Kiyoshi Myobudani

Myōbudani Yasuhiko
明武谷 保彦
Personal information
Born Myōbudani Kiyoshi
(1937-04-29) April 29, 1937
Akan, Hokkaidō,, Japan
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight 113 kg (249 lb; 17.8 st)
Career
Stable Miyagino
Record 624-580-6
Debut March 1954
Highest rank Sekiwake (November 1964)
Retired November 1969
Championships 1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (4)
Fighting Spirit (4)
Gold Stars 3
Taihō (2)
Sadanoyama
* Up to date as of August 2009.

Kiyoshi Myobudani (明歩谷 清 Myōbudani Kiyoshi, born 29 April 1937) is a former sumo wrestler from Akan, Hokkaidō, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1954. He was a member of Miyagino stable. His highest rank was sekiwake and he twice took part in playoffs for the top makuuchi division tournament championship or yūshō. The first was an unusual three-way playoff in September 1961 (against Kashiwado and Taihō, with Taihō, emerging as the winner) and the other was against Kashiwado in September 1965. He was also a runner-up in two other tournaments. He earned eight sanshō or special prizes for his achievements in tournaments, four for Outstanding Performance and four for Fighting Spirit. He also earned three kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna. For most of his career his fighting name was his own surname, although he did briefly use the shikona or fighting name of Yoshibanada in 1963 (his stablemaster, Miyagino-oyakata, was the 43rd yokozuna Yoshibayama). He retired in November 1969, and became a toshiyori or elder of the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Nakamura. He left the Sumo Association in 1977. In the same year he became a Jehovah Witnesses. His biography can be found in the magazine Awake!, 8 November 1981.

Career record

Myōbudani Yasuhiko[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
1954 x Shinjo
3–0
 		 East Jonidan #52
3–5
 		 Not held West Jonidan #54
6–2
 		 Not held
1955 West Jonidan #21
3–5
 		 East Jonidan #25
8–0–P
Champion
 		 West Sandanme #47
5–3
 		 Not held East Sandanme #25
5–3
 		 Not held
1956 West Sandanme #7
7–1
 		 East Makushita #49
5–3
 		 East Makushita #42
6–2
 		 Not held East Makushita #32
6–2
 		 Not held
1957 East Makushita #20
4–4
 		 East Makushita #19
5–3
 		 East Makushita #13
6–2
 		 Not held East Makushita #3
5–3
 		 West Jūryō #23
8–7
 
1958 West Jūryō #22
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #17
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #18
11–4–P
 		 East Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
6–9
 
1959 East Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
11–4
 		 East Jūryō #3
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #18
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #2
12–3
 		 East Maegashira #12
6–9
 
1960 East Maegashira #15
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #4
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #1
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 
1961 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #4
12–3–P
F		 West Komusubi #2
6–9
 
1962 East Maegashira #4
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #3
2–13
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
11–4
 
1963 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #6
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
7–8
 
1964 West Maegashira #4
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
★		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
O★		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
F		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
O
1965 East Sekiwake #1
9–6
O		 East Sekiwake #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #4
11–4
 		 East Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
12–3–P
F		 West Komusubi #2
9–6
O
1966 West Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 West Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #2
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #8
8–7
 
1967 West Maegashira #4
11–4
F		 East Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 East Sekiwake #1
7–8
 		 East Komusubi #2
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #1
5–10
★
1968 East Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #7
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #4
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #2
4–8–3
 		 East Maegashira #7
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #2
5–10
 
1969 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #8
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
Retired
0–12–3
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)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Myōbudani Yasuhiko Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-05.

External links


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