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Wikipedia / Shunketsu Yūji

Shunketsu Yūji (born July 13, 1976 as Yūji Ishide) is a former sumo wrestler from Misato, Saitama, Japan. The highest rank he reached was maegashira 12.

Career

Shunketsu made his professional debut in March 1992, alongside several future top division regulars such as Kyokushuzan, Wakanosato and Takanowaka. He weighed only just over and remained one of the lightest wrestlers in the senior ranks, only managing to put on around in subsequent years.

Shunketsu used several different shikona during his career. He began using his own surname, Ishide. Upon promotion to sekitori status for the first time in January 2001 he was given the name Komahikari. However, after falling back to the unsalaried makushita division he reverted to Ishide. He retained this name until November 2005 when he became Shunketsu.

Restricted by diabetes and several injuries, Shunketsu took 78 tournaments from his professional debut to reach the top makuuchi division for the first time in March 2005, which at the time was the tenth slowest ever. He spent only five tournaments in makuuchi and only made kachi-koshi there once. He was ranked in the second jūryō division for 25 tournaments. He was the last sekitori from the now defunct Hanaregoma stable, which once produced yokozuna Onokuni.

After falling from the top division with a 4-11 record in January 2006 he rarely looked like returning, managing to win more than 8 bouts on only one occasion (in July 2006 when he slid to the bottom of the second division at jūryō 13 West and produced a 10-5 score). From November 2006 to May 2007 he managed four consecutive winning scores (eight wins each time), which took him up to jūryō 1 West, but he had five consecutive losing scores after that. After a 3-12 record in March 2008 at the rank of jūryō 11 West, and facing certain demotion to the third division, he announced his retirement.

He won one yusho or tournament title in the makushita division (a perfect 7-0 score in November 2000 which earned him automatic promotion to the jūryō division for the first time), and one in the jūryō division (a 12-3 score in November 2004).

Fighting style

Shunketsu was predominantly a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling as opposed to pushing and thrusting techniques. His favoured grip on the opponent's mawashi was hidari-yotsu, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's arms. He also regularly employed henka, or sidestepping at the tachi-ai or initial charge.

Career record

 1992
   
   MAEZUMOU
   jk10w43
   jo128e61
   jo50e43
   jo23w34
 
 1993
   jo49w61
   sa88e34
   jo6e43
   sa80w43
   sa60e34
   sa77e34
 
 1994
   sa90w61
   sa36e43
   sa18w43
   sa6e34
   sa21e52
   ma56w43
 
 1995
   ma45w43
   ma33w52
   ma20w25
   ma40w34
   ma52e43
   ma43e52
 
 1996
   ma25e25
   ma46w34
   sa1w25
   sa25e52
   ma60e43
   ma51e43
 
 1997
   ma40w43
   ma31w43
   ma23w52
   ma12e34
   ma18w25
   ma36e34
 
 1998
   ma46w61
   ma21w43
   ma17e43
   ma13e52
   ma5w061
   ma40w52
 
 1999
   ma26e52
   ma15e25
   ma31e52
   ma17w52
   ma7w34
   ma13e34
 
 2000
   ma20e61
   ma7e34
   ma12e34
   ma19e52
   ma8w52
   ma3w70Champion
 
 2001
   j8e78
   j9e312
   ma5w16
   ma21w43
   ma15w52
   ma8e61
 
 2002
   ma1w34
   ma5e52
   j12w105
   KYUJOj5w
   j5w96
   j2w78
 
 2003
   j4e96
   j1e411
   j6w213
   ma4e25
   ma18w43
   ma15e34
 
 2004
   ma21e61
   ma6e43
   ma4e34
   ma8w52
   ma3e52
   j13w123Champion
 
 2005
   j4w96
   m17e69
   j1w87
   m17e96
   m12w78
   m13w69
 
 2006
   m15e411
   j5w69
   j9e69
   j13w105
   j7e69
   j10w861
 
 2007
   j9e87
   j8e87
   j5w87
   j1w510
   j5e78
   j6e78
 
 2008
   j7w510
   INTAIj11w312

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