# Susanoumi Yoshitaka

Susanoumi Yoshitaka (須佐の湖 善誉), born August 30, 1972, and known by his shikona Susanoumi (須佐の湖) is a Japanese retired sumo wrestler from the city of Chita in Aichi Prefecture. His sumo stable was Kitanoumi. His real name is Zenji Kanesaku. His height is 184 cm (6 ft) and his peak weight was 240 kg. His highest rank was jūryō 2, achieved in the January 1998 wrestling tournament (basho in Japanese). One of his best results was in the November 1999 tournament in Kyushu when he defeated Hayateumi and Kotomitsuki. His hobby is sleeping.

## Career record

Susanoumi Yoshitaka :
| 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 |
| 1988 | x | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #28 5–2 | East Jonidan #113 4–3 | East Jonidan #82 2–5 | East Jonidan #112 5–2 |
| 1989 | West Jonidan #66 2–5 | East Jonidan #98 4–3 | West Jonidan #69 3–4 | East Jonidan #94 6–1 | West Jonidan #24 7–0 | East Sandanme #34 4–3 |
| 1990 | West Sandanme #19 2–5 | East Sandanme #48 2–5 | East Sandanme #81 5–2 | East Sandanme #51 4–3 | East Sandanme #34 4–3 | East Sandanme #15 3–4 |
| 1991 | East Sandanme #30 4–3 | East Sandanme #15 5–2 | West Makushita #50 4–3 | East Makushita #35 5–2 | West Makushita #20 3–4 | West Makushita #25 3–4 |
| 1992 | West Makushita #36 1–6 | West Sandanme #5 3–4 | West Sandanme #23 4–3 | West Sandanme #8 7–0 Champion | East Makushita #9 4–3 | West Makushita #4 4–3 |
| 1993 | West Makushita #1 3–4 | West Makushita #4 3–4 | West Makushita #9 4–3 | East Makushita #4 5–2 | East Jūryō #13 3–12 | East Makushita #9 0–4–3 |
| 1994 | East Makushita #44 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Makushita #44 5–2 | East Makushita #28 5–2 | West Makushita #15 2–5 | East Makushita #34 3–4 | West Makushita #45 5–2 |
| 1995 | East Makushita #27 4–3 | West Makushita #19 2–5 | East Makushita #34 2–5 | West Makushita #52 6–1 | East Makushita #25 5–2 | West Makushita #13 3–4 |
| 1996 | West Makushita #17 6–1 | West Makushita #3 2–5 | East Makushita #14 4–3 | West Makushita #9 6–1 Champion | East Makushita #3 4–3 | West Makushita #1 3–4 |
| 1997 | East Makushita #4 3–4 | East Makushita #11 4–3 | West Makushita #6 4–3 | East Makushita #4 7–0 Champion | East Jūryō #11 8–7 | West Jūryō #6 10–5 |
| 1998 | East Jūryō #2 5–10 | West Jūryō #6 5–10 | East Jūryō #10 9–6 | East Jūryō #5 8–7 | East Jūryō #3 4–11 | West Jūryō #12 8–7 |
| 1999 | East Jūryō #11 8–7 | West Jūryō #8 7–8 | West Jūryō #10 9–6 | West Jūryō #6 9–6 | West Jūryō #2 7–8 | East Jūryō #4 6–9 |
| 2000 | East Jūryō #6 8–7 | West Jūryō #4 4–11 | East Jūryō #10 2–13 | East Makushita #8 1–6 | East Makushita #28 3–4 | East Makushita #36 4–3 |
| 2001 | West Makushita #27 2–5 | West Makushita #41 5–2 | East Makushita #27 3–4 | East Makushita #38 5–2 | West Makushita #23 1–6 | West Makushita #45 3–4 |
| 2002 | East Makushita #57 4–3 | West Makushita #47 4–3 | West Makushita #40 3–4 | West Makushita #49 4–3 | West Makushita #42 3–4 | East Makushita #50 3–4 |
| 2003 | East Sandanme #7 4–3 | East Makushita #56 Retired 0–0–7 | 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 |||||||

## Retirement

After participating in the basho in January 2003, he fell to the third-lowest division and retired.

## Post-retirement activities

For a while he ran a restaurant in Fukuoka where his wife's parents' home was, but thereafter closed it and worked as a security guard in Kyushu.

## Other points to note

His peak weight of 240 kg (530 lb) which he reached in 1998 means he ranks seventh in the list of heaviest sumo wrestlers. He was the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever until surpassed by Yamamotoyama.