Haguroyama Sojō

Haguroyama Sojō
羽黒山 礎丞
Annenyama in 1961, around the time of his name change to Haguroyama.
Personal information
Born	Osamu Annen (1934-02-23) February 23, 1934 (age 83) Kamikawa, Hokkaidō
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight	111 kg (245 lb)
Career
Stable	Tatsunami
Record	544-506-29-1draw
Debut	January, 1950
Highest rank	Sekiwake (September, 1957)
Retired	March, 1965
Championships	1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (3) Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars	10 (4) Chiyonoyama (3) Wakanohana I (2) Asashio III
* Up to date as of May 2008.

Haguroyama Sojō (born 23 February 1934 as Osamu Annen) is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan.

As an active wrestler he was first known as Annenyama and reached a highest rank of sekiwake upon winning the top makuuchi division tournament championship in May 1957. Later in his career he was granted the sumo name Haguroyama, in honour of his father-in-law and stable boss, the 36th Yokozuna Haguroyama Masaji. He was also runner-up in the November 1959 tournament and over the course of his top division career earned ten gold stars for defeating yokozuna. However, he also lost all of 21 bouts against yokozuna Taihō Kōki.

After retiring in 1965 he remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name Oitekaze. He became head coach of Tatsunami stable in 1969 upon Haguroyama Masaji's death and adopted the name Tatsunami Oyakata. He inherited a number of strong wrestlers such as future ōzeki Asahikuni. He coached Kōji Kitao to the top division in 1984, who became the 60th Yokozuna Futahaguro in 1986. However, after the two had a heated argument in December 1987 Futahaguro struck Tatsunami's wife and stormed out of the stable. Futahaguro was forced to resign by the Japan Sumo Association and Tatsunami filled out the yokozuna's retirement papers, the first time this had ever been done to a wrestler with elite sekitori status. Tatsunami was punished by a salary cut and told to stay away from all Sumo Association functions for three months. He later produced a number of other top division wrestlers such as Daishōhō and Daishōyama.