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Jūmonji Tomokazu (born 9 June 1976) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. Joining the professional ranks in 1992, he reached the top division in 2000 and was ranked there for 34 tournaments until 2007. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 6. He was forced to retire in April 2011 after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association found him guilty of match-fixing. ==Career== Jūmonji was born in Hashikami, Sannohe District. He made his professional debut in November 1992, joining Tatsutagawa stable (which was absorbed into Michinoku stable in 2000 upon the retirement of its stablemaster). He spent six years in the lower divisions, picking up a tournament championship or ''yusho'' in the ''sandanme'' division in 1995. He reached the second ''jūryō'' division in January 1998, fighting under the ''shikona'' or ring name of Kaigatake, but he lasted only one tournament there. Upon winning promotion back to ''jūryō'' in November 1999 he reverted to his own surname, which he used for the rest of his career. He used various names as the second part of his ''shikona'', including Akinori and Masayasu, but returned to his given name of Tomokazu in 2008. Jūmonji made his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2000. He made his first winning score in the division in March 2001, but after suffering from a hernia he was demoted back to ''jūryō'' and had to miss the September 2001 tournament. Upon his return to competition he earned immediate promotion back to ''makuuchi'' but he mostly remained in the middle and lower ''maegashira'' ranks, without making much of a challenge for promotion to the titled ''sanyaku'' ranks. Despite competing in over 500 top division bouts, he never once rose high enough to face a ''yokozuna'' or an ''ozeki''. In November 2006 he fell to the ''jūryō'' division for the first time since 2002, but he won the ''jūryō'' tournament title and was promoted straight back. He was demoted once again in May 2007. He could only manage a 5-10 score in July 2007, pushing him towards the bottom of the ''jūryō'' division. Jūmonji held onto ''sekitori'' status with an 8-7 mark in September 2007, a tournament which saw him record his 500th career win, but could manage only a 3-12 record in November and fell to the unsalaried ''makushita'' division for the first time since 1999. He continued to slide down the rankings, turning in losing scores of 3-4 in the tournaments of January and March 2008. After falling to a low of Makushita 20, he recovered with four consecutive winning scores from September 2008 to March 2009. His 4-3 score at Makushita 2 East in March was enough to return him to the ''jūryō'' division for the first time since November 2007, where he recorded a winning score of 9-6 in his 100th tournament in sumo. He maintained his ''sekitori'' status until January 2010, when he could score only 6-9 at the lowest ''jūryō'' rank of #14 West. In July 2010 he won the ''makushita'' division ''yusho'' with a perfect 7-0 record, guaranteeing himself a third return to ''jūryō''. He was demoted to ''makushita'' once again after the November 2010 tournament. Jūmonji was one of 23 wrestlers found guilty of fixing the result of bouts after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association, and he was forced to retire in April 2011. 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「Jūmonji Tomokazu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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