Tochisakae Atsushi

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Tochisakae Atsushi
Personal information

Birth name	Atsushi Okamoto
Date of birth	June 27, 1974 (1974-06-27) (age 33)
Place of birth	Saga, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	156 kg (340 lb)
Web presence	website
Career*
Heya	Kasugano
Record	480-423-86
Debut	January, 1993
Highest rank	Maegashira 1 (January, 2001)
Retired	January, 2008
Yusho	2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 2 (Sandanme) 1 (Jonidan)
* Career information is correct as of January 2008.

Tochisakae Atsushi (born June 27, 1974 as Atsushi Okamoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Saga Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 1.

1 Career
2 Top Division Record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Born in Saga City, he joined Kasugano stable in January 1993. He initially wrestled under his own surname of Okamoto and then used the sumo name of Tochinoiwa, before adopting his current name of Tochisakae in January 1999. He first reached a salaried rank in March 1998 when he was promoted to the jūryō division but after pulling out with an injury towards the end of the tournament he fell back to makushita. More misfortune was to follow him when he earned promotion back to jūryō in November 1998, only to miss the entire tournament with another injury. After falling down to the fourth sandanme division he fought his way back up the ranks and was promoted to jūryō for the third time in May 2000. He made his debut in the top makuuchi division just two tournaments later in September 2000. More injury problems struck him in 2002 when he had to pull out of three tournaments in a row, resulting in demotion back to jūryō. He won the jūryō championship in March 2003 and returned to the top division in July. After missing the whole of the January 2005 tournament he fell to the second division once again. His 26th and last tournament in makuuchi was in January 2006. In May 2007 at the rank of Jūryō 3 he lost his first ten bouts and pulled out on the 11th day, resulting in a return to makushita for the first time since 2000. In January 2008 he announced his retirement. He will stay with the Sumo Association as an elder under the name Takenawa.

[edit] Top Division Record

Tochisakae Atsushi^[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
2000	x	x	x	x	East Maegashira #15 8–7	East Maegashira #6 8–7
2001	West Maegashira #1 4–11	West Maegashira #7 8–7	East Maegashira #5 7–8	West Maegashira #6 4–5–6	Sat out due to injury	West Maegashira #12 7–8
2002	East Maegashira #14 9–6	East Maegashira #10 5–10	East Maegashira #15 8–7	West Maegashira #10 9–3–3	East Maegashira #4 2–8–5	West Maegashira #12 0–6–9
2003	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #11 8–7	West Maegashira #6 5–10	West Maegashira #10 7–8
2004	West Maegashira #11 9–6	East Maegashira #7 7–8	West Maegashira #8 7–8	West Maegashira #9 6–9	East Maegashira #13 5–10	(Jūryō)
2005	East Maegashira #15 0–0–15	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #12 7–8	West Maegashira #13 5–10	(Jūryō)
2006	East Maegashira #13 4–10–1	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2007	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)	(Makushita)
2008	(Makushita)	x	x	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