Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in) Stable Oitekaze Debut January, 2012 | Weight 136 kg (300 lb) Current rank see below | |
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Highest rank Maegashira 9 (May, 2016) Profiles | ||
Daieishō Hayato (大栄翔 勇人) (born November 10, 1993 as Takanishi Hayato) is a Japanese sumo wrestler. He began his professional sumo career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been maegashira 9. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable.
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Early life and education
Takanishi Hayato was born on 10 November 1993 in Asaka, a city in Saitama Prefecture. He started sumo after winning a local tournament during his first year in elementary school. He attended Saitama Sakae High School, a school famous for its sumo club, and earned a place in the club's first team near the end of his second year. In his final year he contributed to the school finishing in second place in the team competition at national championships. After graduation he joined Oitekaze stable to pursue a professional sumo career.
Early career
Takanishi Hayato entered sumo under his birth name but adopted the ring name Daishoei for his first competitive tournament. He won the jonokuchi division with a 7–0 record in March 2012 and a 6–1 record in jonidan in May saw him promoted to sandanme where he recorded four wins in July. He then modified his ring name slightly and became Daieishō. After winning records in the next two tournaments he was promoted to makushita but struggled in higher division and was relegated back to sandanme. A perfect 7-0 in May 2013 saw him take the divisional championship and secure a return to makushita. After three consecutive winning records (kachi-koshi) Daeishō was promoted to the second highest jūryō division for the July 2014 tournament, the 14th former student of Saitama Sakae's coach Michinori Yamada to reach the rank. After performing consistently in jūryō for a year he earned promotion to the top division (makuuchi) with a 9–6 record in July 2015.
Makuuchi career
In September 2015 Daieishō made his makuuchi debut at the rank of maegashira 13. He won seven of his first fourteen bouts, including an upset victory over Takarafuji but a final day defeat against Takekaze saw him end the tournament with a 7–8 losing record (make-koshi). In November he recorded only six wins and was demoted to jūryō but returned to the top division after an 8–7 record in January 2016. In March 2016 Daieishō produced a career-best effort, recording ten wins including victories over Ichinojō and Takekaze to place him in a tie for seventh place. In May, at career-high rank of maegashira 9 he stood at 6–4 after ten days but then slumped to five consecutive defeats. He struggled again in July, recording only five wins and dropped to maegashira 16 for September. His seven tournament run in the top division ended after a 5-10 record saw him relegated to jūryō for the November tournament but he responded with eight wins to put himself back in contention for promotion.
In January 2017 he won the jūryō division with a 12-3 record to secure his promotion back to makuuchi.
Fighting style
Daieishō is a tsuki and oshi specialist, which means he relies on thrusting and pushing techniques to defeat his opponents rather than belt-wrestling. By far the most common of his winning techniques is oshidashi which accounts for 55% of his wins. Although he also used belt gripping techniques during his high school career, he has focused on pushing and thrusting since turning professional. In an interview upon the announcement of his promotion to Juryo in May 2014, Daeishō was quoted as saying he wanted to thrust like former ōzeki Chiyotaikai.