# Kotogahama Sadao

Kotogahama Sadao (Japanese: 琴ヶ濵貞雄) (10 October 1927 – 7 June 1981) was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan.
He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira. After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.

## Pre-modern top division record

* The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.
Kotogahama Sadao :
| - | Spring Haru basho, Tokyo | Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo | Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo |
| 1950 | East Jūryō #2 8–7 | West Maegashira #22 8–7 | West Maegashira #17 9–6 |
| 1951 | West Maegashira #13 8–7 | East Maegashira #12 8–7 | East Maegashira #7 6–6–3 |
| 1952 | East Maegashira #9 10–5 | East Maegashira #4 6–9 | West Maegashira #6 11–4 |
| 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 ||||
| - | New Year Hatsu basho, Tokyo | Spring Haru basho, Osaka | Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo | Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo |
| 1953 | West Komusubi #1 5–10 | East Maegashira #3 7–8 ★ | West Maegashira #4 5–10 | East Maegashira #7 7–8 |
| 1954 | East Maegashira #8 7–8 | West Maegashira #9 9–6 | East Maegashira #5 8–7 | West Maegashira #2 7–8 |
| 1955 | East Maegashira #4 7–8 ★ | West Maegashira #5 10–5 ★T | East Maegashira #1 7–8 ★ | West Maegashira #2 5–10 |
| 1956 | West Maegashira #6 10–5 ★ | East Maegashira #1 9–6 ★★ | East Komusubi #1 10–5 T | West Sekiwake #1 7–8 |
| 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 |||||

## Modern top division record

* Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.
| 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 |
| 1957 | West Komusubi #2 1–8–6 | East Maegashira #8 12–3 F | West Komusubi #2 12–3 T | Not held | West Sekiwake #2 11–4 T | East Sekiwake #1 10–5 |
| 1958 | East Sekiwake #1 11–4 O | East Sekiwake #1 13–2 TO | West Ōzeki #1 11–4 | East Ōzeki #1 10–5 | East Ōzeki #1 11–4 | East Ōzeki #1 10–5 |
| 1959 | West Ōzeki #1 2–6–7 | West Ōzeki #1 11–4 | East Ōzeki #1 8–7 | East Ōzeki #1 12–3 | East Ōzeki #1 0–6–9 | West Ōzeki #1 10–5 |
| 1960 | West Ōzeki #1 9–6 | East Ōzeki #1 8–7 | East Ōzeki #1 3–7–5 | West Ōzeki #1 10–5 | East Ōzeki #1 6–9 | East Ōzeki #2 1–6–8 |
| 1961 | East Ōzeki #2 12–3 | East Ōzeki #1 9–6 | West Ōzeki #2 5–10 | West Ōzeki #3 0–5–10 | West Ōzeki #3 9–6 | West Ōzeki #1 3–7–5 |
| 1962 | West Ōzeki #1 9–6 | East Ōzeki #1 4–7–4 | West Ōzeki #2 0–0–15 | East Ōzeki #3 10–5 | West Ōzeki #1 2–8–5 | East Ōzeki #3 Retired 0–0–15 |
| 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 |||||||