{{Short description|Japanese sumo wrestler (1939–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | image = File:Wakachichibu 1959 Scan10012.JPG | native_name = 若秩父 高明 | name = Wakachichibu Komei | birth_name = Komei Kato | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|03|16}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|09|17|1939|03|16}} | birth_place = Chichibu, Saitama, Japan | height = {{height|meters=1.75}} | weight = {{convert|150|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | heya = Hanakago | rank = | record = 570-527-5 | debut = May, 1954 | highestrank = Sekiwake (July, 1963) | retireddate = November, 1968 | eldername = Tokiwayama | yushos = 2 (Jūryō)<br/>1 (Makushita)<br/>1 (Jonidan) | prizes = Fighting Spirit (2) | goldstars = 3<br>Tochinoumi (2)<br>Chiyonoyama | update = June 2020 }} '''Wakachichibu Komei''' (real name '''Komei Kato''', 16 March 1939 – 17 September 2014) was a sumo wrestler from Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1954 and reached the top division in September 1958. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Tokiwayama. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wakachichibu Komei Kabu History | publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Kabu.aspx?rikishi=3974 | date= | accessdate=2012-09-07}}</ref>
==Career record== *''The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.'' {{Sumo record box start|Wakachichibu Komei<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wakachichibu Komei Rikishi Information | publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=+Wakachichibu%2C&heya=-1&shusshin=-1&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1 | date= | accessdate=2012-09-07}}</ref> }} {{Sumo record year start|1954}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho|MAEZUMOU}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|jk|10|e|5|3}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1955}} {{Basho|jo|48|e|4|4}} {{Basho|jo|31|w|4|4}} {{Basho|jo|24|w|5|3}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|jo|3|e|8|0|P<br>Champion}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1956}} {{Basho|sa|59|e|8|0|P}} {{Basho|sa|8|w|5|3}} {{Basho|ma|68|e|5|3}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|ma|62|e|6|2}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1957}} {{Basho|ma|46|e|6|2}} {{Basho|ma|30|e|5|3}} {{Basho|ma|24|w|6|2}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|ma|13|e|7|1|P<br>Champion}} {{Basho|ma|1|e|5|3}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1958}} {{Basho|j|24|e|11|4}} {{Basho|j|14|w|11|4}} {{Basho|j|6|w|11|4|P<br>Champion}} {{Basho|j|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|m|18|w|12|3||j|f}} {{Basho|m|4|w|7|8}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1959}} {{Basho|m|4|w|10|5|||f|*}} {{Basho|k|1|w|2|13}} {{Basho|m|11|w|8|7}} {{Basho|m|10|e|9|6}} {{Basho|m|4|e|7|8}} {{Basho|m|4|w|6|9}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1960}} {{Basho|m|7|w|7|8}} {{Basho|m|9|e|5|10}} {{Basho|m|14|w|13|2||j}} {{Basho|m|4|e|8|7}} {{Basho|m|1|w|4|11}} {{Basho|m|8|w|6|9}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1961}} {{Basho|m|12|w|7|8}} {{Basho|m|12|w|4|11}} {{Basho|j|1|w|8|7}} {{Basho|j|1|e|13|2<br>Champion}} {{Basho|m|9|w|7|8}} {{Basho|m|10|e|10|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1962}} {{Basho|m|5|e|11|4}} {{Basho|m|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|k|1|e|5|10}} {{Basho|m|4|e|9|6}} {{Basho|k|1|e|5|10}} {{Basho|m|3|w|6|9}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1963}} {{Basho|m|6|e|8|7}} {{Basho|m|2|w|9|6}} {{Basho|k|1|e|11|4}} {{Basho|s|1|w|8|7}} {{Basho|s|1|w|5|10}} {{Basho|m|2|e|7|8}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1964}} {{Basho|m|3|e|7|8}} {{Basho|m|3|e|2|13}} {{Basho|m|12|e|10|5}} {{Basho|m|5|e|2|13|||*}} {{Basho|m|13|w|10|5}} {{Basho|m|7|e|11|4}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1965}} {{Basho|m|3|e|5|10}} {{Basho|m|7|e|10|5}} {{Basho|m|1|w|6|9}} {{Basho|m|3|w|8|7|||*}} {{Basho|m|2|w|4|11}} {{Basho|m|8|w|6|9}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1966}} {{Basho|m|13|w|9|6}} {{Basho|m|10|e|9|6}} {{Basho|m|6|e|6|9}} {{Basho|m|8|w|8|7}} {{Basho|m|5|w|5|10}} {{Basho|m|8|w|5|10}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1967}} {{Basho|j|1|e|10|5}} {{Basho|m|13|e|8|7}} {{Basho|m|12|w|5|10}} {{Basho|j|4|e|9|6}} {{Basho|j|1|w|8|7}} {{Basho|m|11|w|4|11}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1968}} {{Basho|j|3|w|5|10}} {{Basho|j|9|e|8|7}} {{Basho|j|7|e|7|8}} {{Basho|j|8|w|8|7}} {{Basho|j|5|e|3|12}} {{Basho|INTAI|rank=j|r-no=12|tozai=w|win=1|loss=9|absent=5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record box end}}
==See also== *Glossary of sumo terms *List of past sumo wrestlers *List of sumo tournament top division runners-up *List of sumo tournament second division champions *List of sekiwake
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