Dewaarashi Daisuke

Dewaarashi Daisuke - 出羽嵐 大輔 (born January 7, 1976 - March 29, 2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tsushima, Nagasaki. He made his debut in March 1989 and wrestled for Dewanoumi stable. He reached the makuuchi division in July 1998. His highest rank was maegashira 14 and he retired in November 2000.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

Sugawa joined Dewanoumi stable in March 1989 and he initially wrestled under his family name. Already weighing 151 kg, he was the heaviest new recruit. In July 1990 he won all seven of his matches and defeated two other rikishi in a three-man playoff to claim the jonidan yusho. He was promoted to sandanme in September 1990 and makushita in May 1992. He changed his shikona from his surname to "Tsushimanada" (対馬灘) in November 1991. In July 1993 he won the sandanme yusho with a perfect 7-0 record. He changed his shikona to "Dewaarashi" (出羽嵐) in March 1994. In May 1996 he was ranked at makushita 2 and he produced a 5-2 record which earned him a promotion to juryo for the July 1996 tournament.

### **Juryo Career**

He produced an 8-7 record in his debut and followed with another 8-7 record. Dewaarashi was producing consistent results, but he had to pull out of the July 1997 tournament due to cellulitis on his right lower leg. Nevertheless, he continued to put up solid numbers and in the May 1998 tournament he produced a strong 10-5 record at the rank of juryo 3 which earned him a promotion to makuuchi.

### **Makuuchi Career**

In his makuuchi debut, Dewaarashi could only manage six wins and he was demoted back down to juryo. He returned to makuuchi two tournaments later but could only manage four wins and he was demoted back down to juryo. This proved to be his last tournament in makuuchi.

### **Later Career**

Dewaarashi stayed in juryo for another year before a 3-12 record in March 2000 sent him back down to makushita. Even in makushita Dewaarashi continued to struggle and he could not produce any winning records.

## **Retirement from Sumo**

Dewaarashi announced his retirement after the November 2000 tournament. After retirement he trained as an itamae (板前), or a cook, in Osaka. He then returned to the sumo world in 2001 and became the manager of Sakaigawa stable which was opened by his former stablemate Ryogoku. He resigned in October 2009 after he fell ill.

### **Death**

He died at a hospital in Kawaguchi, Saitama, due to heart failure. He was 39 years old.

## **Personal Life**

* He was a member of the judo club in high school. His hobby is watching movies.
* Dewaarashi suffered from diabetes which hurt is vision on the dohyo.
* Dewaarashi played a large sumo wrestler in the 2005 drama film *Memoirs of a Geisha.* His opponent was played by Mainoumi who was his stablemate.

## **Fighting Style**

Dewaarashi was a tsuki/oshi specialist, who prefers pushing and thrusting at his opponents rather than fighting on the mawashi or belt. However, his most common winning kimarite or technique was oshidashi or a straightforward force out.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 326-321-27/642 (71 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 10-17-3/26 (2 basho)
* **Juryo:** 147-152-16/298 (21 basho)
* **Makushita:** 62-78-7/138 (21 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 76-50/126 (18 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 27-21-1/47 (7 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 4-3/7 (1 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Sandanme** Championship (July 1993)
* 1 **Jonidan** Championship (July 1990)

## **Shikona History**

* Sugawa Kiyoshi (1989.03 - 1991.09)
* Tsushimanada Kiyoshi (1991.11 - 1994.01)
* Dewaarashi Daisuke (1994.03 - 2000.11)

## **Gallery**

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

Dewaarashi Daisuke - 1998 (Retrieved from the JSA)Dewaarashi Daisuke - 1997 (Retrieved from the JSA)Dewaarashi's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Kiyoshi Sugawa joins professional sumo (c. 1989)Dewaarashi battles his opponent in Juryo (c. 1998)Dewaarashi after promotion to Makuuchi (c. 1998)Dewaarashi (c. 1998)Memoirs of a Geisha sumo match (Dewaarashi is the one in red)
## **Sources**

* Dewaarashi Daisuke Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Dewaarashi Daisuke Rikishi Information