Kaiki Nobuhide
| Kaiki Nobuhide | |
|---|---|
| 魁輝 薫秀 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Masaaki Nishino June 12, 1952 Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 148 kg (326 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Tomozuna |
| Record | 744–790–25 |
| Debut | September 1965 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (July 1979) |
| Retired | March 1987 |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (1) |
| Gold Stars | 3 Kitanoumi Wakanohana II Takanosato) |
| * Up to date as of July 2008. | |
Kaiki Nobuhide (born 12 June 1952 as Masaaki Nishino) is a former sumo wrestler from Tenmabayashi, Aomori, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1965, and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in 1975. He earned three gold stars for defeating yokozuna and one special prize. His highest rank was sekiwake, which he reached in July 1979. He retired in 1987 and has been head of the Tomozuna stable since 1989, training ozeki Kaio among others. He is also a Director of the Japan Sumo Association.
Making his debut in September 1965 at the age of just 13, he stood at only 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) and weighed just 90 kg (200 lb). He initially fought under his own surname of Nishino, becoming Nishinishiki in 1973. In September 1973 he became a fully fledged sekitori, and he adopted the shikona of Kaiki in 1975. He eventually reached the top makuuchi division in November 1975, ten years after his debut but still aged only 23. He fought in the top makuuchi division for 66 tournaments in total and earned three gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He earned one sansho or special prize, which came in his debut tournament at the rank of komusubi in May 1979 when he shared the Fighting Spirit Award with Ozutsu. He was promoted to sekiwake for the following tournament in July 1979. Although he scored only three wins against twelve losses in what was to be his only tournament at sekiwake, two of those wins were against yokozuna Kitanoumi and ozeki Asahikuni. He made the sanyaku ranks twice more, in July 1980 and January 1981, but on both occasions had a make-koshi or losing record at komusubi. He fought in the maegashira ranks until November 1986 when he was demoted to the juryo division. He retired two tournaments later after the March 1987 basho.
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