusubi
9–6
O		 West Sekiwake
7–8
 		 West Komusubi
12–3
TO		 East Sekiwake
10–5
 		 West Sekiwake
10–5
 		 East Sekiwake
4–11
 
1968 East Maegashira #4
10–5
 		 East Komusubi
12–3
O		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
9–6
 
1969 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
9–6
 		 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
11–4
 		 East Komusubi
11–4
O
1970 East Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake
12–3
T		 East Sekiwake
12–3
T		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 
1971 West Ōzeki
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 
1972 Sat out due to injury West Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
11–4
 		 East Ōzeki
2–2–11
 		 West Ōzeki
8–7
 		 West Ōzeki
10–5
 
1973 West Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
3–12
 		 East Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
3–6–6
 		 East Ōzeki
8–7
 
1974 East Ōzeki
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki
10–5
 		 West Ōzeki
0–4–11
 		 West Ōzeki
8–7
 		 West Ōzeki
1–3–retired
 
Record given as win-loss-absent    Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi

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

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

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