Kiyoshi Myobudani
| Myōbudani Yasuhiko | |
|---|---|
| 明武谷 保彦 | |
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
Myōbudani Kiyoshi April 29, 1937 Akan, Hokkaidō,, Japan |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb; 17.8 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Miyagino |
| Record | 624-580-6 |
| Debut | March 1954 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (November 1964) |
| Retired | November 1969 |
| Championships | 1 (Jonidan) |
| Special Prizes |
Outstanding Performance (4) Fighting Spirit (4) |
| Gold Stars |
3 Taihō (2) Sadanoyama |
| * Up to date as of August 2009. | |
Kiyoshi Myobudani (明歩谷 清 Myōbudani Kiyoshi, born 29 April 1937) is a former sumo wrestler from Akan, Hokkaidō, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1954. He was a member of Miyagino stable. His highest rank was sekiwake and he twice took part in playoffs for the top makuuchi division tournament championship or yūshō. The first was an unusual three-way playoff in September 1961 (against Kashiwado and Taihō, with Taihō, emerging as the winner) and the other was against Kashiwado in September 1965. He was also a runner-up in two other tournaments. He earned eight sanshō or special prizes for his achievements in tournaments, four for Outstanding Performance and four for Fighting Spirit. He also earned three kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna. For most of his career his fighting name was his own surname, although he did briefly use the shikona or fighting name of Yoshibanada in 1963 (his stablemaster, Miyagino-oyakata, was the 43rd yokozuna Yoshibayama). He retired in November 1969, and became a toshiyori or elder of the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Nakamura. He left the Sumo Association in 1977. In the same year he became a Jehovah Witnesses. His biography can be found in the magazine Awake!, 8 November 1981.
Career record
- The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | x | Shinjo
3–0 |
East Jonidan #52
3–5 |
Not held | West Jonidan #54
6–2 |
Not held |
| 1955 | West Jonidan #21
3–5 |
East Jonidan #25
8–0–P Champion |
West Sandanme #47
5–3 |
Not held | East Sandanme #25
5–3 |
Not held |
| 1956 | West Sandanme #7
7–1 |
East Makushita #49
5–3 |
East Makushita #42
6–2 |
Not held | East Makushita #32
6–2 |
Not held |
| 1957 | East Makushita #20
4–4 |
East Makushita #19
5–3 |
East Makushita #13
6–2 |
Not held | East Makushita #3
5–3 |
West Jūryō #23
8–7 |
| 1958 | West Jūryō #22
9–6 |
East Jūryō #17
7–8 |
West Jūryō #18
11–4–P |
East Jūryō #8
8–7 |
West Jūryō #6
8–7 |
East Jūryō #6
6–9 |
| 1959 | East Jūryō #9
9–6 |
East Jūryō #6
11–4 |
East Jūryō #3
10–5 |
West Maegashira #18
7–8 |
West Jūryō #2
12–3 |
East Maegashira #12
6–9 |
| 1960 | East Maegashira #15
5–10 |
East Jūryō #2
6–9 |
West Jūryō #4
9–6 |
West Jūryō #1
9–6 |
West Jūryō #1
10–5 |
East Maegashira #13
8–7 |
| 1961 | East Maegashira #10
8–7 |
East Maegashira #5
5–10 |
East Maegashira #9
7–8 |
West Maegashira #10
9–6 |
West Maegashira #4
12–3–P F |
West Komusubi #2
6–9 |
| 1962 | East Maegashira #4
6–9 |
East Maegashira #8
7–8 |
East Maegashira #7
9–6 |
East Maegashira #3
2–13 |
West Maegashira #9
8–7 |
West Maegashira #7
11–4 |
| 1963 | East Maegashira #1
5–10 |
West Maegashira #3
5–10 |
West Maegashira #6
5–10 |
West Maegashira #11
9–6 |
West Maegashira #6
8–7 |
West Maegashira #3
7–8 |
| 1964 | West Maegashira #4
8–7 |
West Komusubi #1
7–8 |
West Maegashira #1
7–8 ★ |
West Maegashira #1
8–7 O★ |
East Maegashira #1
8–7 F |
East Sekiwake #1
8–7 O |
| 1965 | East Sekiwake #1
9–6 O |
East Sekiwake #1
4–11 |
East Maegashira #4
11–4 |
East Komusubi #1
4–11 |
East Maegashira #5
12–3–P F |
West Komusubi #2
9–6 O |
| 1966 | West Komusubi #1
9–6 |
West Sekiwake #1
7–8 |
West Komusubi #1
6–9 |
West Maegashira #2
5–10 |
East Maegashira #5
5–10 |
East Maegashira #8
8–7 |
| 1967 | West Maegashira #4
11–4 F |
East Komusubi #1
9–6 |
East Sekiwake #1
7–8 |
East Komusubi #2
7–8 |
West Maegashira #1
7–8 |
West Maegashira #1
5–10 ★ |
| 1968 | East Maegashira #6
7–8 |
West Maegashira #7
8–7 |
West Maegashira #4
9–6 |
East Maegashira #2
4–8–3 |
East Maegashira #7
11–4 |
East Maegashira #2
5–10 |
| 1969 | West Maegashira #5
6–9 |
East Maegashira #7
5–10 |
West Maegashira #11
9–6 |
East Maegashira #7
7–8 |
East Maegashira #8
7–8 |
West Maegashira #9
Retired 0–12–3 |
| 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
References
- ↑ "Myōbudani Yasuhiko Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-05.