Kitabayama Hidetoshi: Difference between revisions

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|7|20|1935|5|17}}

| height = {{height|meters=1.73}}

| weight = {{convert|119|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| heya = [[Tokitsukaze stable|Tokitsukaze]]

| rank = =

| record = 522–327–21

| debut = May 1954

| retireddate = May 1966

| yushos = 1 (Makuuchi)<br/>1 (Jūryō)<br/>1 (Makushita)<br/>1 (Sandanme)

| prizes = Outstanding Performance (1)<br/>Fighting Spirit (2)

| updategoldstars = July 2007=

'''Kitabayama Hidetoshi''' (17 May 1935 – 20 July 2010) was a former [[sumo]] wrestler and coach from [[Muroran]], [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]]. His highest rank was ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]''.

Kitabayama entered sumo in May 1954, joining [[Tokitsukaze stable]]. He was recruited by the legendary former ''[[yokozuna (sumo)|yokozuna]]'' [[Futabayama Sadaji|Futabayama]]. He was 173&nbsp;cm tall and weighed 119&nbsp;kg, which would make him extremely small by today's sumo standards. After winning the ''[[jūryō]]'' championship in September 1958 with a 14–1 record he entered the top ''[[makuuchi]]'' division in November 1958. He was a runner-up in only his second top division tournament and quickly made the ''[[san'yaku]]'' ranks, reaching ''[[sekiwake]]'' in November 1959. He was to remain at ''sekiwake'' rank for nine of the next ten tournaments. After finishing runner-up to ''[[maegashira]]'' [[Sadanoyama]] in the May 1961 tournament with an 11–4 record he was promoted to ''ōzeki''. He had won 28 bouts over the previous three tournaments, not normally enough for ''ōzeki'' promotion, but there were only two ''ōzeki'' at the time, and two ageing ''yokozuna'' ([[Asashio Taro III|Asashio]] and [[Wakanohana Kanji I|Wakanohana]]) and so the standard was lowered slightly. In an era dominanteddominated by [[Taihō Koki|Taihō]] he was only able to win one tournament championship, in July 1963, when he defeated Sadanoyama in a playoff. He was also runner-up for a third time in the May 1964 tournament. He held his ''ōzeki'' rank for a total of 30 tournaments over a period of five years. This was the first time a sumo wrestler has competed as ''ozeki'' for thirty or more tournaments.

Kitabayama retired from active competition in May 1966, following two [[make-koshi|losing scores]] in his last two tournaments (a third would have seen him demoted from the ''ōzeki'' rank). He remained in the sumo world as an elder under the ''[[toshiyori]]'' name Edagawa and worked as a coach at Tokitsukaze stable. He was also on the board of Directors of the [[Japan Sumo Association]] and worked as a '' [[shinpan]]'' orjudge (sumo)|judge]] of tournament bouts. He left the Sumo Association in 2000 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of sixty-five. He died in 2010 from cancer of the liver.

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