Fujinishiki Takemitsu

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富士錦 猛光
Fujinishiki Takemitsu
Personal information
Birth name Akira Ichimiya
Date of birth March 18, 1937(1937-03-18)
Place of birth Yamanashi, Japan
Date of death December 17, 2003 (aged 66)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 136 kg (300 lb)
Career*
Heya Takasago
Record 576-560-5
Debut March, 1953
Highest rank Komusubi (March, 1960)
Retired November, 1968
Yusho 1 (Makuuchi)
1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (2)
Fighting Spirit (4)
Technique (1)
Gold stars 7

* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Fujinishiki Takemitsu (18 March 1937 - 17 December 2003) was a sumo wrestler from Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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[edit] Career

His highest rank was komusubi. He spent a total of ten tournaments at that rank but never managed to earn promotion to sekiwake. The highlight of his career came in July 1964 when he took the top makuuchi division championship with a 14-1 record. He was ranked as a maegashira at the time and did not meet any ozeki or yokozuna during the tournament. He wrestled for Takasago stable and following his retirement as an active wrestler in November 1968 stayed there as a coach. In 1988 he became head of the stable, following the death of former yokozuna Asashio Tarō III. He coached Konishiki and Mitoizumi amongst others. In February 2002, in failing health, he passed on ownership of the stable to former ozeki Asashio Tarō IV. He died of liver disease in December 2003.

[edit] Top division record

Fujinishiki Takemitsu[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
1959 East Maegashira #18
5–10
 		 (Jūryō) West Maegashira #18
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #14
12–3
F		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #11
12–3
F
1960 East Maegashira #2
9–6
 		 West Komusubi
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
★		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
11–4
 
1961 East Maegashira #4
10–5
F		 West Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
 		 East Komusubi
8–7
 		 East Komusubi
8–7
 
1962 West Komusubi
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 
1963 West Maegashira #7
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
O		 West Komusubi
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #3
9–6
O		 West Komusubi #1
2–8–5
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 
1964 West Maegashira #3
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #9
14–1
FT		 East Komusubi
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
★
1965 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #3
7–8
★★		 West Maegashira #3
8–7
 
1966 East Maegashira #3
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
★		 West Maegashira #3
9–6
★		 East Maegashira #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #3
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #3
10–5
 
1967 West Komusubi #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 East Maegashira #1
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 
1968 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
1–14
 
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fujinishiki Akira Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.

[edit] See also

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