Oginohana Masaaki
小城ノ花 正昭
Masaaki, c. 1959
Personal information
BornMasaaki Motomura
(1935-11-29)29 November 1935
Ogi, Saga, Japan
Died16 December 2006(2006-12-16) (aged 71)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight124 kg (273 lb)
Career
StableDewanoumi
Record524-522-9
DebutJanuary, 1952
Highest rankSekiwake (November, 1962)
RetiredMay, 1967
Championships1 (Makushita)
Special PrizesTechnique (1)
Outstanding Performance (1)
Gold Stars3

Oginohana Masaaki ( born Masaaki Motomura, 29 November 1935 – 16 December 2006) was a sumo wrestler from Ogi, Saga, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1952 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1957. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in 1967 and worked as a coach at Dewanoumi stable before leaving the Sumo Association in 2000 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. He was the father of Oginohana Akikazu and Oginishiki Yasutoshi, both successful sumo wrestlers themselves.

Oginohana Masaaki[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
1952 East Shinjo
21
 
x East Jonidan #22
62
 
x West Sandanme #45
35
 
x
1953 East Sandanme #45
44
 
West Sandanme #41
53
 
West Sandanme #29
26
 
x East Sandanme #36
35
 
x
1954 East Sandanme #39
44
 
East Sandanme #31
62
 
East Sandanme #11
35
 
x West Sandanme #13
35
 
x
1955 West Sandanme #18
44
 
East Sandanme #13
53
 
West Makushita #58
62
 
x East Makushita #39
71
 
x
1956 West Makushita #18
521
 
West Makushita #11
53
 
West Makushita #5
53
 
x East Makushita #4
35
 
x
1957 East Makushita #6
44
 
West Makushita #4
80
Champion

 
West Jūryō #12
123
 
x West Jūryō #4
123
 
East Maegashira #18
78
 
1958 East Maegashira #19
78
 
East Maegashira #21
87
 
West Maegashira #16
96
 
East Maegashira #11
69
 
West Maegashira #14
87
 
East Maegashira #13
96
 
1959 West Maegashira #9
105
 
East Maegashira #5
312
 
East Maegashira #14
96
 
East Maegashira #11
78
 
East Maegashira #12
96
 
West Maegashira #6
69
 
1960 West Maegashira #9
96
 
West Maegashira #6
78
 
West Maegashira #8
861
 
East Maegashira #6
87
 
East Maegashira #2
96
O
East Komusubi #2
78
 
1961 West Maegashira #1
510
 
West Maegashira #5
69
 
West Maegashira #7
69
 
East Maegashira #11
96
 
West Maegashira #5
105
 
West Maegashira #1
87
1962 East Maegashira #1
78
 
East Maegashira #2
69
 
West Maegashira #3
87
 
East Maegashira #2
69
 
West Maegashira #4
105
 
West Sekiwake
96
T
1963 West Sekiwake
87
 
West Sekiwake
411
 
East Maegashira #4
87
 
West Maegashira #1
69
 
West Maegashira #2
78
 
West Maegashira #2
510
1964 West Maegashira #6
78
 
East Maegashira #7
114
 
East Maegashira #1
312
 
West Maegashira #7
411
 
East Maegashira #13
96
 
East Maegashira #9
69
 
1965 West Maegashira #11
78
 
West Maegashira #12
96
 
East Maegashira #7
69
 
East Maegashira #9
69
 
East Maegashira #12
96
 
East Maegashira #6
411
 
1966 East Maegashira #15
87
 
East Maegashira #13
87
 
East Maegashira #12
78
 
East Maegashira #13
69
 
West Maegashira #15
312
 
East Jūryō #7
510
 
1967 West Jūryō #12
87
 
East Jūryō #8
78
 
East Makushita #2
Retired
007
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. "Oginohana Masaaki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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