Masatsukasa Kōshin
将司昂親
Personal information
BornMasahito Ono
(1984-06-07) 7 June 1984
Aomori, Japan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight134 kg (295 lb; 21.1 st)
Career
StableIrumagawa
Record305-266-21
DebutJanuary, 2003
Highest rankMaegashira 8 (September, 2008)
RetiredApril 2011
Championships1 (Jūryō)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of April 2011.

Masatsukasa Kōshin (born 7 June 1984 as Masahito Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He was forced to retire in April 2011 after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association found him guilty of match-fixing.

Career

Born in Fukaura, Nishitsugaru (also the home town of Kaiho, Aminishiki and Asofuji), he made his professional debut in January 2003 joining Irumagawa stable.

In his first tournament on the banzuke ranking sheets in March 2003 he took the yusho or tournament championship with a perfect 7-0 record. Six consecutive kachi-koshi or winning scores saw him reach the third highest makushita division in March 2004 and he became a sekitori on his promotion to the jūryō division in September 2005. After three poor performances he was demoted back to makushita in March 2006 but made an immediate return to the second division, and although he was never able to win more than nine bouts out of fifteen in any one tournament, a series of steady scores took him up to Jūryō 3. A 9-6 score in May 2008, winning his last four matches, was enough to earn him promotion to the top makuuchi division for the July 2008 basho.

He scored an impressive ten wins in his top division debut, which resulted in promotion to his highest rank of maegashira 8, but he had three make-koshi or losing scores in the next three tournaments, and fell back to the jūryō division in March 2009. In September he returned to the top division at the very lowest rank of maegashira 16. He made an excellent start, winning his first five bouts, but eight losses in the next ten days saw him narrowly fail to maintain his makuuchi position. In July 2010 he secured the jūryō championship by the 13th day, and was promoted back to the top division at maegashira 8. However, he was unable to take part in the September tournament due to an injury to his left ankle. Back in jūryō for the November tournament, he secured his kachi-koshi by winning his last two bouts to finish on 8-7.

Retirement from sumo

Masatsukasa was one of 23 wrestlers found guilty of fixing the result of bouts after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association, and he was ordered to retire in April 2011.[1]

Fighting style

Masatsukasa favoured pushing and thrusting techniques, with his most common winning kimarite being oshi-dashi, or push-out.[2]

Family

Upon becoming a sekitori in August 2005 he revealed that he had been married since May 2003. His wife and his two-year-old son were living with his parents back in Aomori.[3] He did not feel he could say anything publicly before reaching a salaried rank.

He first adopted the shikona or fighting name of Masatsukasa in July 2003. In September 2008 he changed the second part of his shikona from Tadashi to Koshin, the name of his son.

Career record

Masatsukasa Kōshin[4]
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
2003 (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #27
7–0
Champion
 		 East Jonidan #24
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #61
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #35
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #22
4–2–1
 
2004 East Sandanme #8
5–2
 		 West Makushita #45
6–1
 		 East Makushita #19
3–4
 		 East Makushita #25
4–3
 		 East Makushita #19
3–4
 		 West Makushita #23
4–3
 
2005 West Makushita #18
6–1
 		 East Makushita #7
6–1–P
 		 West Makushita #1
3–4
 		 West Makushita #3
6–1
 		 East Jūryō #11
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #11
5–10
 
2006 West Jūryō #14
6–9
 		 East Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #14
8–5–2
 		 West Jūryō #12
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 
2007 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–6–3
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #8
7–8
 
2008 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #16
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 
2009 West Maegashira #14
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #16
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #1
4–11
 
2010 West Jūryō #6
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
13–2
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #8
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 
2011 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #2
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 West Jūryō #2
Retired
–		 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; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sumo world casts out 23 / Match-fixing scandal brings careers of wrestlers, elders to end". Yomiuri Shimbun. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Top Ten Techniques Used By Masatsukasa During The Last Six Tournaments". Japan Sumo Association. January 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "New Juryo Masatsukasa - the secret is revealed". Sumo Forum. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Masatsukasa Kōshin Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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