Kanechika Kazunori
| Kanechika Kazunori | |
|---|---|
| 金親 和行 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Kazuyuki Kanechika November 12, 1969 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Weight | 161 kg (355 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Mihogaseki → Kitanoumi |
| Record | 491-481-11 |
| Debut | September, 1985 |
| Highest rank | Jūryō 2 (January, 1995) |
| Retired | September, 2004 |
Kanechika Kazunori (born 12 November 1969 as Kazuyuki Kanechika, also known as Kasuyuki Yamamura) is a former sumo wrestler and coach from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Sumo career
He made his professional debut in September 1985, but had an undistinguished career. He never reached the top division, his highest rank being jūryō 2 in January 1995. He was demoted from the jūryō division in 1998 and spent the last six years of his career in the unsalaried makushita and sandanme divisions. He favoured a left-hand outside, right-hand inside grip on his opponents' mawashi or belt, and his favourite technique was shitatenage, or underarm throw.
Coaching career
He retired in September 2004 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association. Although he had only 24 tournaments ranked as a sekitori, below the usual requirement of 30, he was able to become head coach of Miyagino stable by inheriting the toshiyori-kabu, or elder stock through marrying the daughter of a previous holder, former komusubi Hirokawa (who had died in 1989). Wrestlers inheriting a stable in this way are permitted to have a lower threshold of 12 tournaments in makuuchi or 20 tournaments as a sekitori. The head coach of Miyagino at the time, ex maegashira Chikubayama, was forced to step aside as he only had the Miyagino stock on loan from Hirokawa's widow (though this fact had not been widely known). Ex-Chikubayama was able to become Kumagatani-oyakata and still be affiliated to the stable. Ex-Kanechika, unusually, had no previous connection to the stable, having been a member of Kitanoumi stable which is from an entirely different ichimon or stable group. After this controversial takeover the Sumo Association changed the rules so that ex wrestlers who only have elder stock on loan, as ex-Chikubayama did, cannot become stablemasters. Ex-Chikubayama was the mentor of Hakuho, who had just entered the top division at the time, and he continued to be Hakuho's primary trainer. Ex-Kanechika was rarely seen at training sessions.
Match-fixing scandal
Miyagino was forced to resign as head coach by the Sumo Association in December 2010, after being caught on tape discussing match-fixing. The allegations had first been reported in the tabloid magazine Shūkan Gendai in June 2007, but it was not until two years later that the tape itself surfaced, during the former chairman of the Sumo Association Kitanoumi's lawsuit against the magazine in the Tokyo District Court. Miyagino admitted that it was his voice on the tape, but that he was just "talking nonsense." Nevertheless, he accepted the Sumo Association's "recommendation" that he swap elder names with former head coach ex-Chikubayama, who resumed head coach duties, and became known as Kumagatani-oyakata.[1][2][3][4]
Assault charge
In September 2015 he was arrested in connection with an assault with a metal bat on his personal assistant and driver.[5] He was indicted by the prosecutor's office on 18 September for inflicting bodily injury, and fired by the Sumo Association on 1 October. He reportedly admitted in court in November 2015 to physical and verbal abuse of the victim on a number of occasions. In addition to the beatings, these also include forcing the victim to eat a whole tub of wasabi paste and stuffing a towel into his mouth.[6][7] In a subsequent court hearing in February 2016 the victim gave further testimony and indicated he would not accept a settlement. On 25 March 2016 ex-Kanechika was sentenced to three years imprisonment, suspended for four years.[8] He has also paid the victim 1.53 million yen.[8]
Career record
| 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 |
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| 1985 | x | x | x | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #45 4–3 |
| 1986 | West Jonokuchi #11 5–2 |
East Jonidan #103 5–2 |
West Jonidan #71 3–4 |
East Jonidan #92 3–4 |
East Jonidan #106 4–3 |
West Jonidan #79 4–3 |
| 1987 | East Jonidan #54 6–1 |
West Sandanme #92 4–3 |
East Sandanme #78 4–3 |
East Sandanme #61 4–3 |
East Sandanme #46 4–3 |
West Sandanme #28 3–4 |
| 1988 | West Sandanme #41 2–5 |
West Sandanme #70 4–3 |
East Sandanme #51 6–1 |
East Sandanme #4 6–1 |
East Makushita #35 4–3 |
East Makushita #25 2–5 |
| 1989 | East Makushita #46 4–3 |
West Makushita #37 5–2 |
West Makushita #22 2–5 |
East Makushita #40 4–3 |
West Makushita #27 1–2–4 |
East Makushita #57 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 |
| 1990 | East Makushita #57 2–5 |
East Sandanme #24 6–1 |
East Makushita #47 3–4 |
West Sandanme #3 6–1 |
East Makushita #33 2–5 |
West Makushita #48 5–2 |
| 1991 | West Makushita #28 2–5 |
West Makushita #44 4–3 |
West Makushita #36 4–3 |
West Makushita #24 5–2 |
West Makushita #13 6–1 |
East Makushita #4 4–3 |
| 1992 | East Makushita #2 5–2 |
West Jūryō #10 4–11 |
East Makushita #5 4–3 |
East Makushita #1 3–4 |
West Makushita #4 2–5 |
East Makushita #18 4–3 |
| 1993 | East Makushita #13 5–2 |
West Makushita #5 3–4 |
East Makushita #11 4–3 |
East Makushita #7 5–2 |
West Makushita #1 4–3 |
West Jūryō #13 8–7 |
| 1994 | East Jūryō #9 7–8 |
East Jūryō #10 8–7 |
East Jūryō #8 8–7 |
East Jūryō #5 6–9 |
East Jūryō #8 8–7 |
East Jūryō #5 8–7 |
| 1995 | West Jūryō #2 6–9 |
West Jūryō #6 9–6 |
West Jūryō #2 8–7 |
East Jūryō #2 5–10 |
East Jūryō #6 8–7 |
East Jūryō #5 6–9 |
| 1996 | East Jūryō #8 9–6 |
West Jūryō #6 6–9 |
East Jūryō #10 9–6 |
East Jūryō #4 6–9 |
West Jūryō #7 7–8 |
East Jūryō #10 5–10 |
| 1997 | East Makushita #2 3–4 |
East Makushita #7 4–3 |
West Makushita #4 5–2 |
East Makushita #1 4–3 |
East Jūryō #13 8–7 |
West Jūryō #8 7–8 |
| 1998 | West Jūryō #10 7–8 |
West Jūryō #11 4–11 |
East Makushita #4 2–5 |
East Makushita #14 1–6 |
East Makushita #37 5–2 |
East Makushita #23 4–3 |
| 1999 | West Makushita #15 3–4 |
East Makushita #22 3–4 |
West Makushita #30 4–3 |
East Makushita #23 4–3 |
East Makushita #16 4–3 |
West Makushita #12 5–2 |
| 2000 | East Makushita #5 3–4 |
West Makushita #9 2–5 |
East Makushita #22 2–5 |
West Makushita #38 3–4 |
West Makushita #51 5–2 |
West Makushita #30 5–2 |
| 2001 | West Makushita #18 2–5 |
West Makushita #33 5–2 |
East Makushita #22 3–4 |
West Makushita #33 4–3 |
West Makushita #26 2–5 |
West Makushita #41 6–1 |
| 2002 | West Makushita #17 3–4 |
West Makushita #26 2–5 |
West Makushita #43 4–3 |
West Makushita #35 3–4 |
West Makushita #48 3–4 |
West Makushita #57 4–3 |
| 2003 | West Makushita #48 1–6 |
East Sandanme #19 4–3 |
East Sandanme #8 4–3 |
East Makushita #58 3–4 |
West Sandanme #10 3–4 |
West Sandanme #25 4–3 |
| 2004 | West Sandanme #11 2–5 |
East Sandanme #36 3–4 |
East Sandanme #51 4–3 |
West Sandanme #34 3–4 |
East Sandanme #52 Retired 0–0–0 |
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| 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) |
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See also
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External links
- Kanechika Kazunori's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
