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Wakachichibu Komei
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Personal information
Born Komei Kato
(1939-03-16)16 March 1939
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
Died 17 September 2014(2014-09-17) (aged 75)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 150 kg (330 lb)
Career
Stable Hanakago
Record 570-527-5
Debut May, 1954
Highest rank Sekiwake (July, 1963)
Retired November, 1968
Elder name Tokiwayama
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars 3
Tochinoumi (2)
Chiyonoyama
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Wakachichibu Komei (real name Komei Kato, 16 March 1939 – 17 September 2014) was a sumo wrestler from Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1954 and reached the top division in September 1958. His highest rank was sekiwake. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Tokiwayama. He reached the Sumo Association's mandatory retirement age in March 2004.

Career record

  • The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
Wakachichibu Komei
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1954 x x (Maezumo) Not held East Jonokuchi #10
5–3
 
Not held
1955 East Jonidan #48
4–4
 
West Jonidan #31
4–4
 
West Jonidan #24
5–3
 
Not held East Jonidan #3
8–0–P
Champion

 
Not held
1956 East Sandanme #59
8–0–P
 
West Sandanme #8
5–3
 
East Makushita #68
5–3
 
Not held East Makushita #62
6–2
 
Not held
1957 East Makushita #46
6–2
 
East Makushita #30
5–3
 
West Makushita #24
6–2
 
Not held East Makushita #13
7–1–P
Champion

 
East Makushita #1
5–3
 
1958 East Jūryō #24
11–4
 
West Jūryō #14
11–4
 
West Jūryō #6
11–4–P
Champion

 
East Jūryō #1
11–4
 
West Maegashira #18
12–3
F
West Maegashira #4
7–8
 
1959 West Maegashira #4
10–5
F
West Komusubi #1
2–13
 
West Maegashira #11
8–7
 
East Maegashira #10
9–6
 
East Maegashira #4
7–8
 
West Maegashira #4
6–9
 
1960 West Maegashira #7
7–8
 
East Maegashira #9
5–10
 
West Maegashira #14
13–2
 
East Maegashira #4
8–7
 
West Maegashira #1
4–11
 
West Maegashira #8
6–9
 
1961 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 
West Maegashira #12
4–11
 
West Jūryō #1
8–7
 
East Jūryō #1
13–2
Champion

 
West Maegashira #9
7–8
 
East Maegashira #10
10–5
 
1962 East Maegashira #5
11–4
 
East Maegashira #1
11–4
 
East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
East Maegashira #4
9–6
 
East Komusubi #1
5–10
 
West Maegashira #3
6–9
 
1963 East Maegashira #6
8–7
 
West Maegashira #2
9–6
 
East Komusubi #1
11–4
 
West Sekiwake #1
8–7
 
West Sekiwake #1
5–10
 
East Maegashira #2
7–8
 
1964 East Maegashira #3
7–8
 
East Maegashira #3
2–13
 
East Maegashira #12
10–5
 
East Maegashira #5
2–13
West Maegashira #13
10–5
 
East Maegashira #7
11–4
 
1965 East Maegashira #3
5–10
 
East Maegashira #7
10–5
 
West Maegashira #1
6–9
 
West Maegashira #3
8–7
West Maegashira #2
4–11
 
West Maegashira #8
6–9
 
1966 West Maegashira #13
9–6
 
East Maegashira #10
9–6
 
East Maegashira #6
6–9
 
West Maegashira #8
8–7
 
West Maegashira #5
5–10
 
West Maegashira #8
5–10
 
1967 East Jūryō #1
10–5
 
East Maegashira #13
8–7
 
West Maegashira #12
5–10
 
East Jūryō #4
9–6
 
West Jūryō #1
8–7
 
West Maegashira #11
4–11
 
1968 West Jūryō #3
5–10
 
East Jūryō #9
8–7
 
East Jūryō #7
7–8
 
West Jūryō #8
8–7
 
East Jūryō #5
3–12
 
West Jūryō #12
Retired
1–9–5
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

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

Makuuchi ranks: YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

See also

  • Glossary of sumo terms
  • List of past sumo wrestlers
  • List of sumo tournament top division runners-up
  • List of sumo tournament second division champions
  • List of sekiwake
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