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was a sumo wrestler with the Hanakago beya, an actor and a celebrity in Japan. He was born in Ōta, Tokyo. His highest rank in sumo was ''komusubi''. ==Sumo== Ryūko made his tournament debut in the January 1957 ''basho''. He reached the ''juryō'' division in March 1967, and ''makuuchi'' in March 1968. The following year, he defeated ''yokozuna'' Taihō, scoring the first of his two ''kinboshi''. He was a runner-up in three top division tournaments, in March 1969, November 1969 and September 1970. His 1970 rise to ''sanyaku'' was followed by a 1971 torn achilles tendon, as a result of which he missed three successive tournaments and was demoted from ''makuuchi'' all the way down to the third ''makushita'' division. He returned to sumo, and after winning championships in the ''makushita'' and ''juryo'' divisions he regained his position in ''makuuchi'' in 1973. He scored his second ''kinboshi'' (against Kitanoumi) in 1974. He even managed a return to ''sanyaku'' at ''komusubi'' in January 1975, the first time that any wrestler had done this after dropping to ''makushita''. Unfortunately, on the first match of the May tournament in that year, he tore the other Achilles tendon, and retired from sumo. He once told an interviewer that he thought ''rikishi'' wrestled too much - "Ninety days a year, such a severe tension, it's too much for a human being." It was as a direct result of public sympathy for Ryūko's plummet down the rankings that the Japan Sumo Association introduced the ''kosho seido'', or public injury system, whereby a wrestler injured during a tournament could sit out the next one without any effect on his rank. During his career, he earned several awards, taking the ''Shukunshō'' twice and the ''Kantōshō'' four times. His favourite techniques were ''tsuppari'' (thrusting attack), ''katasukashi'' (under-shoulder swing down), ''migi-yotsu'' (left hand outside, right hand inside ''mawashi'' grip), and ''sotogake'' (outer leg trip). He most commonly won by ''hataki-komi'' (slap down). After his retirement he worked as a coach at his old stable under the ''toshiyori'' or elder name of Hanaregoma, but he left the Sumo Association in February 1977 to seek a new profession. 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「Ryūko Seihō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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