# Daizen Takahiro

Daizen Takahiro (born 14 December 1964 as Tokuo Takahashi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in November 1991. His highest rank was komusubi and he earned two kinboshi. After his retirement in 2003 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and a coach at Nishonoseki stable. Upon the closure of his stable in 2013 he moved to Kasugano stable.

## Career record

Daizen Takahiro :
| 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 |
| 1981 | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #16 3–4 | East Jonokuchi #1 5–2 | East Jonidan #102 2–5 | East Jonidan #126 4–3 |
| 1982 | West Jonidan #101 5–2 | West Jonidan #52 0–7 | East Jonidan #102 4–3 | West Jonidan #80 5–2 | West Jonidan #41 2–5 | West Jonidan #62 5–2 |
| 1983 | West Jonidan #18 2–5 | East Jonidan #46 4–3 | East Jonidan #27 4–3 | West Jonidan #12 3–4 | West Jonidan #31 4–3 | West Jonidan #13 4–3 |
| 1984 | West Sandanme #88 4–3 | East Sandanme #67 5–2 | East Sandanme #31 2–5 | East Sandanme #55 4–3 | West Sandanme #39 3–4 | West Sandanme #53 1–2–4 |
| 1985 | West Sandanme #93 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Sandanme #93 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Jonidan #44 5–2 | East Jonidan #6 5–2 | East Sandanme #46 4–3 | East Sandanme #42 4–3 |
| 1986 | West Sandanme #23 4–3 | West Sandanme #9 5–2 | West Makushita #43 3–4 | East Makushita #59 4–3 | East Makushita #44 3–4 | West Makushita #56 5–2 |
| 1987 | West Makushita #38 5–2 | East Makushita #23 3–4 | East Makushita #33 5–2 | West Makushita #18 4–3 | East Makushita #13 5–2 | East Makushita #5 6–1 |
| 1988 | East Makushita #1 6–1–P | East Jūryō #9 8–7 | East Jūryō #6 2–8–5 | West Makushita #2 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Makushita #2 4–3 | West Makushita #1 3–4 |
| 1989 | East Makushita #6 3–4 | East Makushita #11 3–4 | West Makushita #16 2–5 | West Makushita #34 3–4 | West Makushita #45 5–2 | West Makushita #24 7–0 Champion |
| 1990 | West Makushita #4 3–4 | East Makushita #9 6–1 | East Makushita #2 3–4 | West Makushita #5 6–1 | West Makushita #1 4–3 | West Jūryō #13 8–7 |
| 1991 | East Jūryō #11 9–6 | West Jūryō #7 8–7 | East Jūryō #5 6–9 | West Jūryō #9 9–6 | East Jūryō #5 12–3–P Champion | West Maegashira #11 7–8 |
| 1992 | East Maegashira #13 6–9 | East Maegashira #16 7–8 | West Jūryō #1 9–6 | East Maegashira #14 7–8 | West Maegashira #14 10–5 | West Maegashira #5 9–6 |
| 1993 | East Maegashira #4 5–10 | West Maegashira #10 7–8 | West Maegashira #11 7–8 | East Maegashira #14 9–6 | West Maegashira #5 5–10 | East Maegashira #12 10–5 |
| 1994 | East Maegashira #3 8–7 | West Komusubi #1 5–10 | West Maegashira #4 7–8 | East Maegashira #5 6–9 | East Maegashira #9 9–6 | East Maegashira #3 6–9 ★ |
| 1995 | East Maegashira #6 2–13 | West Maegashira #14 6–9 | West Jūryō #1 7–8 | East Jūryō #4 8–7 | East Jūryō #2 7–8 | West Jūryō #4 5–10 |
| 1996 | East Jūryō #10 9–6 | East Jūryō #7 7–8 | East Jūryō #9 8–7 | East Jūryō #5 11–4–P Champion | East Jūryō #1 7–8 | West Jūryō #2 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
| 1997 | West Jūryō #2 5–10 | East Jūryō #7 7–7–1 | West Jūryō #8 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 | West Jūryō #8 7–8 | East Jūryō #10 7–8 | West Jūryō #10 9–6 |
| 1998 | East Jūryō #5 8–7 | East Jūryō #3 6–9 | East Jūryō #6 7–8 | West Jūryō #9 8–7 | West Jūryō #8 8–7 | West Jūryō #6 7–8 |
| 1999 | West Jūryō #8 8–7 | West Jūryō #2 12–3 Champion | East Maegashira #11 7–8 | West Maegashira #12 5–10 | East Jūryō #1 9–6 | West Maegashira #13 7–8 |
| 2000 | West Jūryō #1 10–5 | West Maegashira #12 9–6 | West Maegashira #3 3–12 | West Maegashira #10 5–10 | West Jūryō #2 7–8 | West Jūryō #4 8–7 |
| 2001 | West Jūryō #1 6–9 | West Jūryō #3 9–6 | East Maegashira #14 8–7 | West Maegashira #11 8–7 | West Maegashira #8 9–6 | East Maegashira #6 6–9 ★ |
| 2002 | West Maegashira #8 7–8 | West Maegashira #9 9–6 | East Maegashira #4 4–11 | West Maegashira #9 6–9 | East Maegashira #11 4–11 | East Jūryō #5 7–8 |
| 2003 | West Jūryō #7 4–11 | East Makushita #1 Retired 2–5 | x | x | 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 |||||||