Tanzo Takahiro

Tanzo Takahiro - 丹蔵 隆浩 (born May 5, 1984) is a former Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Noto, Ishikawa. He made his debut in March 2007 and wrestled for Onomatsu stable. He reached the juryo division in September 2012. His highest rank was juryo 6 and he retired in May 2014.

## **Early Life**

Terashita has been active in sumo from an early age and by the Tim ehe graduated elementary school, he was already 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) and around 100 kg (220 Ib). After participating in sumo at Noto Choritsu Noto Junior High School, he attended Kanazawa Municipal Technical High School where he was also a member of their sumo team. Terashita decided to continue his sumo career at Toyo University. After graduation he joined Onomatsu stable and made his debut in March 2007. Fellow junior classmates from his high school, Tamadaiki and Notoazuma also made their debut alongside Terashita.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

In Terashita's first tournament he won all seven matches and took the jonokuchi yusho. In the following tournament, Terashita only lost one match, which was against Tosayutaka, and finished with a 6-1 record. He followed this with a 5-2 record in his sandanme debut. In November 2007, Terashita hurt his neck and had to pull out midway through the tournament, thus producing his first losing record of 0-2-5. He bounced back by winning all seven matches and taking the sandanme yusho. As a result, he was promoted to the makushita division for the March 2008 tournament.

Terashita got off to a slow start in makushita where he mainly produced 4-3 and 3-4 records. In September 2008, Terashita seriously injured a ligament on his right leg and had to pull out of the tournament. Terashita sat out for the next six tournaments and only returned for one match in his sixth tournament to avoid falling completely off the banzuke. He returned in November 2009 and won all seven bouts to claim the jonokuchi yusho. In the following tournament he replicated his result, however, he lost a playoff against Karatsuumi for the jonidan yusho. He continued his strong performance and produced two consecutive 6-1 records which brought him to the upper-half of the competitive makushita ranks. In January 2012, Terashita produced a 6-1 record and participated in an eight-man playoff, however, he lost int he second round. Two tournaments later, Terashita clinched the makushita yusho with a perfect 7-0 record and as a result was promoted to the makushita 2 rank. In this tournament, Terashita faced off against two juryo-ranked wrestlers, Oniarashi and Homarefuji, and he defeated them both. He finished with a 5-2 record and was promoted to the juryo division for the September 2012 tournament.

### **Juryo Career**

Upon promotion to juryo, he changed his shikona from his family name to "Tanzo". In his first tournament, he had a strong start where he was 7-2 after the ninth day, however, he lost the following five matches and was at 7-7 by the fourteenth day. Tanzo defeated Tamawashi on the final day to finish with an 8-7 record. Tanzo had a similar tournament in the following honbasho. He was 6-3 after the ninth day, but lost his next five bouts and finished with a 7-8 record. He bounced back with a career best 9-6 record and was promoted to juryo 6 for the March 2013 tournament. Starting with this tournament, Tanzo went on a slump and produced five straight losing records which sent him back down to makushita for the January 2014 tournament.

## **Retirement from Sumo**

Right after demotion back to makushita, Tanzo produced two losing records and sat out of the May 2014 tournament. He announced his retirement on the tenth day of the May 2015 tournament and cited that his shoulder required surgery which would caused a sharp fall in rank, which Tanzo had already experienced before and had no intention of repeating it. His danpatsu-shiki, or retirement ceremony, was held on May 31, 2015, at a hotel located in Chiba City.

After retirement, Tanzo intends on obtaining a qualification to become a judo therapist. As of 2016, Tanzo currently runs a clinic called Tanzo Seitai Nagoya (丹蔵整体) which specializes in osteopathic manipulative treatment.

## **Personal Life**

* Tanzo's hobby is watching movies and his favorite food is seafood.
* Tanzo has a younger brother who also competed in amateur sumo.

## **Fighting Style**

Tanzo's favored techniques are listed at the Sumo Association as migi-yotsu (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on the opponent's mawashi) and yori (forcing). His most common winning kimarite was yorikiri (force out).

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 174-130-54/303 (43 basho)
* **Juryo:** 55-65/120 (8 basho)
* **Makushita:** 73-59-15/131 (21 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 18-5-19/23 (6 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 13-1-14/14 (4 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 15-0-6/15 (3 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Makushita** Championship (May 2012)
* 1 **Sandanme** Championship (January 2008)
* 2 **Jonokuchi** Championships
	+ 1st (May 2007)
	+ 2nd (November 2009)

## **Shikona History**

* Terashita Takahiro (2007.03 - 2012.07)
* Tanzo Takahiro (2012.09 - 2014.05)

## **Gallery**

### **JSA Profile Pictures and Tegata**

Tanzo Takahiro - 2013 (Retrieved from the JSA)Tanzo Takahiro - 2012 (Retrieved from the JSA)Tanzo Takahiro - 2012 (Retrieved from the JSA)Tanzo's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Terashita wins his first Sandanme Yusho (c. 2008)Terashita prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2009)Terashita defeats Ryuden and ensures Juryo promotion (c. 2012)Terashita becomes Tanzo upon promotion to Juryo (c. 2012)Tanzo presented with his kesho-mawashi (c. 2012)Tanzo loses to Jokoryu (c. 2012)Tanzo battles Osunaarashi (c. 2013)Tanzo announces his retirement (c. 2014)Tanzo's retirement ceremony (c. 2014)
## **Sources**

* Tanzo Takahiro Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Tanzo Takahiro Rikishi Information