Kiyoseumi
| Kiyoseumi Takayuki | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Takayuki Ichihara August 16, 1984 Aichi, Japan |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 180 kg (400 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Kitanoumi (formerly Kise) |
| University | Nihon University |
| Record | 157-129-33 |
| Debut | January, 2007 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 13 (March, 2008) |
| Retired | April 2011 |
| * Up to date as of Apr 2011. | |
Kiyoseumi Takayuki (born 16 August 1984 as Takayuki Ichihara) is a former sumo wrestler from Nagoya, Japan. An extremely successful amateur, his highest rank in the professional sport was maegashira 13. He was forced to retire in April 2011 after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association found him guilty of match-fixing.
Initially competing under his real surname of Ichihara, he was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, where he won eleven national titles. He won the Japan Games and the National Amateur Championships and was runner-up in the Japanese university championship. He was crowned the "Amateur Yokozuna" of 2006. He joined Kise stable, run by another former Nihon University champion, the ex-maegashira Higonoumi. Because of his amateur achievements, Ichihara was able to make his professional debut at the rank of Makushita 10, the first makushita tsukedashi entrant to begin as high as the tenth rank.
After steady scores of five wins to two losses in his first two tournaments in January and March 2007, followed by 4-3 in May and July, he was promoted to the second jūryō division in November 2007 after a 6-1 at Makushita 1 East in September. He scored 13 wins to 2 losses, although he lost a playoff for the championship on the final day, and was immediately promoted to the top makuuchi division for January 2008. He was the first wrestler to make his makuuchi debut after spending only one tournament in jūryō since Daikiko in January 1991.
In his top division debut Ichihara won five of his first seven bouts but tired in the second week of the tournament, finishing with an 8-7 score. He injured his right knee on the opening day of the March 2008 tournament after losing to Homasho and had to withdraw. As a result, he was demoted all the way down to the rank of Jūryō 11 for the May tournament. He participated in the basho with his knee heavily strapped, and struggled to a make-koshi 7-8 score. In July he recovered from 0-5 down to post eight wins but withdrew on the final day after a recurrence of the injury.
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