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Sumo wrestler

Banryuyama Takaharu
播竜山 孝晴
Personal information
BornTakaharu Taguchi
(1951-05-04) 4 May 1951 (age 73)
Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight145 kg (320 lb)
Career
StableMihogaseki
Record579-591-26
DebutNovember, 1966
Highest rankKomusubi (November, 1978)
RetiredNovember, 1984
Elder nameMatsuchiyama
Championships4 (Jūryō)
2 (Makushita)
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Banryūyama Takaharu (born 4 May 1951 as Takaharu Taguchi) is a former sumo wrestler from Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1966, and reached the top division in March 1975. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in November 1984 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Matsuchiyama. He worked as a coach at Mihogaseki stable until its closure in 2013, whereupon he moved to Kasugano stable. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2016 he was re-hired as a consultant for five more years. He left the Sumo Association upon turning 70 in May 2021.

Career record

Banryūyama Takaharu
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1966 x x x x x (Maezumo)
1967 East Jonokuchi #20
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #66
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #77
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #37
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #72
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #83
5–2
 
1968 East Jonidan #38
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #15
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #91
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #71
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #80
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #84
5–2
 
1969 East Sandanme #48
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #23
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #1
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #7
4–3
 		 West Makushita #56
4–3
 		 East Makushita #46
2–5
 
1970 West Sandanme #3
5–2
 		 East Makushita #39
5–2
 		 West Makushita #22
3–4
 		 East Makushita #27
5–2
 		 West Makushita #15
4–3
 		 West Makushita #12
2–5
 
1971 West Makushita #25
4–3
 		 East Makushita #21
6–1
 		 East Makushita #5
2–5
 		 East Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #30
5–2
 		 West Makushita #12
4–3
 
1972 East Makushita #10
3–4
 		 West Makushita #15
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Makushita #45
4–3
 		 East Makushita #40
4–3
 		 East Makushita #37
4–3
 		 East Makushita #34
7–0
Champion
 
1973 West Makushita #4
2–5
 		 West Makushita #16
5–2
 		 East Makushita #7
5–2
 		 West Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Makushita #2
3–4
 		 East Makushita #5
4–3
 
1974 West Makushita #2
3–4
 		 West Makushita #5
5–2
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 		 East Jūryō #13
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
10–5–P
Champion
 
1975 East Jūryō #2
11–4
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 
1976 East Maegashira #10
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #2
11–4
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #12
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #5
6–9
 
1977 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #5
8–7
 
1978 West Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #10
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
10–5
F		 West Komusubi #1
2–13
 
1979 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #14
0–3–12
 		 West Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
4–11
 
1980 West Makushita #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #2
4–3
 		 East Makushita #1
7–0
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #3
9–6
 
1981 West Maegashira #12
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
3–12
 
1982 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #13
2–13
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #6
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
13–2
Champion
 
1983 West Maegashira #14
4–11
 		 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 East Makushita #1
5–2
 		 East Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 East Makushita #1
4–3
 
1984 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #7
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #10
4–11
 		 East Makushita #5
3–4
 		 East Makushita #10
2–5
 		 East Makushita #26
Retired
0–0–7
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. "Banryuyama Takaharu Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 1 September 2012.


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