Kurama Tatsuya

Kurama Tatsuya
蔵間 龍也
Personal information
Born Kurama Tatsuya
(1952-12-16)December 16, 1952
Yasu, Shiga, Japan
Died January 26, 1995(1995-01-26) (aged 42)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Weight 120 kg (260 lb; 19 st)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record 765-788-25
Debut September, 1968
Highest rank Sekiwake (May, 1978)
Retired September 1989
Special Prizes Technique (2)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars 2
Wajima
Wakanohana II
* Up to date as of July 2012.

Kurama Tatsuya (16 December 1952 - 26 January 1995) was a sumo wrestler from Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He fought under his real name for his entire career, never adopting a traditional shikona. He made his debut for the Tokitsukaze stable in September 1968, retiring 21 years later in September 1989, at which point he was the oldest wrestler active in sumo. He was ranked in the top makuuchi division for 62 tournaments from 1976 to 1988, reaching a highest rank of sekiwake which he held for one tournament in May 1978. He won two Technique and one Fighting Spirit prize, and earned two kinboshi for defeating yokozuna. After his retirement he was an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Shikoroyama, but left his role in 1990 due to ill health. He died of leukemia in 1995.

Career record

Kurama Tatsuya[1]
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
1968 x x x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #7
5–2
 
1969 East Jonidan #38
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #16
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #97
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #4
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #57
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #45
1–6
 
1970 East Sandanme #77
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #86
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #65
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #43
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #53
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #19
4–3
 
1971 East Sandanme #8
4–3
 		 East Makushita #58
5–2
 		 East Makushita #37
2–5
 		 West Makushita #57
2–5
 		 West Sandanme #22
6–1
 		 West Makushita #44
4–3
 
1972 East Makushita #39
5–2
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 		 West Makushita #20
4–3
 		 West Makushita #17
2–5
 		 West Makushita #29
4–3
 		 East Makushita #26
6–1
 
1973 West Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
1–6
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 		 West Makushita #16
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 
1974 East Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #9
4–3
 		 East Makushita #5
3–4
 		 East Makushita #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #2
3–4
 
1975 West Makushita #6
6–1
 		 West Makushita #1
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
9–6
 
1976 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #6
11–4–P
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #3
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #8
9–6
 
1977 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 
1978 West Maegashira #3
10–5
F		 East Komusubi #1
8–7
T		 West Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 East Maegashira #1
6–9
 
1979 East Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #3
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #5
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #1
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 
1980 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 
1981 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #1
9–6
T★		 East Komusubi #1
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 
1982 West Maegashira #10
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 
1983 West Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 East Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
 
1984 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 West Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
6–9
 
1985 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #13
9–6
 
1986 East Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 
1987 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #13
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #3
6–9
 
1988 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
5–10
 
1989 West Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #4
Retired
1–4–10		 x
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

References

  1. ↑ "Kurama Tatsuya Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-26.


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