Kitabayama Hidetoshi

{{Short description|Japanese sumo wrestler (1935–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | image = File:Kitabayama 1961 Scan10006.JPG | caption = Kitabayama with his Outstanding Performance Award in 1961 | native_name = 北葉山英俊 | name = Kitabayama Hidetoshi | birth_name = Hidetoshi Yamada | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|5|17}} | birth_place = Hokkaido, Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|7|20|1935|5|17}} | height = {{height|meters=1.73}} | weight = {{convert|119|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | heya = Tokitsukaze | rank = | record = 522–327–21 | debut = May 1954 | highestrank = Ōzeki (July 1961) | retireddate = May 1966 | eldername = Edagawa | yushos = 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Sandanme) | prizes = Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2) | goldstars = | update = June 2020 }}

'''Kitabayama Hidetoshi''' (17 May 1935 – 20 July 2010) was a former sumo wrestler and coach from Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was ''ōzeki''.

==Career== Kitabayama entered sumo in May 1954, joining Tokitsukaze stable. He was recruited by the legendary former ''yokozuna'' Futabayama. He was 173 cm tall and weighed 119 kg, which would make him extremely small by today's sumo standards. After winning the ''jūryō'' championship in September 1958 with a 14–1 record he entered the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 1958. He was a runner-up in only his second top division tournament and quickly made the ''san'yaku'' ranks, reaching ''sekiwake'' in November 1959. He was to remain at ''sekiwake'' rank for nine of the next ten tournaments. After finishing runner-up to ''maegashira'' Sadanoyama in the May 1961 tournament with an 11–4 record he was promoted to ''ōzeki''. He had won 28 bouts over the previous three tournaments, not normally enough for ''ōzeki'' promotion, but there were only two ''ōzeki'' at the time, and two ageing ''yokozuna'' (Asashio and Wakanohana) and so the standard was lowered slightly. In an era dominated by Taihō he was only able to win one tournament championship, in July 1963, when he defeated Sadanoyama in a playoff. He was also runner-up for a third time in the May 1964 tournament. He held his ''ōzeki'' rank for a total of 30 tournaments over a period of five years. This was the first time a sumo wrestler has competed as ''ozeki'' for thirty or more tournaments.

==Retirement from sumo== Kitabayama retired from active competition in May 1966, following two losing scores in his last two tournaments (a third would have seen him demoted from the ''ōzeki'' rank). He remained in the sumo world as an elder under the ''toshiyori'' name Edagawa and worked as a coach at Tokitsukaze stable. He was also on the board of Directors of the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a judge of tournament bouts. He left the Sumo Association in 2000 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of sixty-five. He died in 2010 from cancer of the liver.

==Fighting style== Kitabayama's favoured techniques were ''hidari-yotsu'' (a right hand outside, left hand inside grip on his opponent's ''mawashi''), ''yori kiri'' (force out) and ''utchari'' (ring edge throw). Other ''kimarite'' he regularly used were ''uwatenage'' (overarm throw) and ''tsuridashi'' (lift out).

==Career record== *''The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.'' {{Sumo record box start|Kitabayama Hidetoshi<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Kitabayama Hidetoshi Rikishi Information | publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=Kitabayama&heya=-1&shusshin=-1&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1 | date= | accessdate=2012-09-05}}</ref> }} {{Sumo record year start|1954}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho|SJ|||3|0}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|jo|54|e|8|0|P}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1955}} {{Basho|sa|76|e|6|2}} {{Basho|sa|41|w|4|4}} {{Basho|sa|34|w|8|0 Champion}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|ma|46|w|3|5}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1956}} {{Basho|ma|51|e|4|4}} {{Basho|ma|50|w|6|2}} {{Basho|ma|39|e|5|3}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|ma|32|w|6|2}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1957}} {{Basho|ma|21|e|6|2}} {{Basho|ma|9|e|5|3}} {{Basho|ma|5|w|6|2}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|ma|1|e|3|5}} {{Basho|ma|4|e|3|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1958}} {{Basho|ma|10|e|8|0 Champion}} {{Basho|j|18|e|10|5}} {{Basho|j|13|e|11|4|P}} {{Basho|j|5|e|10|5}} {{Basho|j|1|e|14|1 Champion}} {{Basho|m|13|w|9|6}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1959}} {{Basho|m|10|e|11|4||j}} {{Basho|m|4|w|8|7}} {{Basho|m|3|e|9|6}} {{Basho|k|1|e|8|7}} {{Basho|k|1|e|8|7}} {{Basho|s|1|w|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1960}} {{Basho|s|1|w|9|6}} {{Basho|s|1|e|10|5|||f}} {{Basho|s|1|e|7|8}} {{Basho|k|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|s|1|e|11|4|||f}} {{Basho|s|1|w|9|6}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1961}} {{Basho|s|1|e|8|7}} {{Basho|s|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|s|1|e|11|4||j|o}} {{Basho|o|2|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|2|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|1|w|10|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1962}} {{Basho|o|1|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|1|w|9|6}} {{Basho|o|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|o|1|w|9|6}} {{Basho|o|2|w|11|4}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=o|r-no=2|tozai=e}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1963}} {{Basho|o|2|w|9|6}} {{Basho|o|3|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|2|e|9|6}} {{Basho|o|3|e|13|2|P|y}} {{Basho|o|1|w|10|5}} {{Basho|o|2|w|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1964}} {{Basho|o|2|w|9|6}} {{Basho|o|1|w|10|5}} {{Basho|o|1|e|12|3||j}} {{Basho|o|1|e|12|3}} {{Basho|o|1|w|11|4}} {{Basho|o|2|e|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1965}} {{Basho|o|2|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|2|e|3|6|6}} {{Basho|o|2|e|10|5}} {{Basho|o|1|w|4|11}} {{Basho|o|2|e|8|7}} {{Basho|o|1|e|5|10}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1966}} {{Basho|o|1|w|8|7}} {{Basho|o|1|w|7|8}} {{Basho|intai|rank=o|r-no=1|tozai=w|win=6|loss=9}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record box end}}

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