Hiradoumi Yuki

Hiradoumi Yuki - 平戸海 雄貴 (born April 20, 2000) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hirado, Nagasaki. He made his debut in March 2016 and currently wrestles for Sakaigawa stable. He reached the juryo division in November 2021 and the makuuchi division in September 2022. His highest rank as of 2023 is maegashira 5.

## **Early Life**

Sakaguchi began sumo wrestling during his first year at Himosashi Elementary School and he competed at the Wanpaku National Sumo Tournament from his fourth to sixth year. He also played baseball and volleyball in elementary school before solely focusing on sumo when entering Hirado Shiritsu Chubu Junior High School. During his time in junior high school, Sakaguchi participated in the National Junior High School Sumo Championships for his second and third year. After graduating, he received sumo offers from multiple high schools, but he opted to become professional and joined Sakaigawa stable.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

Sakaguchi made his professional debut in March 2016 alongside Asanoyama, Yutakayama, and Churanoumi. In March 2017, he was given the shikona "Hiradoumi" (平戸海) which was derived from his hometown Hirado. He was promoted to sandanme in July 2017 and makushita in March 2019. In September 2021, while ranked at makushita 2, Hiradoumi finished with a 5-2 record and was promoted to juryo for the following November 2021 tournament.

### **Juryo Career**

He is the first wrestler within his stable to reach the sekitori ranks since Shironoryu, who reached the juryo division in 2010. Hiradoumi finished with a 7-7-1 record in his first tournament as a sekitori. He withdrew on the final day due to an injury to his right ankle. He followed with an 8-7 record in January 2022. Following a strong performance in the July 2022 tournament, he was promoted to the makuuchi division. It was the first time in eleven years that a wrestler from Nagasaki prefecture was promoted to the top division. The last wrestler was Sadanofuji, Hiradoumi's coach at Sakaigawa stable, who made his makuuchi debut at the Kyushu tournament in 2011.

### **Makuuchi Career**

Hiradoumi entered the top division during the September 2022 tournament, at the rank of maegashira 16. However, he suffered a narrow loss in his first tournament, achieving a 7-8 make-kochi record. In the following tournament of November, he managed to maintain his makuuchi rank due to the balance of promotion and demotion of other wrestlers. Even with a losing record, his performance received praises, notably from former yokozuna Kitanofuji, who praised his energy and his "unrivaled training enthusiasm". In the last tournament of 2022, he managed his first kachi-koshi in the top division by the twelfth day. He was listed as a potential Fighting spirit prize recipient but was shelved because he did not reach the majority of the attending committee members votes. In the first banzuke of 2023 Hiradoumi was ranked maegashira 10. He secured kachi-koshi at the January tournament on day 14 with a win over Kotoeko. Reaching his highest rank, Hiradoumi notably won his match against former ozeki Takayasu on Day 8 but suffered a close losing record. After a good tournament in March 2023, Hiradoumi was promoted to Maegashira 5 for the July tournament of the same year. However, he suffered a negative record (make-koshi) and had to declare himself kyujo for the final day of the tournament, having been seen limping after his fight against Abi.

During the November 2023 tournament, Hiradoumi stood out by recording a victory on Day 10 over Ichiyamamoto, the tournament's sole leader, jeopardizing his lead in the title race. The victory was also Hiradoumi's seventh in a row, having started the tournament with three defeats.

## **Fighting Style**

Hiradoumi is proficient in both yotsu-sumo (grappling) and oshi-sumo (pushing and thrusting) techniques. His favored grip on his opponent's mawashi is migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His most often used winning kimarite is yorikiri (force out), followed by oshidashi (push out).

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 229-182-8/410 (46 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 61-59/119 (8 basho)
* **Juryo:** 40-34-1/74 (5 basho)
* **Makushita:** 52-39/91 (13 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 41-29/70 (10 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 24-18-7/42 (7 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 11-3/14 (2 basho)

## **Shikona History**

* Sakaguchi Yuki (2016.03 - 2017.01)
* Hiradoumi Yuki (2017.03 - )

## **Gallery**

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

Hiradoumi Yuki - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Hiradoumi Yuki - 2022 (Retrieved from the JSA)Hiradoumi Yuki - 2021 (Retrieved from the JSA)Hiradoumi Yuki - 2021 (Retrieved from the JSA)Hiradoumi's Tegata
### **Career Overview**

Hiradoumi joins professional sumo (c. 2016)Hiradoumi ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2021)Hiradoumi after promotion to Juryo (c. 2021)The town of Hirado celebrates Hiradoumi's promotion (c. 2021)Hiradoumi pushes out Asanowaka (c. 2021)Hiradoumi defeats Atamifuji (c. 2022)Hiradoumi after promotion to Makuuchi (c. 2022)Hiradoumi throws and defeats Kotoshoho (c. 2023)Hiradoumi prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2023)
## **Sources**

* Hiradoumi Yuki Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Hiradoumi Yuki Rikishi Information