Arase Nagahide

Arase Nagahide (荒勢 永英, 20 June 1949 – 11 August 2008), real name Arase Hideo (荒瀬 英生) was a sumo wrestler from Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. After his retirement in 1981 he became a television personality and ran unsuccessfully for political office.

Arase Nagahide
荒勢 永英
Personal information
BornArase Hideo
(1949-06-20)20 June 1949
Ino, Kōchi, Japan
Died11 August 2008(2008-08-11) (aged 59)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight145 kg (320 lb; 22.8 st)
Career
StableHanakago
Record420-414-11
DebutJanuary, 1972
Highest rankSekiwake (May, 1976)
RetiredSeptember, 1981
Elder nameMagaki
Special PrizesTechnique (1)
Outstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars2 (Kotozakura, Kitanoumi)
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Career

His parents were farmers. He began sumo at Kochi junior high school. He was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, coming third in the All Japan Sumo Tournament in his third year. He made his professional debut in 1972, beginning as a makushita tsukedashi entrant, and reached the top makuuchi division the following year. He was a member of Hanakago stable and a stablemate of yokozuna Wajima, a fellow Nihon University graduate. He once wore a cream-coloured mawashi, or belt, in a tournament, the only wrestler so far to do so.[1] He fought under his family name of Arase, although he changed the second part of it from Hideo to Nagahide in 1975. He was involved in an unusual incident when in a match against Tamanofuji the referee was knocked out of the dohyo having failed to get out of the wrestlers’ way, and had to be told who was the winner.[2] He fought in the top division for 48 tournaments, with a win/loss record of 351-367-2. He won four sansho or special prizes and two kinboshi or gold stars. He defeated yokozuna Kitanoumi in January 1980 having previously lost to him 27 times in a row (the second worst record ever for a wrestler against the same opponent, after Kaneshiro who lost 29 consecutive bouts to Kitanoumi). In a match against Wakamisugi on the 8th day of the July 1976 tournament there were eight matta or false starts, and both wrestlers were criticized by the chief judge. Arase had a reputation for regularly engaging in false starts, and there was a suggestion from the sansho committee when he was up for the Fighting Spirit Award in March 1975 that this should disqualify him from receiving the prize, although he was given it in the end. He held the third highest rank of sekiwake for nine tournaments in total, including four straight from September 1977 to March 1978. However he only once had a double-digit winning record at the rank and so never seriously challenged for ozeki promotion. Hampered by a right knee injury, he announced his retirement in September 1981.

Retirement from sumo

After his retirement he was briefly an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Magaki but left in February 1983, turning the name over to Wakanohana II, and became a television personality. He stood for election to the House of Councillors as a Liberal League candidate in 2001, but was unsuccessful. He suffered a stroke in 2006. He died of heart failure in 2008 at the age of 59.[3]

Fighting style

He was a yotsu-sumo (grappling) wrestler who preferred the migi-yotsu (right hand inside, left hand outside) position on the mawashi. He employed the gaburi-yori technique of pushing with the stomach while grabbing the mawashi, a style also associated with Kotoshogiku.

Career record

Arase Nagahide[4]
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
1972 Makushita tsukedashi #60
52
 
West Makushita #38
52
 
West Makushita #22
61P
 
West Makushita #7
52
 
East Makushita #2
61
 
West Jūryō #9
87
 
1973 East Jūryō #8
87
 
East Jūryō #7
96
 
West Jūryō #2
105
 
East Maegashira #13
96
 
East Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #11
87
 
1974 West Maegashira #10
96
 
East Maegashira #5
78
West Maegashira #6
114
O
West Maegashira #1
69
 
West Maegashira #3
105
F
East Komusubi #2
510
 
1975 West Maegashira #4
87
 
West Maegashira #2
96
F
West Komusubi #1
69
 
West Maegashira #2
87
 
West Maegashira #1
69
 
West Maegashira #4
87
 
1976 West Maegashira #2
87
 
West Maegashira #1
87
 
West Sekiwake #1
87
 
East Sekiwake #2
69
 
West Maegashira #2
69
 
West Maegashira #6
96
 
1977 West Maegashira #1
96
 
West Sekiwake #1
78
 
West Komusubi #1
87
 
East Komusubi #1
87
 
East Sekiwake #1
114
T
East Sekiwake #1
87
 
1978 East Sekiwake #1
87
 
West Sekiwake #1
78
 
West Komusubi #1
510
 
West Maegashira #5
87
 
West Maegashira #2
510
 
West Maegashira #8
69
 
1979 East Maegashira #11
87
 
West Maegashira #6
87
 
West Maegashira #2
510
 
East Maegashira #7
87
 
West Maegashira #2
312
 
East Maegashira #12
105
 
1980 East Maegashira #2
87
West Sekiwake #1
87
 
East Sekiwake #1
312
 
East Maegashira #8
87
 
West Maegashira #6
69
 
West Maegashira #9
87
 
1981 East Maegashira #6
510
 
West Maegashira #11
96
 
East Maegashira #7
3102
 
East Jūryō #1
69
 
West Jūryō #7
Retired
15
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Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. Schilling, Mark (1994). Sumo: A Fan's Guide. The Japan Times. p. 27. ISBN 4-7890-0725-1.
  2. Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. p. 183. ISBN 083480283X.
  3. "Ex-sekiwake Arase dead at 59". Daily Yomiuri. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. "Arase Nagahide Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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