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Ryūhō Masayoshi (born June 18, 1977 as Keisuke Urazaki) is a former sumo wrestler from Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 16. ==Career== He entered sumo in March 1993, joining Tatsutagawa stable. He initially wrestled under his own surname of Urazaki, first adopting the ''shikona'' of Ryūhō in 1997. He changed the second part of his ''shikona'' several times, from Keisuke to Shokichi before settling on Masayoshi. In 2000 he moved to Michinoku stable when his old ''heya'' was closed down upon the retirement of its stablemaster. After over nine years in the unsalaried apprentice ranks, he finally became a ''sekitori'' for the first time in November 2002 upon promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division. He could only manage a 5-10 score in that tournament and was demoted back to the ''makushita'' division. He finally managed a return to ''jūryō'' in September 2005, after nearly three years away, and slowly moved up the division until an 8-7 score at ''jūryō'' 1 East in July 2006 saw him promoted to the top ''makuuchi'' division. It took him 81 tournaments from his professional debut to reach makuuchi, which at the time was the tenth slowest since the introduction of the six tournaments a year system in 1958. Although Ryūhō won his first two top division matches (against Kasugao and Kakuryu) he could manage only two more wins in September 2006 (against Hakurozan and Toyonoshima) and was demoted back to the second division after only one tournament. By July 2007 he had fallen to ''jūryō'' 11 West and a loss to Ichihara on Day 12 left him with only three wins against nine losses. Demotion to ''makushita'' seemed certain, yet he managed to win his last three bouts, and his 6-9 score was just enough to preserve his ''sekitori'' status. However, in the next tournament in September 2007 he could only manage 5-10 at ''jūryō'' 14 West and was demoted from ''jūryō'', replaced by Ichihara. Back in ''makushita'' for the November 2007 tournament he turned in a ''make-koshi'' 3-4 score. He produced three ''kachi-koshi'' winning records of 4-3 in the first three tournaments of 2008, but partly due to knee problems, this was followed by three straight ''make-koshi''. In 2009 he achieved six straight winning records, bringing him to the verge of promotion back to ''jūryō''. Despite faltering in January and May 2010, a 6-1 record at ''Makushita'' 11 in July 2010 was enough to return him to ''sekitori'' level for the first time in 18 tournaments. Benefiting from the large number of demotions from ''jūryō'' because of suspensions, he became the first wrestler since the instigation of the seven day tournament system for the lower ranks in July 1960 to be promoted to ''jūryō'' from below ''Makushita'' 10 without a perfect 7-0 record. Ryuho described his promotion as a "miracle." Despite losing on the final day of the September tournament to the ''makushita'' wrestler Tsurugidake to finish with a ''make-koshi'' score of 7-8 he remained in ''jūryō'' for the following tournament. However, in November 2010 he could only score 4-11 at the lowest ''jūryō'' rank. 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「Ryūhō Masayoshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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