Daieishō Hayato

大栄翔 勇人
Daieishō Hayato

Daieisho in 2014
Personal information
Born Hayato Takanishi
(1993-11-10) November 10, 1993
Asaka, Saitama Prefecture
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight 136 kg (300 lb)
Career
Stable Oitekaze
Current rank see below
Debut January, 2012
Highest rank Maegashira 9 (May, 2016)
Championships 1 (Jonokuchi)
1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of Nov 27, 2016.

Daieishō Hayato (大栄翔 勇人) (born November 10, 1993 as Takanishi Hayato) is a Japanese sumo wrestler. He began his professional sumo career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been maegashira 9. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable.

Early life and education

Takanishi Hayato was born on 10 November 1993 in Asaka, a city in Saitama Prefecture. He started sumo after winning a local tournament during his first year in elementary school. He attended Saitama Sakae High School, a school famous for its sumo club, and earned a place in the club's first team near the end of his second year. In his final year he contributed to the school finishing in second place in the team competition at national championships. After graduation he joined Oitekaze stable to pursue a professional sumo career.[1]

Career

Early career

Takanishi Hayato entered sumo under his birth name but adopted the ring name Daishoei for his first competitive tournament. He won the jonokuchi division with a 7–0 record in March 2012 and a 6–1 record in jonidan in May saw him promoted to sandanme where he recorded four wins in July. He then modified his ring name slightly and became Daieishō. After winning records in the next two tournaments he was promoted to makushita but struggled in higher division and was relegated back to sandanme. A perfect 7-0 in May 2013 saw him take the divisional championship and secure a return to makushita. After three consecutive winning records (Kachi-koshi) Daeishō was promoted to the second highest jūryō division for the July 2014 tournament, the 14th former student of Saitama Sakae's coach Michinori Yamada to reach the rank.[1] After performing consistently in jūryō for a year he earned promotion to the top division (makuuchi) with a 9–6 record in July 2015.[2]

Makuuchi career

In September 2015 Daieishō made his makuuchi debut at the rank of maegashira 13. He won seven of his first fourteen bouts, including an upset victory over Takarafuji but a final day defeat against Takekaze saw him end the tournament with a 7–8 losing record (make-koshi). In November he recorded only six wins and was demoted to jūryō but returned to the top division after an 8–7 record in January 2016. In March 2016 Daieishō produced a career-best effort, recording ten wins including victories over Ichinojo and Takekaze to place him in a tie for seventh place. In May, at career-high rank of maegashira 9 he stood at 6–4 after ten days but then slumped to five consecutive defeats. He struggled again in July, recording only five wins and dropped to maegashira 16 for September.[2] His seven tournament run in the top division ended after a 5-10 record saw him relegated to jūryō for the November tournament but he responded with eight wins to put himself back in contention for promotion.

Fighting style

Daieishō is a tsuki and oshi specialist, which means he relies on thrusting and pushing techniques to defeat his opponents rather than belt-wrestling. By far the most common of his winning techniques (kimarite) is oshidashi which accounts for 55% of his wins.[3] Although he also used belt gripping techniques during his high school career, he has focused on pushing and thrusting since turning professional. In an interview upon the announcement of his promotion to Juryo in May 2014, Daeishō was quoted as saying he wanted to thrust like former Ōzeki Chiyotaikai.[1]

Career record

Daieishō Hayato[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2012 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #13
7–0
Champion
 		 East Jonidan #12
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #49
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #34
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #8
6–1
 
2013 East Makushita #33
2–5
 		 East Makushita #49
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #7
7–0
Champion
 		 West Makushita #11
3–4
 		 West Makushita #17
5–2
 		 West Makushita #8
3–4
 
2014 West Makushita #13
5–2
 		 West Makushita #7
5–2
 		 East Makushita #2
6–1
 		 West Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
6–9
 
2015 East Jūryō #13
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #13
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #14
6–9
 
2016 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #14
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #16
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Suzuki, Satoru (29 May 2014). "大栄翔が新十両昇進　３歳年上弟弟子・遠藤"刺激"に躍進" [Daieisho promoted to Juryo, 3-years' senior Endo's progression "stimulating"]. Sponichi (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Daieishō Hayato Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "日本相撲協会公式サイト". sumo.or.jp.
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