Chiyohakuho
| Chiyohakuhō Daiki | |
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| 千代白鵬 大樹 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Daiki Kakiuchi April 21, 1983 Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 135 kg (298 lb; 21.3 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Kokonoe |
| Record | 343-296-50 |
| Debut | March, 1999 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 6 (May, 2009) |
| Retired | April 2011 |
| Championships | 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jūryō) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 2011. | |
Chiyohakuhō Daiki (born 21 April 1983 as Daiki Kakiuchi) is a former sumo wrestler from Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1999 and broke into the top makuuchi division nine years later in 2008. His highest rank was maegashira 6. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable. After admitting his involvement in match-fixing, he retired from the sport in 2011 following an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association.
At high school he preferred judo, and had little sumo experience, but his judo teacher was a friend of Kokonoe-oyakata, the 58th Yokozuna Chiyonofuji. After being introduced he joined Kokonoe stable, making his professional debut in March 1999. His heya mate, Chiyotaikai, made his debut at the rank of ozeki in the same tournament. He initially fought under his own surname, before adopting the shikona of Chiyohakuhō in November 1999. (He has no connection to the better known wrestler Hakuhō, who did not make his debut until March 2001.) He was first promoted to the third highest makushita division in November 2001.
Chiyohakuhō slowly climbed the makushita division and upon taking his first yusho or tournament championship in January 2005 with a perfect 7-0 record from the rank of Makushita 4 he earned automatic promotion to the elite sekitori ranks. However, he had to pull out of his debut tournament in the second highest jūryō division with an injury and fell back to makushita. He did not re-establish himself as a sekitori wrestler until May 2007. After six unremarkable tournaments he took the jūryō division championship with a 13-2 record in May 2008, and this was just enough to earn him promotion to the top makuuchi division at the lowest rank of Maegashira 16 West.
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