Sakahoko Nobushige
| Sakahoko Nobushige | |
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| 逆鉾 伸重 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Yoshiaki Fukuzono June 18, 1961 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 129 kg (284 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Izutsu |
| Record | 551-567-29 |
| Debut | January 1978 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (July, 1984) |
| Retired | September, 1992 |
| Championships | 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (5) Technique (4) |
| Gold Stars | 7 Takanosato (3) Chiyonofuji (2) Futahaguro (2) |
| * Up to date as of August 2012. | |
Sakahoko Nobushige (born 18 June 1961 as Yoshiaki Fukuzono) is a former sumo wrestler from Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He is now the head coach of Izutsu stable. He is the elder brother of Terao Tsunefumi.
Sakahoko made his professional debut in January 1978, joining Izutsu stable, which was run by his father, ex sekiwake Tsurugamine. His elder brother, Kakureizan, had joined sumo in March 1975, but Sakahoko quickly caught up with him and they made their jūryō debuts together in July 1981. Sakahoko made his debut in the top makuuchi division in November 1982. (His elder brother, meanwhile, never got higher than jūryō 2 and slid down the rankings). He reached what was to be his highest rank of sekiwake for the first time in July 1984. This was his first ever tournament in the titled san'yaku ranks and somewhat unusually for a san'yaku debutant he was able to produce a winning score (kachi-koshi) of 8-7. He received the Technique prize for his efforts. In March 1985 Sakahoko's younger brother Terao joined him in makuuchi. They were the first pair of brothers to be in the top division simultaneously since Tanikaze and Tatsugesake 200 years before.
In September 1987 he defeated two yokozuna, Chiyonofuji and Futahaguro, and was awarded the Outstanding Performance prize. He was promoted back to sekiwake and proceeded to hold the rank for a then record nine successive tournaments from November 1987 until March 1989, but he was never under consideration for promotion to ōzeki as he could not achieve regular double figure scores, his best result being 9-6. In July 1989, troubled by a shoulder injury, he turned in a disastrous 2-13 record and was demoted to the maegashira ranks. He managed to return to komusubi for one tournament in November 1990 but fell to jūryō in 1992 and announced his retirement that September at the age of 31 after 14 years in sumo. (Terao competed for another ten years, until September 2002). He chose the occasion of his retirement to publicly reveal for the first time that he was married with a seven-year-old daughter.
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