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Takatōriki Tadashige (born September 28, 1967 as Tadashige Kamakiri) is a former sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Kobe, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1983, reaching the top division in 1990. His highest rank was ''sekiwake.'' Known for his great fighting spirit, he won 14 tournament prizes, including a record ten ''Kantō-shō'', and earned nine gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna'' ranked wrestlers. He wrestled for the highly successful Futagoyama stable. He was twice runner-up in top division tournaments and in March 2000, from the ''maegashira'' ranks, he unexpectedly won the ''yūshō'' or championship. He retired in 2002 and became the head coach of Ōtake stable, having married the daughter of the previous owner of the ''heya'', the great yokozuna Taihō. However, he was dismissed from the Sumo Association in 2010 for his role in an illegal gambling scandal. ==Career== As a young boy Takatōriki idolised Takanohana Kenshi and even stayed with the former ''ōzeki'' and his family in Tokyo for a while. He joined Takanohana's Fujishima stable in March 1983 after leaving junior high school, where he had also done judo.〔 Initially fighting under his own surname of Kamakari, he rose up the ranks rather slowly, finally becoming a ''sekitori'' in May 1989 after six years in the unsalaried divisions. Takatōriki reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 1990, along with future ''yokozuna'' Akebono and Wakanohana III. He won eleven bouts and the Fighting spirit prize in his top division debut, and in his next tournament he defeated his first ''yokozuna'', Ōnokuni. He had a very successful year in 1991, becoming the only man in the top division to achieve a winning record in every tournament that year. On the third day of the May 1991 tournament, he defeated ''yokozuna'' Chiyonofuji, who announced his retirement that night. In July 1991 he was promoted to ''sekiwake,'' the highest rank he was to achieve. He won fourteen ''sanshō'', or special prizes in his career, the fourth best ever. He earned seven ''kinboshi'' from Akebono, a record against one ''yokozuna'' (Takamiyama also earned seven from Wajima). He was runner-up in the tournaments of March 1994 (losing in a three-way playoff that also involved Akebono and stablemate Takanonami) and September 1996. Towards the end of his career, in March 2000 at the age of 32, he won his only top division ''yūshō'', or tournament title. This win was considered a great upset as two poor performances had sent him down to ''maegashira'' 14 in the rankings, and Takatōriki faced demotion from ''makuuchi'' altogether. He won his first twelve matches, and though he was then defeated by ''yokozuna'' Akebono and Musashimaru, he clinched the championship by beating Miyabiyama to finish on 13-2. After his final bout, confirming his tournament win, Takatoriki was visibly shaken. He was awarded his tenth Fighting Spirit Prize (two ahead of his nearest rival, stablemate Akinoshima) and third Outstanding Performance Award, and was promoted to a ''san'yaku'' rank for the final time for the May 2000 tournament. In total he spent 15 tournaments at ''sekiwake'' and 11 at ''komusubi''. Takatōriki fell into the ''jūryō'' division in 2001 and announced his retirement in September 2002. He did not miss a single bout during his 19-year career, finishing with 754 wins and 703 losses. His 1456 consecutive career matches place him third on the all-time list, after Aobajō and Fujizakura. 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「Takatōriki Tadashige」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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