Tenkaihō Takayuki

Tenkaihō Takayuki
天鎧鵬 貴由輝
Personal information
Born Takayuki Minami
(1984-10-14) October 14, 1984
Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 185 kg (408 lb)
Career
Stable Onoe
Current rank see below
Debut January, 2007
Highest rank Maegashira 8 (November, 2012)
Championships 1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of Nov 25, 2016.

Tenkaihō Takayuki (born 14 October 1984 as Takayuki Minami) is a sumo wrestler from Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2007, and reached the top division in January 2012. His highest rank has been maegashira 8. He has taken one sandanme championship.

Early life and sumo background

Minami began sumo in only his first year of primary school. In middle school he was regular participant in tournaments and came in third place in a Kyūshū wide tournament. In his second year of high school he was in the best eight in a national sumo tournament, and in his third year made the best sixteen in the same national tournament. He continued practicing sumo at Nihon University and was a teammate of later sumo stars Yamamotoyama and Kiyoseumi. Upon graduation he chose to join Onoe stable which was led by former Hamanoshima who went to the same high school and university as Minami had. He also became stablemates with future ōzeki Baruto.

Career

Minami started his professional career with a consistent string of successes, only losing a few bouts in his first several tournaments and winning the sandanme division championship from the low rank of sandanme 92 with a 7-0 record and a playoff win over veteran Kihonoumi. He rose slowly but consistently through the ranks, recording mostly winning records over the next three years. In the November 2010 tournament he had a breakout performance, losing only to future maegashira Yoshiazuma. In a playoff for the makushita division championship, he lost to future sekiwake Myōgiryū. He again continued to rise slowly but consistently through the ranks, achieving second division jūryō promotion for the July 2011 tournament. Upon promotion to the second division he took the ring name of Tenkaihō. It took him only three winning tournaments in the remainder of 2011 to gain promotion to the top division. After battling for three tournaments in the top tier makuuchi he was relegated back to the second division. He has managed to be re-promoted three times since then, but has soon been demoted again, and is more of a jūryō regular than a makuuchi performer. He was demoted to the makushita division after the May 2016 tournament, scoring only 4–11 at Jūryō 14.

Fighting style

Tenkaihō is a yotsu-sumo wrestler who prefers grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His favoured grip on his opponent's mawashi or belt is migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori-kiri or force out, which accounts for about half of his career victories.[1]

Personal life

He registered his marriage in September 2015, to a care worker from Anjo, Aichi. Their wedding reception will be held in June 2016.[2]

Career record

Tenkaihō Takayuki[3]
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
2007 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #31
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #60
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #92
7–0–P
Champion
 		 East Makushita #59
5–2
 		 East Makushita #41
5–2
 
2008 East Makushita #28
6–1
 		 East Makushita #12
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #5
2–5
 		 East Makushita #16
3–4
 		 East Makushita #23
5–2
 
2009 West Makushita #13
3–4
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 West Makushita #17
2–5
 		 West Makushita #32
4–3
 		 East Makushita #26
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
5–2
 
2010 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 		 East Makushita #18
3–4
 		 East Makushita #29
4–3
 		 East Makushita #22
5–2
 		 East Makushita #11
6–1–P
 
2011 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 East Makushita #6
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 East Makushita #6
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #10
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 
2012 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
5–10
 
2013 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
2–13
 
2014 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #15
3–8–4
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
5–10
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
10–5
 
2015 East Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #8
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 
2016 East Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #14
4–11
 		 West Makushita #6
3–4
 		 East Makushita #12
3–4
 		 East Makushita #18
4–3
 
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)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tenkaiho bouts by kimarite". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Akinomaki" (14 April 2016). "Another sekitori marriage". Sumo Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tenkaihō Takayuki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-12.


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