Musōyama
| Musōyama Masashi | |
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| 武双山 正士 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Takehito Oso February 14, 1972 Ibaraki, Japan |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 175 kg (386 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Musashigawa |
| University | Senshu University |
| Record | 554-377-122 |
| Debut | January, 1993 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (May, 2000) |
| Retired | November, 2004 |
| Championships | 1 (Makuuchi) 2 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (5) Fighting Spirit (4) Technique (4) |
| Gold Stars | 2 (Akebono, Takanohana II) |
| * Up to date as of July 2007. | |
Musōyama Masashi (born February 14, 1972 as Takehito Oso) is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in January 1993, and he won promotion to the top makuuchi division in just four tournaments. He won thirteen special prizes and spent a total of 31 tournaments at komusubi and sekiwake before finally reaching the second highest rank of ōzeki in 2000, shortly after winning his only top division tournament championship or yūshō. He retired in 2004. He is now the head coach of Fujishima stable.
Oso was interested in sumo from a young age, as his father was the director of the Ibaraki Prefecture sumo association. He won national amateur titles at high school and at Senshu University, where he was a rival of Tosanoumi. He made his professional debut in January 1993 in the third makushita division, as due to his amateur achievements he had been given makushita tsukedashi status. He breezed through makushita undefeated with two consecutive 7-0 scores to earn promotion to the second jūryō division, whereupon he changed his shikona from Oso to Musōyama, meaning "twin warrior mountain." He made his debut in the top makuuchi division in September 1993. It took him only seven tournaments from his professional debut to make the san'yaku ranks, debuting at sekiwake in March 1994. In September he won his first eleven matches, finishing as runner up to Takanohana with a fine 13-2 record. Over the next few years he was regularly ranked at either sekiwake or komusubi, but was unable to make the next step up. He suffered a number of injuries, including a dislocated shoulder and a persistent problem with his left big toe which affected his speed of movement.
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