# Yoshinohana Masaki

Yoshinohana Masaki (born 4 September 1943 as Masanori Aikawa) is a former sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional debut in September May 1959, and reached the top division in November 1964. His highest rank was maegashira 1. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Inagawa. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in September 2008.

## Career record

Yoshinohana Masaki :
| 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 |
| 1959 | x | x | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #22 8–0 Champion | East Jonidan #41 5–3 | East Jonidan #6 4–4 |
| 1960 | West Jonidan #7 1–7 | West Jonidan #13 3–5 | East Jonidan #19 3–5 | West Jonidan #26 3–4 | West Jonidan #31 4–3 | East Sandanme #111 4–3 |
| 1961 | East Sandanme #95 4–3 | East Sandanme #71 3–4 | West Sandanme #84 4–3 | West Sandanme #62 4–3 | West Sandanme #47 4–3 | East Sandanme #36 4–3 |
| 1962 | West Sandanme #19 1–2–4 | East Sandanme #33 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Sandanme #68 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Sandanme #87 4–3 | East Sandanme #75 7–0 Champion | East Makushita #87 7–0 Champion |
| 1963 | West Makushita #8 4–3 | East Makushita #5 5–2 | East Makushita #1 5–3 | West Jūryō #16 9–6 | West Jūryō #11 6–9 | West Jūryō #16 9–6 |
| 1964 | East Jūryō #8 7–8 | West Jūryō #9 9–6 | East Jūryō #6 9–6 | East Jūryō #3 9–6 | West Jūryō #1 12–3 Champion | West Maegashira #10 6–7–2 |
| 1965 | West Maegashira #12 8–7 | East Maegashira #9 6–9 | West Maegashira #11 6–9 | West Maegashira #14 6–9 | West Jūryō #1 6–9 | West Jūryō #4 10–5 |
| 1966 | West Jūryō #1 8–7 | West Maegashira #15 9–6 | West Maegashira #12 8–7 | West Maegashira #10 8–7 | East Maegashira #7 10–5 | East Maegashira #1 6–9 ★ |
| 1967 | East Maegashira #3 7–8 | West Maegashira #3 4–11 | East Maegashira #10 10–5 | West Maegashira #2 7–8 | West Maegashira #3 5–10 | West Maegashira #7 10–5 |
| 1968 | West Maegashira #1 0–9–6 | West Maegashira #11 6–9 | East Jūryō #2 13–2 Champion | East Maegashira #7 8–7 | East Maegashira #5 6–9 | East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
| 1969 | East Maegashira #8 9–6 | West Maegashira #4 3–12 | West Maegashira #9 8–7 | West Maegashira #6 4–11 | East Maegashira #12 5–10 | East Jūryō #3 6–9 |
| 1970 | West Jūryō #6 6–9 | West Jūryō #8 10–5 | West Jūryō #3 9–6 | East Jūryō #1 8–7 | West Maegashira #12 9–6 | West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
| 1971 | West Maegashira #8 7–8 | East Maegashira #11 9–6 | West Maegashira #6 7–8 | West Maegashira #7 10–5 F | East Maegashira #1 4–11 | East Maegashira #7 1–14 |
| 1972 | East Jūryō #3 6–9 | East Jūryō #5 6–9 | East Jūryō #9 8–7 | East Jūryō #6 9–6 | East Jūryō #1 10–5–P | West Maegashira #11 6–9 |
| 1973 | West Jūryō #1 9–6 | West Maegashira #11 2–13 | West Jūryō #7 6–9 | West Jūryō #11 Retired 2–7–6 |
| 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 |||||||