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Satoyama Kōsaku (born May 31, 1981) is a professional sumo wrestler from Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank has been ''maegashira'' 12. He has both a makushita and a jūryō division championship. Somewhat unusually for a ''sekitori'' wrestler, he continues to compete under his birth name. ==Career== A former amateur sumo champion at Nichidai University, Satoyama made his professional debut in March 2004, joining Mihogaseki stable alongside his team-mate at Nichidai Sumo Club, Shiraishi. Initially he was somewhat overshadowed by Shiraishi and Baruto, who made their ''jūryō'' division debuts together in September 2005. However, Satoyama was still highly regarded, despite his short height and relatively light weight. He made his way quickly up the ranks, recording only one ''make-koshi'' along the way to ''sekitori'' status, which he achieved in January 2006 upon promotion to the ''jūryō'' division. In September 2006 Satoyama, Shiraishi, Baruto and a number of other wrestlers scouted by the former ''komusubi'' Hamanoshima joined his newly created Onoe stable. In March 2007 Satoyama won the ''jūryō'' division championship or ''yūshō'' with a 12-3 record and he entered the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first time in May 2007 at ''maegashira'' 12, where he scored seven wins against eight losses. After a poor 2-13 record in July he was demoted back to ''jūryō''. Restricted by a neck injury, he had two more losing scores in September and November 2007, pushing him towards the bottom of the second division. In January 2008 he won only two bouts in the first 11 days, and although he won his last four matches to finish on a 6-9 score, it was not enough to prevent demotion to the third ''makushita'' division. Satoyama produced a 2-5 score in March 2008, and 3-4 in May, meaning he had chalked up seven consecutive losing scores. In July 2008 he returned to form and won the ''makushita'' championship with a 6-1 score after an eight-way playoff, defeating his 232 kg stablemate Yamamotoyama Ryūta in the final. It was his first'' kachi-koshi'' or winning score since his ''jūryō'' division championship in March 2007. However he could only manage two wins in each of his next two tournaments. Remaining firmly stuck in the ''makushita'' ranks, he became a ''tsukebito'', or personal attendant, to Baruto. However in the July 2011 basho he scored 5-2 at ''makushita'' 6 which returned him to ''jūryō'' for the first time in 21 tournaments. His score of 7-8 in September was enough to keep him in the second division, but not the 6–9 that followed in November. However he achieved his majority of wins against losses in the January 2012 ''basho'', coming from 0-3 down to score 4-3, and this was enough to return him immediately to ''jūryō.'' In the January 2014 tournament Satoyama returned to the top division for the first time since July 2007. The 37 tournament gap between appearances in ''makuuchi'' is the most in sumo history, breaking the record of 28 tournaments held by Wakanoyama. However, he only last two tournament before being demoted. 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「Satoyama Kōsaku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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