Hoshitango Imachi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Imachi Marcelo Salomon | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1965 | |
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 167 kg (370 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Michinoku | |
| Record | 430-388-11 | |
| Debut | May, 1987 | |
| Highest rank | Juryo 3 (January, 2000) | |
| Retired | January, 2004 | |
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* Career information is correct as of July 2007. |
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Hoshitango Imachi (born September 5, 1965 as Imachi Marcelo Salomon) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His highest rank was Juryo 3.
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[edit] Career
A former swimming instructor, Salomon joined Michinoku stable in May 1987. He was the first Jew in professional sumo.[1] He was given the shikona of Hoshitango, with "Hoshi" (star) a common prefix in Michinoku stable, and "tango" a reference, of course, to the popular dance.[1] He reached the second highest juryo division for the first time in September 1992, but lasted only one tournament there before being demoted back to the unsalaried third makushita division. He managed another three tournaments in the second division in 1994 but once again fell back. In September 1998, at the age of 33, he demonstrated his fighting spirit by once again returning to juryo, this time remaining for 12 straight tournaments. He was not able to break into the top makuuchi division, peaking at Juryo 3 in January 2000. In July 2000 he lost every one of his fifteen bouts and fell, once more, to the third division where he remained until his retirement in January 2004.
Hoshitango was joined at Michinoku stable in 1988 by another Buenos Aires native, Hoshiandesu, who reached a highest rank of Juryo 2 before retiring in 2000.
Hoshitango is currently a professional wrestler for the Japanese company DDT (Dramatic Dream Team).
[edit] Juryo tournament results
| tournament | rank | wins | losses | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1992 | J12E | 5 | 10 | Demoted to makushita |
| January 1994 | J13W | 10 | 5 | |
| March 1994 | J5W | 5 | 10 | |
| May 1994 | J10E | 2 | 13 | Demoted to makushita |
| September 1998 | J13E | 9 | 6 | |
| November 1998 | J10W | 8 | 7 | |
| January 1999 | J9E | 7 | 8 | |
| March 1999 | J11W | 9 | 6 | |
| May 1999 | J7W | 6 | 9 | |
| July 1999 | J11E | 8 | 7 | |
| September 1999 | J10E | 8 | 7 | |
| November 1999 | J8W | 9 | 6 | |
| January 2000 | J3W | 5 | 10 | |
| March 2000 | J7E | 6 | 9 | |
| May 2000 | J10W | 8 | 7 | |
| July 2000 | J8E | 0 | 15 | Demoted to makushita |
| total | 105 | 135 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
