# Sadanoumi Kōji

Sadanoumi Kōji (佐田の海 鴻嗣) (born 19 July 1956 as Kōji Matsumara (松村 宏司, Matsumura Kōji)) is a former sumo wrestler from Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1972, and reached the top division in November 1980. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in July 1988 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tagonoura. He left the Sumo Association in August 1999. He is the father of the current sekitori wrestler of the same name, Sadanoumi Takashi.

## Career record

Sadanoumi Kōji :
| Year | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo | March Haru basho, Osaka | May Natsu basho, Tokyo | July Nagoya basho, Nagoya | September Aki basho, Tokyo | November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
| 1972 | x | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #6 6–1 Champion | West Jonidan #29 2–5 | East Jonidan #48 5–2 | West Jonidan #14 2–5 |
| 1973 | East Jonidan #37 6–1 | East Sandanme #64 4–3 | West Sandanme #53 6–1 | East Jonidan #2 4–3 | West Sandanme #65 5–2 | West Sandanme #38 5–2 |
| 1974 | East Sandanme #10 2–5 | East Sandanme #26 3–4 | West Sandanme #39 6–1 | West Sandanme #3 5–2 | West Makushita #37 2–5 | East Makushita #53 4–3 |
| 1975 | West Makushita #43 3–4 | East Makushita #52 3–4 | East Sandanme #3 5–2 | West Makushita #43 5–2 | West Makushita #25 2–5 | East Makushita #41 4–3 |
| 1976 | West Makushita #34 6–1 | East Makushita #16 4–3 | East Makushita #11 2–5 | East Makushita #26 5–2 | West Makushita #14 4–3 | West Makushita #8 5–2 |
| 1977 | West Makushita #4 3–4 | West Makushita #8 2–5 | East Makushita #24 3–4 | East Makushita #31 6–1 | East Makushita #11 4–3 | East Makushita #7 5–2 |
| 1978 | West Makushita #3 5–2 | West Jūryō #10 3–12 | East Makushita #8 5–2 | East Makushita #2 5–2 | West Jūryō #13 2–13 | West Makushita #15 4–3 |
| 1979 | East Makushita #11 4–3 | West Makushita #6 4–3 | West Makushita #3 3–4 | West Makushita #7 7–0–P Champion | West Jūryō #8 8–7 | East Jūryō #7 8–7 |
| 1980 | West Jūryō #4 6–9 | West Jūryō #9 8–7 | East Jūryō #8 7–8 | East Jūryō #10 9–6 | West Jūryō #4 11–4 | West Maegashira #12 11–4 F |
| 1981 | East Maegashira #2 4–11 | East Maegashira #10 8–7 | West Maegashira #7 9–6 | East Maegashira #2 4–11 | East Maegashira #8 9–6 | East Maegashira #4 10–5 T |
| 1982 | East Komusubi #1 8–7 O | East Komusubi #1 4–11 | East Maegashira #4 5–10 | West Maegashira #11 6–9 | East Maegashira #14 9–6 | West Maegashira #6 8–7 |
| 1983 | West Maegashira #2 6–9 | East Maegashira #5 5–10 | West Maegashira #9 8–7 | West Maegashira #3 6–9 | West Maegashira #6 9–6 | East Komusubi #1 5–10 |
| 1984 | West Maegashira #5 9–6 | West Komusubi #1 7–8 | West Maegashira #1 4–11 | West Maegashira #10 10–5 | East Maegashira #3 5–10 | West Maegashira #8 9–6 |
| 1985 | West Maegashira #2 3–12 | East Maegashira #13 10–5 F | West Maegashira #4 5–10 | West Maegashira #11 9–6 | East Maegashira #3 6–9 | West Maegashira #7 9–6 |
| 1986 | West Maegashira #1 5–10 | West Maegashira #6 7–8 | East Maegashira #8 8–7 | West Maegashira #4 6–9 | West Maegashira #9 8–7 | West Maegashira #3 3–12 |
| 1987 | West Maegashira #12 8–7 | West Maegashira #8 8–7 | East Maegashira #4 4–11 | East Maegashira #11 9–6 | West Maegashira #3 3–12 | East Maegashira #11 8–7 |
| 1988 | East Maegashira #9 7–8 | West Maegashira #10 0–15 | West Jūryō #6 6–9 | West Jūryō #11 Retired 2–4–7 | x | x |
| Record given as wins–losses–absences Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation 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 |||||||