Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18, 1982, as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He joined professional sumo in 2000. His highest rank was maegashira 14, achieved in 2006. After illness saw him demoted to the third makushita division in 2008, he returned to the second highest jūryō division in 2010 and the top makuuchi division in September 2011. After winning the sandanme division he had just been demoted to in November 2013, he chose to retire. He is now a coach at Sakaigawa stable under the name of Dekiyama (出来山).
Hōchiyama Kōkan
寶智山 幸観
Personal information
Born
Yukimi Munakata (1982-01-18) January 18, 1982 (age 42) Aomori
He was born in the city of Hirosaki (as was Wakanosato). Hōchiyama was a member of Kizukuri High School sumo club (also attended by Mainoumi) and he made his professional debut in March 2000. He joined the Nakadachi stable set up by former komusubiRyōgoku, which was subsequently renamed Sakaigawa stable.
Hōchiyama took the jonokuchi championship with a perfect 7-0 record in his first tournament as a rikishi and he earned promotion to sandanme in November 2000 with another 7-0 score. However he found his opponents in the third makushita division much more difficult to deal with and his progress slowed. He narrowly missed out on promotion to the second highest jūryō division a number of times, recording 3-4 marks at makushita 1 in July 2004 and November 2005. After 24 tournaments in the third division he finally achieved promotion in January 2006 when a 4–3 score at makushita 4 was enough to reach jūryō. He became the second member of his stable to reach sekitori status, following Iwakiyama, and the first to do it progressing through all the professional sumo divisions, Iwakiyama having made his debut in makushita.
Hōchiyama reached the top makuuchi division in only in three tournaments, after winning the jūryō championship in July 2006 with a 13–2 record. He could only manage five wins in his top division debut in September 2006 and was demoted back to jūryō. He reappeared in makuuchi in May 2007 but after two more make-koshi or losing scores he fell back to the second division once again in September of that year. He just missed out on immediate promotion back to the top division after recording seven wins against eight losses at the rank of jūryō 1. However, restricted by diabetes, a disastrous performance of 2-13 at the rank of jūryō 6 in the March 2008 tournament (which was his sixth consecutive losing score) saw him demoted to the third division for May.
After more than two years in makushita, he finally returned to the sekitori ranks in July 2010 after scoring 5-2 at the rank of makushita 1 in May. He came through with a winning record of 8–7, securing his kachi-koshi on the final day after four straight losses. He was one of seven rikishi from Sakaigawa stable ranked in jūryō in September 2010, the others being Iwakiyama, Gōeidō, Toyohibiki, Sadanoumi, Sadanofuji and Shironoryū. After a solid 9-6 at jūryō 5 in July 2011, he was promoted back to the top division for September after a 23 tournament absence - the fourth longest ever. He scored only 5-10 on his return and was immediately demoted back to jūryō, but he ensured with an 8-7 score at jūryō 1 in January 2012 that he was promoted to makuuchi once again for the March 2012 tournament. However he failed in his fifth attempt at a top division kachi-koshi, finishing on 4–11. In his sixth and final appearance in makuuchi he fared even worse, only scoring 1–14. He is the only wrestler in the modern era of sumo to have six top division tournaments without a kachi-koshi.
Retirement from sumoedit
In November 2013, after dropping to the sandanme division for the first time since the beginning of his career, Hōchiyama managed to take the championship. He still chose to retire before the beginning of the following January 2014 tournament. He had been suffering from chronic lower back pain and diabetes. He has remained in sumo as a coach, initially under the toshiyori or elder name of Kimgahama Oyakata. He had 29 tournaments at a sekitori rank; normally 30 are required to become an oyakata but Hochiyama was allowed because his stablemaster and previous owner of the stock acted as guarantors, under new Sumo Association rules brought in on November 17, 2013.[1] In December 2020 he switched from the Kimgahama name (owned by Okinoumi) to Furiwake (owned by the former Takamisakari). In December 2023 he became Dekiyama after exchanging elder stock with former maegashiraSadanofuji.[2]
Fighting styleedit
Hōchiyama's favourite techniques were listed by the Sumo Association as migi-yotsu (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on his opponent's mawashi), yori (grappling) and tsuki (thrusting). The majority of his wins were by either yori-kiri (force out) or oshi-dashi (push out).[3]
^"年寄名跡取得の条件を緩和 関取在位期間を２場所短縮" (in Japanese). Sponichi. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^"年寄「振分」と「出来山」が名跡交換 ともに境川部屋で部屋付き親方". Nikkan Sports. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^"Hochiyama bouts by kimarite". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^"Hōchiyama Kōkan Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
External linksedit
Hōchiyama Kōkan's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
April 10, 2024
hōchiyama, kōkan, born, january, 1982, yukimi, munakata, former, sumo, wrestler, from, hirosaki, aomori, prefecture, japan, joined, professional, sumo, 2000, highest, rank, maegashira, achieved, 2006, after, illness, demoted, third, makushita, division, 2008, . Hōchiyama Kōkan born January 18 1982 as Yukimi Munakata is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture Japan He joined professional sumo in 2000 His highest rank was maegashira 14 achieved in 2006 After illness saw him demoted to the third makushita division in 2008 he returned to the second highest juryō division in 2010 and the top makuuchi division in September 2011 After winning the sandanme division he had just been demoted to in November 2013 he chose to retire He is now a coach at Sakaigawa stable under the name of Dekiyama 出来山 Hōchiyama Kōkan寶智山 幸観Personal informationBornYukimi Munakata 1982 01 18 January 18 1982 age 42 AomoriHeight1 89 m 6 ft 2 1 2 in Weight143 kg 315 lb 22 5 st CareerStableSakaigawa formerly NakadachiRecord399 400DebutMarch 2000Highest rankMaegashira 14 September 2006 RetiredJanuary 2014Elder nameDekiyamaChampionships1 Juryō 1 Sandanme 1 Jonokuchi Up to date as of Dec 2020 Contents 1 Career 2 Retirement from sumo 3 Fighting style 4 Career record 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksCareer edit nbsp He was born in the city of Hirosaki as was Wakanosato Hōchiyama was a member of Kizukuri High School sumo club also attended by Mainoumi and he made his professional debut in March 2000 He joined the Nakadachi stable set up by former komusubi Ryōgoku which was subsequently renamed Sakaigawa stable Hōchiyama took the jonokuchi championship with a perfect 7 0 record in his first tournament as a rikishi and he earned promotion to sandanme in November 2000 with another 7 0 score However he found his opponents in the third makushita division much more difficult to deal with and his progress slowed He narrowly missed out on promotion to the second highest juryō division a number of times recording 3 4 marks at makushita 1 in July 2004 and November 2005 After 24 tournaments in the third division he finally achieved promotion in January 2006 when a 4 3 score at makushita 4 was enough to reach juryō He became the second member of his stable to reach sekitori status following Iwakiyama and the first to do it progressing through all the professional sumo divisions Iwakiyama having made his debut in makushita Hōchiyama reached the top makuuchi division in only in three tournaments after winning the juryō championship in July 2006 with a 13 2 record He could only manage five wins in his top division debut in September 2006 and was demoted back to juryō He reappeared in makuuchi in May 2007 but after two more make koshi or losing scores he fell back to the second division once again in September of that year He just missed out on immediate promotion back to the top division after recording seven wins against eight losses at the rank of juryō 1 However restricted by diabetes a disastrous performance of 2 13 at the rank of juryō 6 in the March 2008 tournament which was his sixth consecutive losing score saw him demoted to the third division for May After more than two years in makushita he finally returned to the sekitori ranks in July 2010 after scoring 5 2 at the rank of makushita 1 in May He came through with a winning record of 8 7 securing his kachi koshi on the final day after four straight losses He was one of seven rikishi from Sakaigawa stable ranked in juryō in September 2010 the others being Iwakiyama Gōeidō Toyohibiki Sadanoumi Sadanofuji and Shironoryu After a solid 9 6 at juryō 5 in July 2011 he was promoted back to the top division for September after a 23 tournament absence the fourth longest ever He scored only 5 10 on his return and was immediately demoted back to juryō but he ensured with an 8 7 score at juryō 1 in January 2012 that he was promoted to makuuchi once again for the March 2012 tournament However he failed in his fifth attempt at a top division kachi koshi finishing on 4 11 In his sixth and final appearance in makuuchi he fared even worse only scoring 1 14 He is the only wrestler in the modern era of sumo to have six top division tournaments without a kachi koshi Retirement from sumo editIn November 2013 after dropping to the sandanme division for the first time since the beginning of his career Hōchiyama managed to take the championship He still chose to retire before the beginning of the following January 2014 tournament He had been suffering from chronic lower back pain and diabetes He has remained in sumo as a coach initially under the toshiyori or elder name of Kimgahama Oyakata He had 29 tournaments at a sekitori rank normally 30 are required to become an oyakata but Hochiyama was allowed because his stablemaster and previous owner of the stock acted as guarantors under new Sumo Association rules brought in on November 17 2013 1 In December 2020 he switched from the Kimgahama name owned by Okinoumi to Furiwake owned by the former Takamisakari In December 2023 he became Dekiyama after exchanging elder stock with former maegashira Sadanofuji 2 Fighting style editHōchiyama s favourite techniques were listed by the Sumo Association as migi yotsu a left hand outside right hand inside grip on his opponent s mawashi yori grappling and tsuki thrusting The majority of his wins were by either yori kiri force out or oshi dashi push out 3 Career record editHōchiyama Kōkan 4 Year JanuaryHatsu basho Tokyo MarchHaru basho Osaka MayNatsu basho Tokyo JulyNagoya basho Nagoya SeptemberAki basho Tokyo NovemberKyushu basho Fukuoka2000 x Maezumo East Jonokuchi 14 7 0Champion West Jonidan 25 4 3 East Jonidan 7 3 4 East Jonidan 27 7 0 P 2001 West Sandanme 30 2 5 West Sandanme 51 3 4 East Sandanme 65 5 2 West Sandanme 31 3 4 West Sandanme 47 5 2 West Sandanme 22 3 4 2002 East Sandanme 37 6 1 West Makushita 52 4 3 East Makushita 46 4 3 West Makushita 37 3 4 West Makushita 50 5 2 West Makushita 28 3 4 2003 East Makushita 37 6 1 P West Makushita 15 4 3 West Makushita 11 2 5 West Makushita 27 6 1 East Makushita 10 1 6 East Makushita 33 3 4 2004 East Makushita 37 4 3 East Makushita 28 5 2 East Makushita 17 5 2 East Makushita 7 6 1 East Makushita 1 3 4 West Makushita 4 2 5 2005 East Makushita 16 3 4 West Makushita 23 4 3 West Makushita 19 5 2 East Makushita 9 6 1 East Makushita 3 4 3 East Makushita 1 3 4 2006 West Makushita 4 4 3 East Juryō 14 8 7 West Juryō 11 10 5 PPP East Juryō 6 13 2Champion West Maegashira 14 5 10 West Juryō 3 7 8 2007 East Juryō 4 8 7 West Juryō 1 8 7 West Maegashira 14 6 9 West Maegashira 16 6 9 East Juryō 1 7 8 East Juryō 2 6 9 2008 East Juryō 5 7 8 West Juryō 6 2 13 West Makushita 4 2 5 West Makushita 14 4 3 West Makushita 10 4 3 East Makushita 5 3 4 2009 West Makushita 10 3 4 West Makushita 14 4 3 West Makushita 8 3 4 East Makushita 12 4 3 West Makushita 8 5 2 East Makushita 4 3 4 2010 West Makushita 5 4 3 East Makushita 3 4 3 West Makushita 1 5 2 West Juryō 11 8 7 East Juryō 3 6 9 West Juryō 6 6 9 2011 East Juryō 10 7 8 West Juryō 10 Tournament Cancelled0 0 0 West Juryō 10 7 8 East Juryō 5 9 6 East Maegashira 17 5 10 West Juryō 5 9 6 2012 West Juryō 1 8 7 West Maegashira 15 4 11 East Juryō 3 9 6 East Maegashira 15 1 14 East Juryō 9 8 7 West Juryō 6 5 10 2013 West Juryō 11 6 9 East Juryō 14 5 10 West Makushita 3 2 5 West Makushita 14 1 6 East Makushita 43 2 5 West Sandanme 7 7 0Champion 2014 West Makushita 14 Retired0 0Record given as wins losses absencies Top division champion Top division runner up Retired Lower divisions Non participation Sanshō key F Fighting spirit O Outstanding performance T Technique Also shown Kinboshi P Playoff s Divisions Makuuchi Juryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi MaegashiraSee also editGlossary of sumo terms List of sumo tournament second division champions List of past sumo wrestlers List of sumo eldersReferences edit 年寄名跡取得の条件を緩和 関取在位期間を２場所短縮 in Japanese Sponichi 20 December 2013 Retrieved 1 February 2015 年寄 振分 と 出来山 が名跡交換 ともに境川部屋で部屋付き親方 Nikkan Sports 27 December 2023 Retrieved 27 December 2023 Hochiyama bouts by kimarite Sumo Reference Retrieved 26 May 2010 Hōchiyama Kōkan Rikishi Information Sumo Reference Retrieved 2012 09 09 External links editHōchiyama Kōkan s official biography English at the Grand Sumo Homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hōchiyama Kōkan amp oldid 1197034581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
