Draft:Chiyonoumi Meitaro

Chiyonoumi Meitaro
Personal information
BornMeitaro Hamamachi 濱町 明太郎
11 January 1993
Kochi
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight140 kg (309 lb)
Career
StableKokonoe
UniversityNippon Sport Science University
Current rankWest Makushita #11
Record227-191-45
DebutMay 2015
Highest rankJuryo 8
Championships1 (Jonidan)

1 (Sandanme)

1 (Jonokuchi)

Chiyonoumi Meitaro (Japanese 千代の海 明太郎, born January 11,1993 as Meitaro Hamamachi) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kochi Prefecture. He debuted in May 2015 as a wrestler for Kokonoe stable and reached his highest rank of Juryo 8 in March 2019. He has won three yusho, one in Jonidan, one in Sandanme and one in Jonokuchi[1].

Career edit

He was demoted from juryo after the July 2020 tournament. With the retirement of Tochiozan occurring in the same tournament, it left no sekitori from Kochi Prefecture which had had continuous representation in the top two divisions since Tosanoumi entered juryo in 1994.

In November 2021 he fought Ryuden for the makushita division championship with both men tied at 6-0, but he was defeated.[2] Similarly in March 2022 he got to 6-0 but was defeated for the championship by Kinbozan. [3]

In July 2023 he returned to juryo for the first time since the May 2021 tournament.[4]

Personal life edit

On April 29, 2021 Chiyonoumi married a 28 year old nurse who he had met in 2018. A wedding reception was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Career record edit

Chiyonoumi Meitaro[6]
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
2015 x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #19
7–0
Champion

 
West Jonidan #10
7–0
Champion

 
East Sandanme #19
4–3
 
2016 East Sandanme #9
7–0
Champion

 
East Makushita #13
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Makushita #53
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Sandanme #33
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Sandanme #94
6–1
 
East Sandanme #36
5–2
 
2017 East Sandanme #7
6–1
 
East Makushita #32
4–3
 
West Makushita #26
4–3
 
East Makushita #22
2–5
 
East Makushita #39
5–2
 
West Makushita #27
6–1
 
2018 East Makushita #10
4–3
 
East Makushita #5
5–2
 
West Makushita #1
4–3
 
West Jūryō #12
8–7
 
West Jūryō #11
8–7
 
East Jūryō #11
6–9
 
2019 West Jūryō #14
8–5–2
 
West Jūryō #8
7–8
 
West Jūryō #9
7–8
 
East Jūryō #10
6–9
 
West Jūryō #11
2–13
 
East Makushita #6
4–3
 
2020 West Makushita #3
5–2
 
East Jūryō #13
7–8
 

Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0
East Jūryō #14
6–9
 
East Makushita #2
4–3
 
West Jūryō #14
9–6
 
2021 East Jūryō #11
Sat out due to COVID rules
0–0–15
East Jūryō #12
7–8
 
East Jūryō #12
4–11
 
East Makushita #3
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Makushita #43
4–3
 
East Makushita #33
6–1
 
2022 East Makushita #13
5–2
 
East Makushita #6
6–1
 
East Makushita #1
3–4
 
West Makushita #4
3–4
 
West Makushita #6
3–4
 
East Makushita #11
4–3
 
2023 West Makushita #7
4–3
 
East Makushita #5
4–3
 
West Makushita #3
4–3
 
West Jūryō #14
4–11
 
East Makushita #4
3–4
 
East Makushita #7
4–3
 
2024 East Makushita #4
2–6
 
West Makushita #11
4–3
 
East Makushita #8

 
x x x
Record given as wins–losses–absencies    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: MakuuchiJūryōMakushitaSandanmeJonidanJonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

References edit

  1. ^ "千代の海 明太郎". sumo,or.jp. Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Chiyonoumi loses the winner-take-all showdown with Ryuden for Makushita championship". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Kinbozan from Kazakhstan pushes out Chiyonoumi for all seven wins, will go to top of makushita". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ "On the day Ozeki Kirishima was promoted, Chiyonoumi, who was in the same entry class, returned to Sekitori for the first time in two years. "I'm happier than the time of my juryo debut"". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Juryo Chiyonoumi marries a 28-year-old nurse". The Sankei News (in Japanese). 1 May 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Chiyonoumi Meitaro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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