Masatsukasa
| Masatsukasa Kōshin | |
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| 将司昂親 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Masahito Ono June 7, 1984 Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 134 kg (295 lb; 21.1 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Irumagawa |
| Record | 305-266-21 |
| Debut | January, 2003 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 8 (September, 2008) |
| Retired | April 2011 |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Jonidan) |
| * Up to date as of April 2011. | |
Masatsukasa Kōshin (born 7 June 1984 as Masahito Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 8. He was forced to retire in April 2011 after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association found him guilty of match-fixing.
Born in Fukaura, Nishitsugaru (also the home town of Kaiho, Aminishiki and Asofuji), he made his professional debut in January 2003 joining Irumagawa stable.
In his first tournament on the banzuke ranking sheets in March 2003 he took the yusho or tournament championship with a perfect 7-0 record. Six consecutive kachi-koshi or winning scores saw him reach the third highest makushita division in March 2004 and he became a sekitori on his promotion to the jūryō division in September 2005. After three poor performances he was demoted back to makushita in March 2006 but made an immediate return to the second division, and although he was never able to win more than nine bouts out of fifteen in any one tournament, a series of steady scores took him up to Jūryō 3. A 9-6 score in May 2008, winning his last four matches, was enough to earn him promotion to the top makuuchi division for the July 2008 basho.
He scored an impressive ten wins in his top division debut, which resulted in promotion to his highest rank of maegashira 8, but he had three make-koshi or losing scores in the next three tournaments, and fell back to the jūryō division in March 2009. In September he returned to the top division at the very lowest rank of maegashira 16. He made an excellent start, winning his first five bouts, but eight losses in the next ten days saw him narrowly fail to maintain his makuuchi position. In July 2010 he secured the jūryō championship by the 13th day, and was promoted back to the top division at maegashira 8. However, he was unable to take part in the September tournament due to an injury to his left ankle. Back in jūryō for the November tournament, he secured his kachi-koshi by winning his last two bouts to finish on 8-7.
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