Hamanoshima Keishi

Hamanoshima Keishi (濱ノ嶋 啓志, born 21 March 1970 as Keishi Hamasu) is a former sumo wrestler from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1992, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1994. His highest rank was komusubi. After his retirement from active competition in 2004 he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and founded Onoe stable in 2006, which has produced a number of top division wrestlers.

Hamanoshima Keishi
濱ノ嶋 啓志
Personal information
BornKeishi Hamasu
(1970-03-21) 21 March 1970
Uto, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight126 kg (278 lb; 19.8 st)
Career
StableMihogaseki
UniversityNihon University
Record447-495-23
DebutJanuary, 1992
Highest rankKomusubi (September, 1994)
RetiredMay, 2004
Elder nameOnoe
Championships1 (Jūryō)
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (1)
* Up to date as of July 2012.

Career

He took part in national sumo competitions at high school and was an amateur champion at Nihon University, where he was a contemporary of the future maegashira Higonoumi. He made his professional debut in January 1992, joining Mihogaseki stable. He had makushita tsukedashi status because of his amateur achievements and so began at the bottom of the makushita division. He won the jūryō division championship in September 1993 with an 11–4 record. He reached the top makuuchi division in January 1994. In July of the same year he won the Outstanding Performance Award for defeating tournament winner Takanohana, which proved to be his only special prize. He reached his highest rank of komusubi the following tournament in September 1994, but scored only six wins against nine losses and never made the rank again. Suffering from diabetes he was demoted from the top division in March 2001 after 39 consecutive tournaments as a maegashira, and after being demoted from the jūryō division in January 2002 he fought in the unsalaried makushita division for the last two years of his career.

Retirement from sumo

He retired in May 2004, becoming an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Onoe Oyakata. His danpatsu-shiki or official retirement ceremony was held in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in January 2005. In August 2006 he branched out from Mihogaseki and set up his own Onoe stable, against the wishes of his old stablemaster Mihogaseki Oyakata (who had wanted him to stay and eventually inherit Mihogaseki stable). Onoe took with him six wrestlers he had recruited, including the top division wrestler Baruto and jūryō Satoyama. This marked the first time since Aobajō left Nishonoseki stable for Oshiogawa stable in 1975 that a makuuchi wrestler had left an established stable for a newly founded one. The Sumo Association subsequently tightened the rules for branching out, requiring elders wishing to set up their own stables to have at least 60 tournaments in the top division or 25 in san'yaku (which would have prevented Onoe from branching out had new rules been in place then).

In April 2011 three of his wrestlers (Yamamotoyama, Shirononami and Sakaizawa) were forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association because of match-fixing. Onoe was demoted two ranks in the Association' elder hierarchy as punishment.[1] In the same month he was found by police to be allegedly driving while intoxicated.[1] Onoe apologised for his actions at a press conference.[1]

Fighting style

Hamanoshima was a yotsu-sumo wrestler, who preferred grabbing the mawashi to pushing or thrusting. He favoured a hidari-yotsu grip, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's position. His most common winning kimarite was a straightforward yori-kiri or force out. He was also fond of tsuki-otoshi, or thrust over. He was known for stalling at the tachi-ai to unsettle his opponents.

Career record

Hamanoshima Keishi[2]
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
1992 Makushita tsukedashi #60
52
 
West Makushita #40
43
 
East Makushita #31
52
 
East Makushita #16
61
 
East Makushita #6
52
 
East Makushita #2
52
 
1993 West Jūryō #12
105
 
East Jūryō #5
105
 
West Jūryō #2
87
 
East Jūryō #2
78
 
West Jūryō #3
114
Champion

 
East Jūryō #1
96
 
1994 East Maegashira #14
87
 
West Maegashira #11
87
 
East Maegashira #8
87
 
East Maegashira #2
87
O
West Komusubi #1
69
 
West Maegashira #1
69
 
1995 East Maegashira #3
411
 
East Maegashira #8
69
 
West Maegashira #10
78
 
West Maegashira #12
96
 
West Maegashira #2
312
 
West Maegashira #11
87
 
1996 West Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #13
87
 
West Maegashira #8
69
 
West Maegashira #13
87
 
West Maegashira #12
96
 
West Maegashira #5
510
 
1997 East Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #13
87
 
East Maegashira #10
69
 
East Maegashira #14
96
 
West Maegashira #10
96
 
West Maegashira #2
411
 
1998 West Maegashira #7
510
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
West Maegashira
87
 
East Maegashira #6
411
 
East Maegashira #12
87
 
East Maegashira #5
312
 
1999 West Maegashira #12
96
 
West Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #13
96
 
East Maegashira #9
69
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
East Maegashira #10
87
 
2000 East Maegashira #5
510
 
East Maegashira #9
87
 
West Maegashira #2
312
 
East Maegashira #10
69
 
West Maegashira #13
96
 
West Maegashira #2
411
 
2001 East Maegashira #9
69
 
East Maegashira #11
510
 
West Jūryō #2
591
 
West Jūryō #8
Sat out due to injury
0015
West Jūryō #8
510
 
West Jūryō #13
96
 
2002 West Jūryō #8
411
 
West Makushita #2
25
 
East Makushita #10
52
 
East Makushita #3
34
 
West Makushita #8
52
 
East Makushita #3
34
 
2003 West Makushita #7
43
 
West Makushita #3
34
 
West Makushita #7
25
 
West Makushita #19
43
 
West Makushita #14
52
 
East Makushita #7
34
 
2004 East Makushita #9
34
 
East Makushita #17
43
 
West Makushita #13
Retired
007
x x 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(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. "Sumo: Stablemaster Onoe faces prosecution for drunk driving". Mainichi Daily News. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. "Hamanoshima Keishi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
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