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Kotoshōhō Yoshinari

In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Kotoshōhō.

Kotoshōhō Yoshinari (Japanese: 琴きん勝かち峰ほう 吉成よしなり, born August 26, 1999 as Toshiki Tebakari (手て計けい 富士ふじ紀おさむ, Tebakari Toshiki)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kashiwa, Chiba. He made his debut in November 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 2020. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. He was runner-up in the January 2023 tournament, also winning the Fighting Spirit prize.

Kotoshōhō Yoshinari
琴きん勝かち峰ほう 吉成よしなり
Kotoshōhō in 2022
Personal information
BornToshiki Tebakari
(1999-08-26) August 26, 1999 (age 25)
Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight154 kg (340 lb; 24 st 4 lb)
Career
StableSadogatake
Current ranksee below
DebutNovember, 2017
Highest rankMaegashira 3 (January, 2021)
Championships3 (Jūryō)
Special Prizes1 (Fighting Spirit)
* Up to date as of 26 November 2023.

Career

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He began sumo in the first grade of elementary school, and won the national junior high school championship in his third year of junior high. He went to Saitama Sakae High School, famous for its sumo program, and was classmates with Naya and Tsukahara. After graduating from high school he joined Sadogatake stable, recruited by ex-sekiwake Kotonowaka, to whom he had a connection as Kotonowaka's eldest son was a fellow member of Kashiwa City's boys sumo club. He made his professional debut in November 2017, using the shikona of Kototebakari Toshiki (琴きん手しゅ計けい 富士ふじ紀おさむ), based on his own name. In his first tournament on the banzuke in January 2018 he took part in a playoff with Tsukahara for the jonokuchi division championship after both finished with a 6–1 record. He reached the makushita division in September 2018 and although he was unable to secure a winning record he returned to makushita in January 2019 and five straight winning records saw him reach elite sekitori status after the September 2019 tournament. To mark the occasion he changed his shikona to Kotoshōhō Yoshinari.

Kotoshōhō won the jūryō division yūshō or championship with a 12–3 record in March 2020, only his third tournament in the division, and this earned him promotion to the top division for the Natsu tournament scheduled for May 2020.[1] He has been praised by commentators for his calm demeanour and his maturity in the dohyō despite being only 20 years of age at the time of his promotion.[2] Three further winning records brought him to the joi-jin rank of maegashira 3 for the January 2021 tournament, where he managed only two wins facing top-ranked opposition. He missed several days of the March 2021 tournament due to injury, only managing to record one win, and he was demoted back to jūryō for the May 2021 tournament. He won his second jūryō division championship in January 2022 with an 11–4 record, and returned to the top division for the March 2022 tournament.[3]

 
Kotoshoho original tegata (handprint & signature)

He secured a winning record of 9–6 there, but then had losing records in the next four tournaments. From the rank of maegashira 13 in January 2023, he entered the final day level with ōzeki Takakeishō on 11–3, and fought him for the championship in the final match of the tournament, the first maegashira to be in such a position since 15-day tournaments were established in 1949.[4] Although he was defeated and missed out on the Outstanding Performance award, he did receive the Fighting Spirit award for his 11–4 performance, the best of his career.[5] Kotoshōhō withdrew on Day 10 of the May 2023 tournament due to a patellar subluxation in his left knee,[6] after having suffered eight consecutive defeats. He also had sprained his right ankle during the spring jungyō. He nevertheless expressed his desire to return to the competition and was later scheduled to return on Day fourteen.[7][8]

Kotoshōhō was demoted to the jūryō division after suffering ten losses at the rank of maegashira 14 in September 2023. He won the November 2023 jūryō title–his third career title in that division–with ten wins and a playoff victory over 2023 tsukedashi entrant Ōnosato. As the top-ranked jūryō competitor at the time, Kotoshōhō appeared likely to return to the top division for the next tournament in January 2024.[9]

Fighting style

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According to his Japan Sumo Association profile, Kotoshoho prefers a migi-yotsu (left hand outside, right hand inside grip on his opponent’s mawashi and his most common winning kimarite are yori-kiri (force out) and oshi dashi (push out).

Personal life

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Kotoshōhō has a younger brother who also wrestles as a professional in the same stable under the ring name Kototebakari, a shikona inspired by both brothers' real surname.[10] In June 2023, Kotoshōhō held a press conference at Ryōgoku Kokugikan to announce his engagement to a woman of the same age, living in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, to whom he proposed after the May 2023 tournament.[11] The following month it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child.[12] Their son was born on 24 October 2023, and the wedding ceremony took place on 9 June 2024.[13]

Career record

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Kotoshōhō Yoshinari[14]
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2017 x x x x x (Maezumo)
2018 East Jonokuchi #19
6–1–P
 		 East Jonidan #42
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #77
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #47
6–1
 		 West Makushita #58
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #10
5–2
 
2019 West Makushita #48
6–1
 		 West Makushita #20
4–3
 		 East Makushita #15
5–2
 		 East Makushita #8
4–3
 		 West Makushita #4
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 
2020 West Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
12–3
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #15
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 East Maegashira #15
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #12
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 
2021 East Maegashira #3
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #11
1–6–8
 		 East Jūryō #5
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 
2022 West Jūryō #2
11–4
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
5–6–4[15]
 		 East Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #11
7–8
 
2023 East Maegashira #13
11–4
F		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #5
2–10–3
 		 West Maegashira #13
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #14
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #1
12–3
Champion
 
2024 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #5
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Record given as wins–losses–absences    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 — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Asanoyama moves up to ozeki in rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament". Japan Times. 27 April 2020. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ Gunning, John (15 April 2020). "Asanoyama strong favorite to become sumo's next hot star". Japan Times. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Sumo: New rankings put spotlight on endurance, comebacks". The Mainichi. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "優勝ゆうしょう次点じてんの琴きん勝かち峰ほう、ボディービルダーで居酒屋いざかやを経営けいえいする父ちち・学まなぶさんに鍛きたえられてきた". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Sumo: Lone ozeki Takakeisho wins New Year meet, 3rd Emperor's Cup". Kyodo News. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ "琴きん勝かち峰ほうが「左ひだり反復はんぷく性せい膝蓋骨しつがいこつ亜あ脱臼だっきゅう」で休場きゅうじょう　10日とおか目めの対戦たいせん相手あいて、大栄おおえ翔しょうは不戦勝ふせんしょうで勝かち越こし王手おうて". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ "幕内まくうち・琴きん勝かち峰ほうが休場きゅうじょう　ここまで1勝しょう8敗はいと不調ふちょう　10日とおか目め対戦たいせん相手あいての大栄おおえ翔しょうは不戦勝ふせんしょう". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ^ "琴きん勝かち峰ほう14日にち目めから再さい出場しゅつじょう、宝たから富士ふじと対戦たいせん　残のこり２日にちは幕内まくうち残留ざんりゅうかけた土俵どひょうになる可能かのう性せいも". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  9. ^ "琴きん勝かち峰ほう３度目どめの十両じゅうりょう優勝ゆうしょう「まだまだ、ざんばら。負まけたくなかった」新鋭しんえい大だいの里さととの優勝ゆうしょう決定けってい戦せん制せいす" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  10. ^ "白星しろぼし発進はっしんの琴きん手しゅ計けい、兄あにの琴きん勝かち峰ほうの結婚けっこんに動揺どうようなし　20歳さいにして早はやくもおじさんに" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. ^ "琴きん勝かち峰ほうが婚約こんやくを電撃でんげき発表はっぴょう　同おない年どしで福岡ふくおか在住ざいじゅうの一般いっぱん女性じょせいと　「ずっと一緒いっしょにいたいと」　挙式きょしきなどは未定みてい" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ^ "１カ前まえに婚約こんやく発表はっぴょうした琴きん勝かち峰ほうが正式せいしきに結婚けっこん、11月には第だい１子しの男児だんじ誕生たんじょう予定よていと明あかした" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  13. ^ "結婚けっこんちょうど１年ねんの琴きん勝かち峰ほう挙式きょしき・披露宴ひろうえん　珠奈たまな夫人ふじん、青あお系けいの色いろ打うち掛かけ姿すがたに「キレイだと思おもいます」" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Kotoshōhō Yoshinari Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. ^ Withdrew on Day 11 due to COVID protocols
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