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Misugisato Kōji (born 1 July 1962 as Kōji Okamato) is a former sumo wrestler from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ''komusubi.'' ==Career== Born in Shigaraki, Koka District, he joined Futagoyama stable at the beginning of 1979 at the age of 15, recruited by former ''yokozuna'' Wakanohana. He initially fought under his own surname before being given the ''shikona'' of Misugisato (meaning "village of three cedars") in 1980. In July 1984 he reached the ''sekitori'' ranks for the first time, but lasted only one tournament in the ''juryo'' division before being demoted back to ''makushita.'' It took him exactly two years to win promotion back to ''juryo'' and he promptly won the divisional ''yusho'' or tournament championship with an 11-4 record. He moved up and down the division a few times before winning promotion to the top ''makuuchi'' division after a 10-5 score at the rank of ''Juryo'' 2 in March 1988. In November 1988 he scored nine wins against six losses at the rank of ''maegashira'' 7, which was enough to see him promoted to ''komusubi'' for the January 1989 tournament. Unusually, he had been promoted to the ''san'yaku'' ranks without ever having faced any ''san'yaku'' ranked wrestlers himself. (He received some ''banzuke'' good fortune as both ''komusubi'' and most of the ''maegashira'' ranked above him had finished with ''make-koshi'' or losing records in November). Misugisato was thrown in at the deep end in his ''komusubi'' debut, facing all the three ''yokozuna'' in the first three days. Unsurprisingly, he was unable to defeat any of them and finished with a losing score of 3-12. Nevertheless he upset ''yokozuna'' Hokutoumi in the May and September 1989 tournaments, to earn the first two of his eventual six ''kinboshi'' or gold stars. On the final day of the January 1992 tournament he faced Takahanada, who needed the win to clinch his first top division tournament championship. Takahanada was the nephew of Misugisato's stablemaster Futagoyama, who was officiating in his last tournament as the head of the Japan Sumo Association and was due to present the trophy to the winner of the ''yusho''. Misugisato had already earned a majority of wins, and lost the match to finish on 8-7. He and Takanohana would later become stablemates when Futagoyama stable merged with Takahanada's Fujishima stable. In May 1992 he earned ten wins at ''Maegashira'' 1, and was rewarded with his first ''sanshō'' or special prize, for Fighting Spirit, and promotion back to ''komusubi''. He held the rank for the next two tournaments. Misugisato never reached the ''san'yaku'' ranks again, but he remained in the top division until March 1997. He then fought in the ''juryo'' division until his retirement in July 1998 at the age of 36. He remained in the sumo world as a coach under the ''toshiyori'' or elder name of Hamakaze, but left his role in November 2006 when the elder stock was needed by the former ''maegashira'' Gojōrō Katsuhiro. Misugisato comes from area famous for its pottery, known as Shigaraki ware, and became interested in ceramics as a result.〔 In his days as an active wrestler he also built up a vast record collection.〔 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「Misugisato Kōji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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