Tōki Susumu
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Jun Tamaki | |
| Date of birth | July 4, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Chiba, Japan | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 165 kg (360 lb/26.0 st) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Takasago | |
| Record | 511-518-24 | |
| Debut | January 1991 | |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (September 2003) | |
| Retired | May 2006 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Sandanme) |
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* Career information is correct as of August 2007. |
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Tōki Susumu (born July 4, 1974 as Jun Tamaki) is a former sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He is now a sumo coach.
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[edit] Career
Tōki began his career in January 1991 after joining the Takasago stable. Just like ex-sekiwake Takamiyama, who was a member of the same heya during the 1970s and 80s, Tōki wore long sideburns as a distinctive feature.
In 1998 Tōki managed to enter the top makuuchi division for the first time and quickly became a regular maegashira, although his results were not sufficient to make him a sanyaku wrestler (although he was a komusubi for one tournament in September 2003, he could not retain this rank).
Tōki relied almost exclusively on slapping and pushing techniques, making his style very predictable, yet often surprisingly successful. However, he was very vulnerable when his opponents got hold of his mawashi, and he was not a great challenge to the top wrestlers in his Makuuchi days. For example, he lost every bout he fought against both Musashimaru and Takanohana. He never managed to defeat a yokozuna or win a special prize.
On December 18, 2000 in Osaka Tōki was behind the wheel of a car which hit a pedestrian and killed her. He should not have been driving at all because the Sumo Association had banned all wrestlers from doing so following a previous incident. Tōki was forced to sit out the January 2001 tournament as a result, and fell to the jūryō division. This left the Takasago stable without any top division wrestlers for the first time in its 123 year history. However, Tōki was immediately promoted back to makuuchi following his return to the ring in March 2001.
In 2004, Tōki suffered a shoulder injury which eventually led to him dropping to jūryō once more. He did not succeed in making a sustained comeback to makuuchi, although he managed to return temporarily twice. He suffered increasingly from back problems related to spinal stenosis, which was the reason why he missed six days of the January 2006 tournament. This also reduced the power of his pushes and thrusts to his opponents. After a disastrous make-koshi in March, Tōki was demoted to makushita in May and announced his retirement on the day the tournament started.
Tōki had his official retirement ceremony on January 27, 2007 and is now working as a coach at Kokonoe stable under the name Sanoyama Oyakata.
[edit] Top division record
| January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
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| 1998 | x | x | East Maegashira #15 7–8 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #15 10–5 |
East Maegashira #4 7–8 |
| 1999 | West Maegashira #4 7–8 |
East Maegashira #5 6–9 |
East Maegashira #8 9–6 |
West Maegashira #2 7–8 |
East Maegashira #3 6–9 |
West Maegashira #5 9–6 |
| 2000 | East Maegashira #1 4–11 |
West Maegashira #7 7–8 |
East Maegashira #9 9–6 |
East Maegashira #2 6–9 |
West Maegashira #4 6–9 |
West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
| 2001 | Suspended 0–0–15 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #13 11–4 |
West Maegashira #3 6–9 |
West Maegashira #6 7–8 |
West Maegashira #7 8–7 |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #2 6–9 |
East Maegashira #5 8–7 |
West Maegashira #1 4–11 |
East Maegashira #7 8–7 |
West Maegashira #2 4–11 |
East Maegashira #7 9–6 |
| 2003 | West Maegashira #2 4–11 |
West Maegashira #6 5–10 |
East Maegashira #11 10–5 |
West Maegashira #4 10–5 |
East Komusubi 7–8 |
East Maegashira #2 9–6 |
| 2004 | East Maegashira #1 1–11–3 |
East Maegashira #12 8–7 |
West Maegashira #10 4–11 |
West Maegashira #16 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | East Maegashira #17 2–13 |
| 2005 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | West Maegashira #17 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2006 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) | 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 |
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[edit] References
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
