Asōfuji Seiya

Asōfuji Seiya
安壮富士 清也
Personal information
Born Kiyotoshi Suginomori
(1976-01-17) January 17, 1976
Aomori
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb; 19.7 st)
Career
Stable Isegahama
Record 517-478-7
Debut January 1994
Highest rank Maegashira 13 (November 2006)
Retired April 2011
Championships 1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of Jan 2011.

Asōfuji Seiya (born January 17, 1976 as Kiyotoshi Suginomori) is a retired sumo wrestler from Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 13. He is the elder brother of Aminishiki.

Career

Asōfuji made his professional debut in January 1994. He joined Ajigawa stable, run by former yokozuna Asashifuji, who was also of Nishitsugaru District and a cousin of Asōfuji's father. He took a long time to climb up the rankings, mainly due to his relatively light weight (barely 100 kg). He was even outperformed by his younger brother, who, though he joined the stable three years after Asōfuji, had already reached sekitori status by 2000. Asōfuji first reached the second highest jūryō division in September 2003, but lasted only one tournament before being demoted back to the third makushita division. He reappeared in the second division a year later and in November 2006 he finally made his top makuuchi division debut at the age of 30. He was the ninth oldest makuuchi debutant since the end of World War II. In that tournament, there were three sets of brothers (Asofuji and Aminishiki, Kitazakura and Toyozakura, and Rohō and Hakurozan) in the top division simultaneously for the first and only time in sumo history. Asōfuji could manage only a 6-9 score in his top division debut, and only four wins in the next tournament in January 2007.

He fell back to the jūryō division for the March 2007 tournament and a 4-11 record in July sent him right to the bottom of the division. He held onto sekitori status with an 8-7 mark in September but could manage only five wins in January 2008 and fell back to makushita. He managed a 5-2 score in the March 2008 tournament which returned him immediately to the second division, but again he was unable to secure kachi-koshi (more wins than losses) and was demoted to makushita once more. He scored 5-2 again in July for another immediate return to jūryō for the September tournament, but fell back to the third division yet again, narrowly missing the kachi-koshi with a 7-8 score. However, a fine 6-1 score at the top makushita ranking in November ensured his return to the sekitori ranks once again. This was his sixth promotion to jūryō, putting him in equal third place on the all-time list.

Asōfuji was one of 23 wrestlers found guilty of fixing the result of bouts after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association, and he was forced to retire in April 2011.[1]

Fighting style

Among his favourite techniques were nage, or throws. His most common winning move over the six tournaments from July 2007 to May 2008 was uwatedashinage, or "pulling outer-arm throw", but he was also adept at shitatenage, or inner-arm throws.

Family

Asōfuji was married in December 2006.

Career record

Asōfuji Seiya[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1994 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #49
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #177
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #84
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #14
7–0–PP
Champion
 		 East Sandanme #27
2–5
 
1995 West Sandanme #53
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #71
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #50
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #65
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #15
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #3
3–4
 
1996 West Sandanme #17
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #6
1–6
 		 East Sandanme #46
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #65
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #15
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #2
3–4
 
1997 West Sandanme #19
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #34
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #45
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #1
6–1
 		 East Makushita #32
4–3
 
1998 West Makushita #24
5–2
 		 East Makushita #12
2–5
 		 East Makushita #24
3–4
 		 West Makushita #33
5–2
 		 East Makushita #20
3–4
 		 West Makushita #26
3–4
 
1999 West Makushita #36
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Sandanme #16
6–1
 		 West Makushita #43
5–2
 		 East Makushita #28
4–3
 		 East Makushita #20
2–5
 		 West Makushita #31
5–2
 
2000 West Makushita #19
3–4
 		 West Makushita #28
5–2
 		 West Makushita #15
4–3
 		 West Makushita #10
3–4
 		 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #28
5–2
 
2001 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 East Makushita #25
4–3
 		 East Makushita #21
3–4
 		 West Makushita #30
5–2
 		 West Makushita #16
5–2
 		 West Makushita #9
3–4
 
2002 West Makushita #13
1–6
 		 West Makushita #32
5–2
 		 East Makushita #17
4–3
 		 East Makushita #11
3–4
 		 West Makushita #16
6–1
 		 East Makushita #4
3–4
 
2003 West Makushita #8
3–4
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 		 East Makushita #10
6–1
 		 East Makushita #2
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #12
5–10
 		 West Makushita #4
3–4
 
2004 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 West Makushita #3
2–5
 		 West Makushita #14
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
6–1
 		 West Jūryō #12
6–9
 		 West Makushita #1
6–1
 
2005 East Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #10
9–6
 
2006 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 
2007 East Maegashira #15
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #7
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #12
8–7
 
2008 West Jūryō #10
5–10
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #13
6–9
 		 West Makushita #2
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #14
7–8
 		 East Makushita #1
6–1
 
2009 East Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #10
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 
2010 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–9
 
2011 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
Tournament Cancelled
––		 East Jūryō #7
Retired
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Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sumo world casts out 23 / Match-fixing scandal brings careers of wrestlers, elders to end". Yomiuri Shimbun. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Asōfuji Seiya Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

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