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Hamanishiki Tatsurō (born November 23, 1976 as Tatsurō Takahama) is a former sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1999. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 11, which he reached in 2002. He was mostly ranked in the ''makushita'' and ''sandanme'' divisions from 2005 until his retirement in 2012. He is now the head coach of Kasugayama stable. ==Career== Takahama practised amateur sumo at Nihon University and joined the professional sport in March 1999. He made his debut alongside Kotomitsuki and Takamisakari.〔(Sumo Fan Magazine )〕 He began wrestling under his own name but upon promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division in July 2000 he adopted the ''shikona'' or fighting name of Hamanishiki. After five tournaments in ''jūryō'' he made his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2001. However he was unable to progress higher than the lower ''maegashira'' ranks and fell back to the second division in September 2002. In November 2004, ranked at the very bottom of ''jūryō'', he produced a disastrous 1-14 record and was demoted to the third ''makushita'' division, where he had begun his career. He reverted to his own surname in November 2005 but this did little to change his fortunes. He missed two tournaments through injury in November 2006 and January 2007 and was demoted once more, to the fourth ''sandanme'' division. He managed to return to the ''makushita'' division after a good 6-1 performance in January 2008, and he followed up with a 5-2 score in March and 4-3 in May, which took him to ''makushita'' 26 for the July 2008 tournament, his highest rank since September 2006, before his injury. He returned to the Hamanishiki name in July 2009. In May 2011 he earned promotion back to the ''jūryō'' division for the first time in over six years after scoring 6-1 at ''makushita'' 10. There were a large number of positions available in ''jūryō'' due to the forced retirements of several wrestlers after a match-fixing scandal. The 39 tournaments it took him to return to ''jūryō'' is the most in sumo history. His stay in ''jūryō'' lasted only two tournaments however, as he could score only 5-10 in July and 2-13 in September. 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「Hamanishiki Tatsurō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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