Hōmashō Noriyuki

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豊真将紀行
Hōmashō Noriyuki
Personal information

Birth name	Yōsuke Yamamoto
Date of birth	April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16) (age 27)
Place of birth	Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	150 kg (330 lb)
Web presence	website
Career*
Heya	Shikoroyama
Current rank	Maegashira 11
Record	173-122-0
Debut	March 2004
Highest rank	Maegashira 1 (May 2007)
Yusho	1 (Sandanme)
Special Prizes	Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (2)
* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Hōmashō Noriyuki (born April 16, 1981 as Yōsuke Yamamoto in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan), is a sumo wrestler. The highest rank he has reached is maegashira 1.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

He graduated from Saitama Sakae High School and was accepted by the Nihon University sumo club. However he did not make his professional debut until March 2004 because of illness. He was recruited by former sekiwake Terao, head of Shikoroyama stable.

Hōmashō achieved kachi-koshi in every tournament until he reached the top makuuchi division in May 2006. An exceptional result of 12-3 the following November, in which he was runner-up, gained him two prizes and he was promoted to maegashira 4 for the following tournament. He only managed 7-8 in January 2007 and so slipped down the rankings slightly, but he produced a strong 11-4 record in March 2007, which earned him his second Technique prize. However he suffered his first big setback in the May 2007 tournament, dropping his last four matches (all against maegashira ranked wrestlers) to finish with a poor 5-10 record. In July 2007 he won nine of his first ten bouts but lost the last five, finishing on 9-6. He scored eight wins in September but was not promoted to the sanyaku ranks, instead being moved to the top maegashira slot. He would only manage three wins at that rank in the November tournament.

At the end of 2007 he dropped 10 kilos in weight, due to the effects of medication for high cholesterol, and he turned in a poor 4-11 score in January 2008, sliding to maegashira 13 for the March 2008 tournament. At this low rank he was able to produce a kachi-koshi score of 9-6.

Great expectations ride on Hōmashō as one of the most promising Japanese wrestlers.

[edit] Top division record

Hōmashō Noriyuki^[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
2006	x	x	East Maegashira #11 6–9	East Maegashira #14 9–6	East Maegashira #11 7–8	East Maegashira #11 12–3 FT
2007	West Maegashira #4 7–8	West Maegashira #5 11–4 T	East Maegashira #1 5–10	East Maegashira #6 9–6	West Maegashira #1 8–7	East Maegashira #1 3–12
2008	West Maegashira #7 4–11	East Maegashira #13 9–6	West Maegashira #11 9–6	x	x	x
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