Banryuyama Takaharu
播竜山 孝晴
Personal information
BornTakaharu Taguchi
(1951-05-04) 4 May 1951
Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight145 kg (320 lb)
Career
StableMihogaseki
Record579-591-26
DebutNovember, 1966
Highest rankKomusubi (November, 1978)
RetiredNovember, 1984
Elder nameMatsuchiyama
Championships4 (Jūryō)
2 (Makushita)
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Banryūyama Takaharu (born 4 May 1951 as Takaharu Taguchi) is a former sumo wrestler from Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1966, and reached the top division in March 1975. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in November 1984 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Matsuchiyama. He worked as a coach at Mihogaseki stable until its closure in 2013, whereupon he moved to Kasugano stable. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2016 he was re-hired as a consultant for five more years. He left the Sumo Association upon turning 70 in May 2021.

Career record

Banryūyama Takaharu[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
1966 x x x x x (Maezumo)
1967 East Jonokuchi #20
43
 
West Jonidan #66
43
 
West Jonidan #77
43
 
East Jonidan #37
25
 
West Jonidan #72
34
 
West Jonidan #83
52
 
1968 East Jonidan #38
43
 
East Jonidan #15
43
 
East Sandanme #91
43
 
East Sandanme #71
34
 
East Sandanme #80
34
 
East Sandanme #84
52
 
1969 East Sandanme #48
52
 
East Sandanme #23
52
 
West Sandanme #1
34
 
West Sandanme #7
43
 
West Makushita #56
43
 
East Makushita #46
25
 
1970 West Sandanme #3
52
 
East Makushita #39
52
 
West Makushita #22
34
 
East Makushita #27
52
 
West Makushita #15
43
 
West Makushita #12
25
 
1971 West Makushita #25
43
 
East Makushita #21
61
 
East Makushita #5
25
 
East Makushita #16
25
 
West Makushita #30
52
 
West Makushita #12
43
 
1972 East Makushita #10
34
 
West Makushita #15
Sat out due to injury
007
West Makushita #45
43
 
East Makushita #40
43
 
East Makushita #37
43
 
East Makushita #34
70
Champion

 
1973 West Makushita #4
25
 
West Makushita #16
52
 
East Makushita #7
52
 
West Makushita #2
43
 
East Makushita #2
34
 
East Makushita #5
43
 
1974 West Makushita #2
34
 
West Makushita #5
52
 
East Makushita #1
43
 
East Jūryō #13
96
 
West Jūryō #5
69
 
East Jūryō #11
105P
Champion

 
1975 East Jūryō #2
114
Champion

 
East Maegashira #13
87
 
East Maegashira #10
87
 
West Maegashira #8
69
 
East Maegashira #10
87
 
East Maegashira #7
69
 
1976 East Maegashira #10
411
 
East Jūryō #2
114
Champion

 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
West Maegashira #9
78
 
West Maegashira #10
96
 
East Maegashira #5
69
 
1977 West Maegashira #8
87
 
West Maegashira #3
510
 
East Maegashira #9
87
 
East Maegashira #6
510
 
West Maegashira #11
96
 
West Maegashira #5
87
 
1978 West Maegashira #4
411
 
West Maegashira #10
87
 
East Maegashira #7
69
 
East Maegashira #10
96
 
West Maegashira #3
105
F
West Komusubi #1
213
 
1979 East Maegashira #8
69
 
East Maegashira #11
69
 
East Jūryō #1
87
 
East Maegashira #14
0312
 
West Jūryō #10
87
 
West Jūryō #9
411
 
1980 West Makushita #3
43
 
West Makushita #2
43
 
East Makushita #1
70
Champion

 
East Jūryō #9
87
 
West Jūryō #5
87
 
West Jūryō #3
96
 
1981 West Maegashira #12
312
 
West Jūryō #7
87
 
East Jūryō #3
87
 
West Maegashira #13
87
 
West Maegashira #8
105
 
East Maegashira #2
312
 
1982 East Maegashira #11
69
 
West Maegashira #13
213
 
East Jūryō #8
69
 
West Jūryō #11
96
 
East Jūryō #6
69
 
West Jūryō #10
132
Champion

 
1983 West Maegashira #14
411
 
East Jūryō #8
69
 
East Jūryō #11
69
 
East Makushita #1
52
 
East Jūryō #11
69
 
East Makushita #1
43
 
1984 East Jūryō #11
87
 
East Jūryō #7
69
 
West Jūryō #10
411
 
East Makushita #5
34
 
East Makushita #10
25
 
East Makushita #26
Retired
007
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; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. "Banryuyama Takaharu Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 1 September 2012.


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