Dejima Takeharu
| Dejima Takeharu | |
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| 出島 武春 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Dejima Takeharu March 21, 1974 Ishikawa, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 160 kg (350 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Musashigawa |
| Record | 595-495-98 |
| Debut | March, 1996 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (September, 1999) |
| Retired | July, 2009 |
| Championships | 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (3) Fighting Spirit (4) Technique (3) |
| Gold Stars | 6 Akebono (2) Takanohana II (2) Wakanohana III Asashōryū |
| * Up to date as of July 2009. | |
Dejima Takeharu (出島 武春, born March 21, 1974) is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1996, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year. In 1999 he won the yūshō or tournament championship and earned promotion to the second highest rank of ōzeki, but he lost the rank in 2001 and, for the most part, remained a maegashira until his retirement in 2009. He won ten special prizes and six gold stars over his long career. He wrestled for Musashigawa stable.
Dejima did sumo at elementary school, where he was a rival of fellow top division wrestler . He was an amateur champion at Chuo University. Dejima joined professional sumo in March 1996 at the age of 22, recruited by Musashigawa stable, home to then ōzeki Musashimaru. Due to his amateur success he was given makushita tsukedashi status and was allowed to make his debut in the third makushita division. He did not adopt a traditional shikona, and he only ever used his real name as an active wrestler. In January 1997 he captured the tournament championship in the second jūryō division and was promoted to the top makuuchi division. His rise was so rapid that his hair had not yet grown long enough to be fashioned into the traditional oichonmage topknot.
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