Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi

{{short description|Japanese sumo wrestler}} {{hatnote|In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Fujiazuma.}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | image = Fujiazuma 2011 Nov.jpg | caption = Fujiazuma in 2011 | native_name = 富士東和佳 | name = Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi | birth_name = Kazuyoshi Shibuya | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|19}} | birth_place = Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan<ref name="Fujiazuma">{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/ResultRikishiData/profile/2569/|title=富士東和佳|website=Japan Sumo Association|access-date=2024-05-15|language=ja}}</ref> | height = {{height|meters=1.81}} | weight = {{convert|165|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | heya = Tamanoi | rank = See below | record = | debut = March, 2003 | highestrank = Maegashira 4 (July, 2013) | retireddate = | yushos =1 (Jūryō) | prizes = | goldstars = | weburl = |update = 1 November 2023 }} {{nihongo|'''Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi'''|富士東和佳||born April 19, 1987 as {{nihongo|'''Kazuyoshi Shibuya'''|渋谷和由}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Adachi, Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="Fujiazuma"/> He entered sumo in March 2003, reaching the top ''makuuchi'' division in July 2011. His highest rank to date has been ''maegashira'' 4, which he achieved in July 2013 after he put together five straight ''kachi-koshi'' or winning records in the top division. He was last ranked in {{Transliteration|ja|makuuchi}} in 2015 and since then has been in the ''jūryō'' and ''makushita'' divisions. He wrestles for Tamanoi stable.

==Early life and sumo background== Kazuyoshi Shibuya went to primary school and junior high school in the Adachi, Tokyo. He began practicing sumo in his fifth year of primary school and in his sixth year came in second in a national primary school sumo tournament. He had been going to Tamanoi stable regularly for practice since primary school as his sumo club had an ongoing relationship with the stable, and this was the stable he ultimately chose to join after junior high school.

==Career== He made his debut in March 2003, the same tournament as later ''jūryō'' contemporary Sadanoumi. He rose gradually to the ranks of ''makushita'' and was working his way up, but would start to suffer from pain due to a neck injury and would eventually drop back down to the fourth tier ''sandanme'' division. After two tournaments here he would slowly work his way through ''makushita'' again. He reached the elite sekitori ranks in January 2011, a little over seven years after his professional debut.

His rise through ''jūryō'' and onto the top-tier ''makuuchi'' division was surprisingly smooth compared to his struggles in lower divisions, undoubtedly helped by the forced retiring of several ''jūryō'' and lower ''makuuchi'' wrestlers due to an unprecedented match-fixing scandal. In these circumstances, a relatively average record of 9–6 at ''jūryō'' #8 would allow him promotion to the makuuchi division in July of that year.

A member of Tamanoi stable, he is the first top division wrestler produced by Tamanoi's head coach, the former ozeki Tochiazuma Daisuke. This first ''makuuchi'' tournament would be a very successful 10–5 record which would allow him to rise higher through the ranks, but his following four efforts were all losing tournaments which saw him slide back to ''maegashira'' 15. A very disappointing 3–12 score in the May 2012 tournament saw him demoted back to the ''jūryō'' division, but upon his return to the top division he put together a string of five consecutive 8–7 records which eventually saw him promoted to his highest rank to date of ''maegashira'' 4.

He sat out the March 2014 tournament, recuperating after a detached retina operation. This led to his demotion back to ''jūryō'' for the following May 2014 tournament where he only managed a 7–8 record. He won the ''jūryō'' division championship in March 2015 and was promoted back to ''makuuchi'', but his return to the top division lasted only one tournament as he could only score 3–12. This has been his last ''makuuchi'' appearance to date. He was demoted to the ''makushita'' division after the September 2016 tournament, but promoted back to ''jūryō'' for March 2017 after a 5–2 score at ''makushita'' 3 in January. His stay in ''jūryō'' lasted only one tournament and he was back in the ''makushita'' division in May 2017. He reached the top rank of the ''makushita'' division, #1 East, in May 2019 but just failed to get the majority of wins that would have returned him to ''jūryō'', scoring 3–4. However, he remained near the top of the ''makushita'' division and he returned to ''jūryō'' after 18 tournaments away for the July 2020 tournament (originally scheduled for May). He maintained his position in ''jūryō'' for the September 2020 tournament, but was prevented from entering it due to a COVID-19 outbreak at his stable.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-outbreak-hits-19-sumo-053748778.html|title=Coronavirus outbreak hits 19 at sumo stable in Japan|date=10 September 2020|work=Yahoo Sports/AFP|accessdate=10 September 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913061936/https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-outbreak-hits-19-sumo-053748778.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fujiazuma was one of the 19 wrestlers who tested positive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13714712|title=SUMO/ Cluster infection knocks Tamanoi stable out of fall tournament|date=10 September 2020|work=Asahi Shimbun|accessdate=10 September 2020}}</ref> He and the other members of the stable were allowed to keep their ranks for the following tournament in November. In this tournament Fujiazuma lost every one of his fifteen matches, the second straight ''jūryō'' wrestler to suffer this fate after Oki in the previous tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20201122/sum20112219110007-n1.html|title=全敗の富士東、肩落とす「このままでは終われない」／１１月場所|date=22 November 2020|work=Sanspo|language=Japanese|accessdate=23 November 2020}}</ref>

==Fighting style== Fujiazuma wins most of his bouts by pushing and thrusting; his most common winning ''kimarite'' or technique is ''oshi dashi'' (push out).

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