Kaiketsu Masateru
| Kaiketsu Masateru | |
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| 魁傑 將晃 | |
Kaiketsu as chairman on the opening day of September 2011 tournament. To the right is future ōzeki Kisenosato.
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Teruyuki Nishimori February 16, 1948 Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | May 18, 2014 (aged 66) Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Hanakago |
| Record | 528-410-0 |
| Debut | September 1966 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (March 1975) |
| Retired | January 1979 |
| Championships | 2 (Makuuchi) 1 (Sandanme) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (2) Fighting Spirit (7) Technique(1) |
| Gold Stars | 3 Kitanofuji Kotozakura Kitanoumi |
| * Up to date as of December 2007. | |
Kaiketsu Masateru (Japanese: 魁傑 將晃, born Teruyuki Nishimori; February 16, 1948 – May 18, 2014) was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki on two separate occasions. He also won two top division tournament championships. After his retirement in 1979 he became a coach under the name of Hanaregoma-oyakata and established Hanaregoma stable. He was also chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2010 to 2012.
While at Nihon University he practiced judo. He made his professional sumo debut in September 1966 at the age of 18, fighting out of Hanakago stable. Initially fighting under his own surname of Nishimori, he reached the second jūryō division in January 1970. He adopted the shikona of Hananishiki before switching to Kaiketsu in November 1970. He reached the top makuuchi division in September 1971. In March 1972 from the maegashira 7 ranking he was the tournament runner-up to Hasegawa, who defeated him in a playoff, and he was given special prizes for Outstanding Performance and Technique. At the following tournament in May 1972 he made his san'yaku debut at komusubi rank. After scoring 11 wins there and finishing as runner-up to his stablemate Wajima he was promoted to sekiwake. He was also a runner-up in January 1973.
In September 1974 Kaiketsu turned in a make-koshi or losing score of 7-8 at sekiwake rank but then took his first top division yūshō or championship in November as a komusubi. He scored twelve wins against three losses, and defeated yokozuna Kitanoumi in a playoff. He followed this up with an 11-4 score in January 1975. His combined total of wins over the last three tournaments was 31, below the normal standard for ōzeki promotion of 33, but there was only one ōzeki at the time, Takanohana, so the Sumo Association decided to promote Kaiketsu.
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