Daizen Takahiro

Daizen Takahiro
大善 尊太
Personal information
Born Tokuo Takahashi
14 December 1964
Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 144 kg (317 lb)
Career
Stable Nishonoseki
Record 739-732-61
Debut March, 1981
Highest rank Komusubi (March, 1994)
Retired March, 2003
Elder name Fujigane
Championships 3 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
Gold Stars 2 (Akebono, Musashimaru)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Daizen Takahiro (born 14 December 1964 as Tokuo Takahashi) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in November 1991. His highest rank was komusubi and he earned two kinboshi. After his retirement in 2003 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and a coach at Nishonoseki stable. Upon the closure of his stable in 2013 he moved to Kasugano stable.

Career record

Daizen Takahiro
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
1981 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #16
3–4
 
East Jonokuchi #1
5–2
 
East Jonidan #102
2–5
 
East Jonidan #126
4–3
 
1982 West Jonidan #101
5–2
 
West Jonidan #52
0–7
 
East Jonidan #102
4–3
 
West Jonidan #80
5–2
 
West Jonidan #41
2–5
 
West Jonidan #62
5–2
 
1983 West Jonidan #18
2–5
 
East Jonidan #46
4–3
 
East Jonidan #27
4–3
 
West Jonidan #12
3–4
 
West Jonidan #31
4–3
 
West Jonidan #13
4–3
 
1984 West Sandanme #88
4–3
 
East Sandanme #67
5–2
 
East Sandanme #31
2–5
 
East Sandanme #55
4–3
 
West Sandanme #39
3–4
 
West Sandanme #53
1–2–4
 
1985 West Sandanme #93
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Sandanme #93
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Jonidan #44
5–2
 
East Jonidan #6
5–2
 
East Sandanme #46
4–3
 
East Sandanme #42
4–3
 
1986 West Sandanme #23
4–3
 
West Sandanme #9
5–2
 
West Makushita #43
3–4
 
East Makushita #59
4–3
 
East Makushita #44
3–4
 
West Makushita #56
5–2
 
1987 West Makushita #38
5–2
 
East Makushita #23
3–4
 
East Makushita #33
5–2
 
West Makushita #18
4–3
 
East Makushita #13
5–2
 
East Makushita #5
6–1
 
1988 East Makushita #1
6–1–P
 
East Jūryō #9
8–7
 
East Jūryō #6
2–8–5
 
West Makushita #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Makushita #2
4–3
 
West Makushita #1
3–4
 
1989 East Makushita #6
3–4
 
East Makushita #11
3–4
 
West Makushita #16
2–5
 
West Makushita #34
3–4
 
West Makushita #45
5–2
 
West Makushita #24
7–0
Champion

 
1990 West Makushita #4
3–4
 
East Makushita #9
6–1
 
East Makushita #2
3–4
 
West Makushita #5
6–1
 
West Makushita #1
4–3
 
West Jūryō #13
8–7
 
1991 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 
West Jūryō #7
8–7
 
East Jūryō #5
6–9
 
West Jūryō #9
9–6
 
East Jūryō #5
12–3–P
Champion

 
West Maegashira #11
7–8
 
1992 East Maegashira #13
6–9
 
East Maegashira #16
7–8
 
West Jūryō #1
9–6
 
East Maegashira #14
7–8
 
West Maegashira #14
10–5
 
West Maegashira #5
9–6
 
1993 East Maegashira #4
5–10
 
West Maegashira #10
7–8
 
West Maegashira #11
7–8
 
East Maegashira #14
9–6
 
West Maegashira #5
5–10
 
East Maegashira #12
10–5
 
1994 East Maegashira #3
8–7
 
West Komusubi #1
5–10
 
West Maegashira #4
7–8
 
East Maegashira #5
6–9
 
East Maegashira #9
9–6
 
East Maegashira #3
6–9
1995 East Maegashira #6
2–13
 
West Maegashira #14
6–9
 
West Jūryō #1
7–8
 
East Jūryō #4
8–7
 
East Jūryō #2
7–8
 
West Jūryō #4
5–10
 
1996 East Jūryō #10
9–6
 
East Jūryō #7
7–8
 
East Jūryō #9
8–7
 
East Jūryō #5
11–4–P
Champion

 
East Jūryō #1
7–8
 
West Jūryō #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
1997 West Jūryō #2
5–10
 
East Jūryō #7
7–7–1
 
West Jūryō #8
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15
West Jūryō #8
7–8
 
East Jūryō #10
7–8
 
West Jūryō #10
9–6
 
1998 East Jūryō #5
8–7
 
East Jūryō #3
6–9
 
East Jūryō #6
7–8
 
West Jūryō #9
8–7
 
West Jūryō #8
8–7
 
West Jūryō #6
7–8
 
1999 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 
West Jūryō #2
12–3
Champion

 
East Maegashira #11
7–8
 
West Maegashira #12
5–10
 
East Jūryō #1
9–6
 
West Maegashira #13
7–8
 
2000 West Jūryō #1
10–5
 
West Maegashira #12
9–6
 
West Maegashira #3
3–12
 
West Maegashira #10
5–10
 
West Jūryō #2
7–8
 
West Jūryō #4
8–7
 
2001 West Jūryō #1
6–9
 
West Jūryō #3
9–6
 
East Maegashira #14
8–7
 
West Maegashira #11
8–7
 
West Maegashira #8
9–6
 
East Maegashira #6
6–9
2002 West Maegashira #8
7–8
 
West Maegashira #9
9–6
 
East Maegashira #4
4–11
 
West Maegashira #9
6–9
 
East Maegashira #11
4–11
 
East Jūryō #5
7–8
 
2003 West Jūryō #7
4–11
 
East Makushita #1
Retired
2–5
Record given as wins–losses–absencies    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: MakuuchiJūryōMakushitaSandanmeJonidanJonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

See also