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Daikirin Takayoshi (大麒麟 將能) (20 June 1942 – 4 August 2010), born Masakatsu Tsutsumi, was a sumo wrestler from Saga Prefecture, Japan. He began his professional career in 1958 and reached his highest rank of ''ōzeki'' twelve years later in 1970. He retired in 1974, and until June 2006 he was an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Oshiogawa. ==Career== Born in Morodome in the city of Saga, he joined Nishonoseki stable and made his professional debut in May 1958. He initially fought under his own surname of Tsutsumi. After four years in the lower ranks he reached ''sekitori'' status in May 1962 upon promotion to the ''jūryō'' division, and changed his ''shikona'' to Kirinji. He did not make an immediate impact but in May 1963 took the ''jūryō'' ''yūshō'' or championship with a 13–2 score which pushed him up to Jūryō 1. A 10–5 record in the next tournament saw him enter the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first time but he had to pull out halfway into his debut tournament and returned to the second division. After suffering some more injury problems he finally won promotion back to ''makuuchi'' in July 1965. He slowly climbed up the ''maegashira'' ranks before earning three ''kinboshi'' in successive tournaments from May to September 1966, defeating ''yokozuna'' Kashiwado twice, and then Sadanoyama. (He did not have to face the most successful ''yokozuna'', Taihō, because they were members of the same stable). His 11–4 score in the September tournament saw him promoted to ''sekiwake.'' He remained in the ''san'yaku'' ranks for the next seven tournaments, earning several awards, before dropping back briefly to the ''maegashira'' ranks. In March 1968 at ''komusubi'' rank he defeated Sadanoyama, the winner of the previous two tournaments, in what was to be the ''yokozunas last ever bout. Daikirin went on to finish runner-up, his final day defeat handing the ''yūshō'' to ''maegashira'' Wakanami, who did not face any ''yokozuna'' or ''ōzeki'' during the tournament. Kirinji remained comfortably within the ''san'yaku'' ranks for the next two years, but with mainly 8–7 and 9–6 scores he was not a candidate for ''ōzeki'' promotion. He was runner-up for the second time (to Kitanofuji) in November 1969, and in the July and September tournaments of 1970 he finally managed to put together two strong performances in a row, scoring 12–3 each time, and was promoted to ''ōzeki'' at the age of 28. To mark the occasion he adopted a new ''shikona'', Daikirin. Daikirin remained as an ''ōzeki'' for 25 tournaments over four years. He was unable to win a championship, although he was a runner-up twice more, to Tamanoumi in July 1971 and Wajima in May 1972. However he was also ''kadoban'' (in danger of relegation) a number of times. In November 1974, having barely maintained his rank with an 8–7 record in the previous tournament, he retired from sumo on the fourth day at the age of 32. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daikirin Takayoshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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