Kinoarashi Kazutoshi

Kinoarashi Kazutoshi (born 9 July 1961 as Kazutoshi Ishiyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan. He joined professional sumo in 1977 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1982. His highest rank was maegashira 2. He fell to the sandanme division through injury before staging a successful comeback to the top division in 1987. He retired in 1991.

Kinoarashi Kazutoshi
騏ノ嵐 和敏
Personal information
BornKazutoshi Ishiyama
(1961-07-09) 9 July 1961
Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight157 kg (346 lb)
Career
StableOshiogawa
Record459-405-97
DebutMarch, 1977
Highest rankMaegashira 2 (November, 1982)
RetiredSeptember, 1991
Championships1 (Jūryō)
2 (Makushita)
Gold Stars1 (Kitanoumi)

Career

His father was a coal miner. He played baseball and table tennis at junior high school. He joined Oshiogawa stable, recruited by the former Daikirin. He made his professional debut in March 1977, alongside another future top division wrestler from the same stable, Enazakura. He reached the top division in March 1982. He was touted as a possible candidate for ozeki[1] and was named "Rookie of the Year" by the Tokyo Chunichi Sports newspaper after earning a kinboshi for defeating yokozuna Kitanoumi in September 1982. However he suffered a serious injury to his left knee[1] whilst training with Hōō at Nishonoseki stable in 1983 which led to him missing several tournaments and falling to the fourth sandanme division. He slowly rose again in the ranks and won the juryo division yusho or tournament championship in September 1986.

In March 1987 he was promoted back to the top division. At the time he held the record for lowest rank fallen before a successful return to makuuchi at Sandanme #25 (this record stood for 28 years before being surpassed by Tosayutaka in 2015).[2] However, due to the severity of his injury he was unable to fulfill his early promise. He did not manage to earn another kinboshi or win a special prize and never managed to reach the sanyaku ranks, his highest rank of maegashira 2 being achieved back in November 1982. He left the sumo world upon retirement in September 1991, and opened a chanko restaurant in Koto, Tokyo.

Fighting style

Kinoarashi favoured yotsu-sumo, or grappling techniques, and used a left hand outside, right hand inside (migi-yotsu) grip on his opponent's mawashi.[1] His favourite kimarite or techniques were yori-kiri (force out), yori-taoshi (force out and down) uwate nage (overarm throw), and sukui nage (scoop throw).[1]

Career record
Kinoarashi Kazutoshi[3]
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
1977 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #15
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #70
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #48
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #57
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1978 East Jonidan #102
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #58
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #25
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #64
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #45
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #74
5–2
 
1979 East Sandanme #49
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #37
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #15
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #6
4–3
 		 West Makushita #54
4–3
 		 West Makushita #43
4–3
 
1980 East Makushita #33
2–5
 		 West Makushita #54
6–1
 		 East Makushita #27
3–4
 		 West Makushita #35
6–1
 		 East Makushita #15
4–3
 		 West Makushita #9
7–0
Champion
 
1981 East Jūryō #12
6–9
 		 West Makushita #3
3–4
 		 West Makushita #7
5–2
 		 East Makushita #2
3–4
 		 West Makushita #6
7–0
Champion
 		 West Jūryō #10
9–6
 
1982 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #7
9–6
★		 East Maegashira #2
7–8
 
1983 West Maegashira #3
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #13
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #9
2–5–8
 		 West Makushita #9
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Makushita #45
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1984 East Sandanme #25
7–0–P
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 		 West Makushita #11
6–1
 		 East Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #12
6–9
 
1985 West Makushita #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Makushita #42
6–1
 		 West Makushita #19
5–2
 		 West Makushita #10
6–1
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 
1986 West Jūryō #12
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
12–3
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #2
8–7
 
1987 West Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 
1988 West Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #3
6–9
 
1989 West Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #14
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #10
6–9
 
1990 West Maegashira #13
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #4
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 
1991 East Jūryō #13
0–8–7
 		 East Makushita #21
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Sandanme #1
0–4–3
 		 East Sandanme #46
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Jonidan #6
Retired
0–0–7		 x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up 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. Patmore, Angela (1990). The Giants of Sumo. MaDonald/Queen Anne Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780356181202.
  2. "2015 January Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics" (PDF). Japan Sumo Association. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. "Kinoarashi Kazutoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
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