Kaidō Yasuhiro

Kaidō Yasuhiro (魁道 康弘) (born October 24, 1975, as Yasuhiro Tanaka (田中 康弘, Tanaka Yasuhiro)) is a former sumo wrestler from Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. His highest rank was jūryō 4. He was a member of the Tomozuna stable, and he was a tsukebito or personal attendant to ōzeki Kaiō for a number of years, as well as a frequent training partner of Sentoryū. He retired in 2006.

Kaidō Yasuhiro
魁道 康弘
Personal information
BornYasuhiro Tanaka
(1975-10-24) October 24, 1975
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight152 kg (335 lb; 23.9 st)
Career
StableTomozuna
UniversityChuo University
Record222-201-22
DebutMarch, 1998
Highest rankJūryō 4 (May, 2004)
RetiredSeptember, 2006
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Career

As a child he played baseball. Kaidō went to Meiji Nakano High School where he was a year senior of Tochiazuma, and he was named the High School Yokozuna in 1990. He was an amateur sumo champion at Chuo University before making his professional debut in March 1998, at the bottom of the third highest makushita division as a makushita tsukedashi entrant. He initially fought under the shikona of Tanaka, before changing to Kaito and then Kaidō (the character "Kai" being a common one in his stable or heya). He never made the top makuuchi division, but he spent 11 tournaments in the second highest jūryō division, which he first reached in 2003, reaching a high of jūryō 4. He was demoted to makushita in May 2005 and never made his way back. For many years he was a training partner to Sentoryū, as the two were the second and third most senior members of Tomozuna stable behind longtime ōzeki Kaiō. Kaidō served as Kaiō's tsukebito or personal assistant when he was in the lower ranks and credited his senior stablemate for encouraging him when he was struggling with injuries.

Retirement from sumo

Kaidō had his retirement ceremony at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

He announced his retirement on August 18, 2006. He had been injury-prone throughout his career, suffering a number of knee injuries, although diabetes was the major factor in his decision. His danpatsu-shiki or official retirement ceremony was held in the Shinagawa Prince hotel in Takanawa, Tokyo on October 15, 2006. In 2007 he began running a yakiniku restaurant called "Sakigo" in Ogawamachi, Tokyo.

Fighting style

Kaidō's favourite techniques were hidari-yotsu, a right hand outside, left hand inside grip on the opponent's mawashi, and yori-kiri (force out). He also regularly used uwate-nage, or overarm throw, and like Kaiō was keen on arm grabs such as tottari and kote-nage.

Career record

Kaidō Yasuhiro[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
1998 x Makushita tsukedashi #60
61
 
West Makushita #32
34
 
West Makushita #41
34
 
East Makushita #50
25
 
West Sandanme #13
52
 
1999 West Makushita #50
52
 
West Makushita #33
52
 
West Makushita #19
34
 
West Makushita #25
43
 
East Makushita #18
43
 
East Makushita #14
43
 
2000 West Makushita #10
43
 
East Makushita #6
34
 
East Makushita #11
61
 
East Makushita #4
25
 
West Makushita #14
52
 
West Makushita #6
34
 
2001 East Makushita #11
61
 
West Makushita #1
34
 
West Makushita #4
43
 
East Makushita #3
016
 
East Makushita #38
Sat out due to injury
007
East Makushita #38
52
 
2002 East Makushita #22
52
 
West Makushita #14
43
 
West Makushita #12
43
 
West Makushita #8
412
 
West Makushita #4
Sat out due to injury
007
West Makushita #4
34
 
2003 West Makushita #9
43
 
West Makushita #5
52
 
West Jūryō #13
78
 
East Makushita #1
52
 
West Jūryō #10
96
 
West Jūryō #6
510
 
2004 East Jūryō #8
87
 
West Jūryō #4
87
 
East Jūryō #4
411
 
East Jūryō #10
69
 
East Jūryō #13
105
 
West Jūryō #8
69
 
2005 East Jūryō #11
69
 
West Jūryō #14
78
 
East Makushita #1
34
 
East Makushita #3
16
 
East Makushita #22
25
 
West Makushita #39
43
 
2006 East Makushita #31
43
 
West Makushita #25
43
 
East Makushita #15
43
 
West Makushita #11
43
 
West Makushita #9
Retired
00
x
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. "Kaido Yasuhiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
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