Kenkō Satoshi

Kenkō Satoshi (剣晃 敏志, 27 June 1967 – 10 March 1998) was a sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.

In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Kenkō.
Kenkō Satoshi
剣晃 敏志
Personal information
BornSatoshi Hoshimura
(1967-06-27)27 June 1967
Moriguchi, Osaka
Died10 March 1998(1998-03-10) (aged 30)
Osakasayama, Osaka
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight135 kg (298 lb)
Career
StableTakadagawa
Record404-403-59
DebutNovember, 1984
Highest rankKomusubi (May, 1995)
RetiredMarch, 1998
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (1)
Outstanding Performance (1)
Gold Stars2 (Akebono, Takanohana II)
* Up to date as of August 2007.

Career

Debuting in November 1984, he reached the second highest jūryō division in March 1991. His first tournament in the top makuuchi division was in July 1992. Scoring only three wins there he fell back to jūryō, but reappeared in makuuchi in March 1993. He reached his highest rank of komusubi in May 1995. He fell back to maegashira 4 in July but turned in a strong 11-4 record, defeating yokozuna Akebono and returning to komusubi in September 1995. He also defeated yokozuna Takanohana in May 1996, the only wrestler to do so in that tournament.

In May 1997 Kenkō managed an 8-7 record at maegashira 11, but that was to be the last tournament in which he competed. He was hospitalised from July 1997, suffering from pancytopenia caused by an extremely rare form of leukemia (only four previous cases had ever been reported in Japan). His name remained on the ranking sheets, but unable to compete he had dropped to makushita 55 by March 1998. He died on 10 March, from a pulmonary embolism.

Fighting style

Kenkō favoured techniques involving grabbing the opponent's mawashi, or yotsu-sumo. His favourite grip was hidari-yotsu, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's arms. His most common winning kimarite was yorikiri, a straightforward force out, followed by uwatenage (overarm throw) and yoritaoshi (force out and down).

Career record
Kenkō Satoshi[1]
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
1984 x x x x x (Maezumo)
1985 West Jonokuchi #35
6–1–PP
 		 West Jonidan #90
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #66
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #83
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #69
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #82
3–4
 
1986 East Jonidan #98
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #30
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #59
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #13
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #89
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #11
5–2
 
1987 West Sandanme #79
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #56
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #82
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #54
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #32
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #51
4–3
 
1988 West Sandanme #37
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #11
5–2
 		 West Makushita #49
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #3
4–3
 		 East Makushita #52
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #3
4–3
 
1989 East Makushita #49
3–4
 		 East Makushita #59
4–3
 		 West Makushita #44
5–2
 		 West Makushita #25
4–3
 		 West Makushita #17
5–2
 		 East Makushita #7
3–4
 
1990 West Makushita #11
3–4
 		 West Makushita #18
2–5
 		 West Makushita #38
5–2
 		 West Makushita #25
4–3
 		 West Makushita #19
5–2
 		 West Makushita #7
4–3
 
1991 East Makushita #3
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #12
5–10
 		 East Makushita #4
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #4
9–6
 
1992 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #14
3–12
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
8–7
 
1993 East Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #14
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #5
7–8
 
1994 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 
1995 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #7
10–5
 		 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #4
11–4
O★		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 
1996 East Maegashira #5
8–7
F		 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
★		 East Maegashira #8
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 
1997 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #5
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #1
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #13
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1998 West Makushita #15
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Makushita #55
Retired
0–0–0		 x x x 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. "Kenkō Satoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  • Kenkō Satoshi's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
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