Kimurayama
| Kimurayama Mamoru | |
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| 木村山守 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Mamoru Kimura 13 July 1981 Wakayama, Japan |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 170 kg (370 lb; 27 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Kasugano |
| Record | 343-328-7 |
| Debut | March 2004 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 7 (November 2010) |
| Retired | January 2014 |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) |
| * Up to date as of Feb 2015. | |
Kimurayama Mamoru (born 13 July 1981 as Mamoru Kimura) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 7. He is now a coach at Kasugano stable. He was the only wrestler in the elite ranks in his time from Wakayama Prefecture.
Born in Gobo, he was an amateur champion at Toyo University, but did not have enough collegiate titles to receive makushita tsukedashi status and join professional sumo in the third highest makushita division, instead beginning at the bottom of the rankings in March 2004. He joined Kasugano stable, run by another Wakayama Prefecture native, the former sekiwake . His shikona or fighting name was adapted from his own surname, which is also a time-honoured name in Kasugano stable, being the name of a gyoji or referee, Kimura Soshiro, who ran the stable in the early 20th century.
Kimurayama reached sekitori status in January 2008 upon promotion to the second highest jūryō division and won his first yūshō or tournament championship in the following tournament with a 12–3 record. He made his debut in the top makuuchi division two tournaments later at maegashira 12, but fell short with a 7–8 record. He won his second jūryō championship in March 2010, after a three way playoff with Kōryū and Tamaasuka. He did not manage a kachi-koshi or winning record in the top division until his eighth try in July 2010. This performance, and another 8-7 in September, resulted in promotion to what was to be his highest career rank of maegashira 7 for the November 2010 tournament.
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