Hamanoshima Keishi is a former sumo wrestler from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
10 Facts About Hamanoshima Keishi
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Hamanoshima Keishi took part in national sumo competitions at high school and was an amateur champion at Nihon University, where he was a contemporary of the future maegashira Higonoumi.
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Hamanoshima Keishi made his professional debut in January 1992, joining Mihogaseki stable.
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Hamanoshima Keishi had makushita tsukedashi status because of his amateur achievements and so began at the bottom of the makushita division.
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Hamanoshima Keishi reached the top makuuchi division in January 1994.
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Hamanoshima Keishi reached his highest rank of komusubi the following tournament in September 1994, but scored only six wins against nine losses and never made the rank again.
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Hamanoshima Keishi retired in May 2004, becoming an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Onoe-oyakata.
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Hamanoshima Keishi favoured a hidari-yotsu grip, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's position.
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Hamanoshima Keishi's most common winning kimarite was a straightforward yori-kiri or force out.
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Hamanoshima Keishi was known for stalling at the tachi-ai to unsettle his opponents.