Sumo wrestler
Takanomine Akihiko Born Akihiko Okazaki (1959-01-23 ) 23 January 1959 (age 66) Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1 ⁄2 Weight 102 kg (225 lb) Stable Kimigahama → Izutsu Record 403-376-9 Debut September, 1974 Highest rank Maegashira 12 (March, 1989) Retired May, 1991 Championships 1 (Makushita) * Up to date as of Sep. 2012.
Takanomine Akihiko (born 23 January 1959 as Akihiko Okazaki ) is a former sumo wrestler from Mizumaki , Fukuoka , Japan . He made his professional debut in September 1974 and reached the top division in May 1989. His highest rank was maegashira
Career record
Takanomine Akihiko[ 1]
Year JanuaryHatsu basho, Tokyo
MarchHaru basho, Osaka
MayNatsu basho, Tokyo
JulyNagoya basho, Nagoya
SeptemberAki basho, Tokyo
NovemberKyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1974
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(Maezumo )
West Jonokuchi #16 3–4 1975
West Jonokuchi #8 4–3 East Jonidan #85 3–4 West Jonidan #92 3–4 East Jonidan #100 5–2 West Jonidan #66 4–3 West Jonidan #43 4–3 1976
East Jonidan #25 3–4 West Jonidan #39 2–5 West Jonidan #59 5–2 West Jonidan #18 4–3 East Sandanme #88 2–5 West Jonidan #21 5–2 1977
West Sandanme #63 2–5 East Jonidan #1 4–3 West Sandanme #75 5–2 West Sandanme #37 2–5 East Sandanme #61 5–2 East Sandanme #22 1–4–2 1978
East Sandanme #52 0–0–7 West Jonidan #7 5–2 East Sandanme #59 3–4 East Sandanme #71 5–2 East Sandanme #44 6–1 East Makushita #60 2–5 1979
East Sandanme #24 3–4 East Sandanme #41 6–1 East Makushita #55 5–2 West Makushita #35 2–5 East Makushita #58 4–3 East Makushita #47 4–3 1980
West Makushita #37 3–4 West Makushita #47 3–4 West Sandanme #2 3–4 West Sandanme #13 5–2 East Makushita #49 3–4 West Sandanme #2 1–6 1981
West Sandanme #29 6–1 East Makushita #50 3–4 West Makushita #60 4–3 East Makushita #46 5–2 West Makushita #28 2–5 East Makushita #45 2–5 1982
West Sandanme #6 5–2 West Makushita #42 4–3 West Makushita #32 3–4 East Makushita #47 3–4 East Sandanme #5 5–2 East Makushita #47 4–3 1983
West Makushita #38 3–4 East Makushita #51 5–2 West Makushita #31 2–5 East Makushita #55 1–6 East Sandanme #30 5–2 East Sandanme #4 5–2 1984
East Makushita #43 4–3 East Makushita #34 5–2 East Makushita #18 3–4 East Makushita #27 4–3 East Makushita #19 4–3 East Makushita #12 2–5 1985
West Makushita #31 5–2 East Makushita #16 5–2 East Makushita #8 4–3 East Makushita #5 3–4 West Makushita #10 2–5 West Makushita #25 5–2 1986
West Makushita #12 4–3 West Makushita #8 2–5 East Makushita #24 4–3 West Makushita #17 3–4 West Makushita #27 5–2 West Makushita #14 4–3 1987 West Makushita #9 4–3 West Makushita #6 5–2 East Makushita #2 2–5 East Makushita #17 2–5 West Makushita #38 3–4 East Makushita #49 6–1 1988 East Makushita #25 4–3 West Makushita #14 5–2 West Makushita #5 3–4 East Makushita #10 7–0 West Jūryō #11 8–7 West Jūryō #8 10–5 1989 West Jūryō #1 9–6 East Maegashira #12 4–11 West Jūryō #4 6–9 West Jūryō #9 7–8 West Jūryō #10 7–8 West Jūryō #12 8–7 1990 West Jūryō #9 8–7 East Jūryō #6 5–10 East Jūryō #13 5–10 West Makushita #6 1–6 East Makushita #34 3–4 East Makushita #43 5–2 1991 East Makushita #25 3–4 West Makushita #32 3–4 East Makushita #42 Retired 6–1 x
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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 O T ★ Kinboshi ; P =Playoff (s)Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi
Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira
See also
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