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Tamakasuga Ryōji
Tamakasuga Ryōji (born January 7, 1972 as Ryōji Matsumoto) is a former sumo wrestler from Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he made his professional debut in 1994 and reached a highest rank of ''sekiwake'' in 1997. He fought in the top ''makuuchi'' division for twelve years, won five special prizes and earned seven gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna''. He retired in 2008 and is now a sumo coach. In February 2010 he took over the running of Kataonami stable.
==Career==
He entered professional sumo in January 1994, after having practiced sumo in Chuo University. He joined Kataonami stable, adopting the ''shikona'' (fighting name) of Tamakasuga ("Tama", meaning "jewel", being a common prefix at his stable). Because of his achievements in amateur sumo he was allowed to enter at the bottom of the third ''makushita'' division, skipping the lower divisions. After steady but unspectacular progress he reached the ''jūryō'' division in March 1995 and was promoted to the top division five tournaments after that, in January 1996. He scored ten wins in his top division debut and was awarded the Fighting Spirit prize.
Tamakasuga had a long career in the top ''makuuchi'' division of sumo, earning seven gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna.'' He upset ''yokozuna'' Akebono, Wakanohana and Takanohana in three successive tournaments from September 1998 to January 1999. The highest rank he achieved was ''sekiwake'', but he never achieved a ''kachi-koshi'' win/loss ratio as a ''san'yaku'' wrestler, managing only a 7-8 score in his ''sekiwake'' debut, and then a 6-9 as ''komusubi'' in the next tournament. Subsequently he spent his career either as a rank and file ''maegashira'', or fighting his way back into the top division, as he was demoted to ''jūryō'' a number of times.
Tamakasuga made something of a comeback in 2006, and was awarded the Technique Prize in July of that year, following his 11-4 performance which gave him his best ever top division score and a share of third place. His previous special prize, for Outstanding Performance, was in May 1997, 55 tournaments earlier. This is the longest ever gap between awards. He was promoted all the way up to ''maegashira'' 4 in September 2007, fighting the top rankers for the first time in several years. He remained in ''makuuchi'' until July 2008, where he was the oldest man in the top division, but could only manage three wins in that tournament and withdrew on the final day, citing a neck injury.
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