Daijuyama
| Daijuyama Tadaaki | |
|---|---|
| 太寿山 忠明 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Tadaaki Sakazume April 11, 1959 Niigata, Japan |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 159 kg (351 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Futagoyama |
| Record | 585-618-28 |
| Debut | March, 1975 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (November, 1981) |
| Retired | May, 1991 |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (3) |
| Gold Stars | 7 Kitanoumi (4) Chiyonofuji (3) |
| * Up to date as of February 2010. | |
Daijuyama Tadaaki (太寿山 忠明, born 8 April 1959 as Tadaaki Sakazume (坂爪 忠明 Sakazume Tadaaki?)) is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 tournaments, winning four special prizes, and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was a runner-up to Chiyonofuji in the July 1982 tournament. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in 1991 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He re-established the Hanakago stable in 1992 and produced his first top division wrestler Kōryū in 2008.
He joined Futagoyama stable in March 1975 at the age of 16, recruited by the former yokozuna Wakanohana I. Joining the stable at the same time as him was future ozeki Wakashimazu. It took him about five years to make the sekitori ranks, climbing the divisions steadily without picking up any yusho or championships along the way. In January 1980 he broke into the jūryō division, and after four kachi-koshi winning scores he was promoted to the top makuuchi division that September. He fell back to jūryō after only two tournaments, but returned in March 1981. In September of that year he scored an impressive ten wins, defeating yokozuna Kitanoumi to earn his first kinboshi. He was rewarded with his first special prize, for Fighting Spirit, and promotion to the sanyaku ranks at sekiwake, which was to be the highest rank he was to achieve.
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