Oginishiki Yasutoshi

Oginishiki Yasutoshi - 小城錦 康年 (born July 8, 1971) is a former Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba. He made his debut in March 1987 and wrestled for Dewanoumi stable. He reached the makuuchi division in May 1993 and has four special prizes as well as two kinboshi. His highest rank was komusubi and he retired in January 2004.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

The son of former sekiwake Oginohana Masaaki, he joined Dewanoumi stable in March 1987, where his father worked as a coach, and four years after his elder brother Oginohana Akikazu had also joined the stable. The "Ogi" character in his shikona was taken from Ogi, Saga where his father was born. Initially wrestling under his own surname of Koiwai, he switched to Oginoshu in 1989 and then Oginishiki in 1990. He was promoted to sandanme in July 1988 and makushita in September 1989. In September 1991, he produced a strong 6-1 record at the rank of makushita and was promoted to juryo in November 1991.

### **Juryo Career**

At the time of his juryo promotion, Oginishiki was only 20 years old and one of the youngest active sekitori. He initially struggled and posted two consecutive losing records, but luckily did not lose his sekitori status. After four consecutive winning records, he was promoted to makuuchi in May 1993.

### **Makuuchi Career**

Oginishiki had a more successful top division career than his brother, who reached a highest rank of maegashira 2 and never managed to win a special prize or defeat a yokozuna. Oginishiki, by contrast, earned the Fighting Spirit award in only his third makuuchi tournament after a strong 11-4 record. Two tournaments later in March 1994 he defeated yokozuna Akebono and was awarded the Technique Prize. In November 1996 he defeated all three ozeki but could only score 6-9 overall. In May 1997, an 11-4 record at Maegashira 4 saw him pick up his second Technique award and earn promotion to sumo's fourth highest rank of komusubi. He could only manage four wins in his sanyaku debut however, and never managed to return to the rank. In May 1998 he defeated yokozuna Takanohana and tournament winner Wakanohana and won the Outstanding Performance award. At the end of 1999 he dropped back into the juryo division but two consecutive yusho or tournament championships saw him return to the top division. He suffered a number of injury problems later in his career, and fell to juryo once more.

## **Retirement from Sumo**

After making his final top division appearance in March 2002, he fought until January 2004 before retiring on the 12th day with eight losses, facing certain demotion to makushita. Oginishiki has stayed in the sumo world as a coach at Dewanoumi stable, alongside his brother, and is now known as Nakadachi-oyakata.

## **Personal Life**

* Oginishiki's hobbies are playing soccer and watching sports.
* His brother is former maegashira Oginohana Akikazu and his father is former sekiwake Oginohana Masaaki.

## **Fighting Style**

According to his Japan Sumo Association profile, his favored techniques are yori (forcing) and hidari-yotsu, a right hand outside, left hand inside position. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yorikiri or force out.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 605-585-107/1185 (102 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 299-359-47/656 (47 basho)
* **Juryo:** 195-160-48/352 (27 basho)
* **Makushita:** 38-25/63 (9 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 46-31/77 (11 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 19-9/28 (4 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 8-1-12/9 (3 basho)

### **Championships**

* 2 **Juryo** Championships
	+ 1st (November 1999)
	+ 2nd (January 2000)

### **Achievements**

* **Special Prizes:** Technique Prize (2), Fighting Spirit Prize (1), Outstanding Performance Prize (1)
* **Kinboshi:** 2: (1) Takanohana, (1) Akebono

## **Shikona History**

* Koiwai Yasutoshi (1987.03 - 1989.05)
* Oginoshu Yasutoshi (1989.07 - 1990.07)
* Oginishiki Yasutoshi (1990.09 - 2004.01)

## **Gallery**

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

Oginishiki Yasutoshi - 1997 (Retrieved from the JSA)Oginishiki's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Oginishiki joins his father's stable, Dewanoumi stable (c. 1986)Oginishiki (right) and his older brother OginohanaOginishiki (right) receives a sansho prize (c. 1997)Oginishiki after promotion to Komusubi (c. 1997)Oginishiki defeats Yokozuna Takanohana (c. 1998)Oginishiki wins the Juryo Yusho (c. 1999)Oginishiki battles Yokozuna Akebono (c. 2000)Oginishiki battles Terao (c. 2002)Oginishiki announces his retirement (c. 2004)Oginishiki after retirement as Nakadachi Oyakata
## **Sources**

* Oginishiki Yasutoshi Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Oginishiki Yasutoshi Rikishi Information