Hokutōfuji Daiki
| Hokutōfuji Daiki | |
|---|---|
| 北勝富士 大輝 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
Nakamura Daiki 15 July 1992 Tokorozawa, Saitama |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 159 kg (351 lb; 25.0 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Hakkaku |
| University | Nippon Sport Science University |
| Debut | March 2015 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 11 (November 2016) |
| Championships |
1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme) 1 (Jonidan) |
| * Up to date as of Dec 1, 2016. | |
Hokutofuji Daiki (北勝富士 大輝, born 15 July 1992 as Daiki Nakamura (中村 大輝 Nakamura Daiki)), is a sumo wrestler from Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. His debut in maezumō was in March 2015, and his first makuuchi division honbasho was the Kyūshū tournament in November 2016 at the rank of maegashira 11.
Career
He was a high school yokozuna at Saitama Sakae High School (also the alma mater of Gōeidō ) and was an amateur champion at Nippon Sport Science University. He could have entered professional sumo as a makushita tsukedashi and skipped the lower divisions, but his parents wanted him to complete his education. Instead he made his debut in March 2015 at the maezumo level. He was unable to compete under his family name of Nakamura as that was already taken by Nakamura Oyakata (ex-Kotonishiki, so instead he used his given name, Daiki. He rose up the ranks quickly, winning the yusho or tournament championships in the jonidan and sandanme divisions with perfect 7-0 records. He became a sekitori upon reaching the jūryō division in July 2016, and he won the jūryō championship in September with a 12-3 record, which saw him promoted to the top makuuchi division. His rise to the top division in ten tournaments was the second fastest of modern times behind that of Jōkōryū who achieved the feat in nine tournaments in 2012. At the this point he changed his shikona from Daiki to Hokutōfuji, which was derived from the shikona of his stablemaster, former yokozuna Hokutoumi, and Hokutoumi's own stablemaster, former yokozuna Kitanofuji. Hokutōfuji came through with a solid 9-6 record in his top division debut.
Fighting style
Hokutōfuji's performances to date suggest that he is an oshi-sumo specialist who favours pushing techniques to fighting on the mawashi or belt. He wins roughly half his bouts with a straightforward oshi-dashi, or push out.
Career record
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #11
6–1 |
East Jonidan #36
7–0 Champion |
East Sandanme #36
7–0 Champion |
East Makushita #25
5–2 |
| 2016 | East Makushita #16
5–2 |
West Makushita #8
5–2 |
West Makushita #1
4–3 |
West Jūryō #13
10–5 |
West Jūryō #6
12–3 Champion |
West Maegashira #11
9–6 |
| 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) | ||||||
See also
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of active sumo wrestlers
References
- ↑ "Hokutofuji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
External links
- Hokutōfuji Daiki's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage