Arase Nagahide

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Template other , real name was a sumo wrestler from Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. After his retirement in 1981 he became a television personality and ran unsuccessfully for political office.

Career

His parents were farmers. He began sumo at Kochi junior high school. He was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, coming third in the All Japan Sumo Tournament in his third year. He made his professional debut in 1972, beginning as a makushita tsukedashi entrant, and reached the top makuuchi division the following year. He was a member of Hanakago stable and a stablemate of yokozuna Wajima, a fellow Nihon University graduate. He once wore a cream-coloured mawashi, or belt, in a tournament, the only wrestler so far to do so. He fought under his family name of Arase, although he changed the second part of it from Hideo to Nagahide in 1975. He was involved in an unusual incident when in a match against Tamanofuji the referee was knocked out of the dohyo having failed to get out of the wrestlers’ way, and had to be told who was the winner. He fought in the top division for 48 tournaments, with a win/loss record of 351-367-2. He won four sansho or special prizes and two kinboshi or gold stars. He defeated yokozuna Kitanoumi in January 1980 having previously lost to him 27 times in a row (the second worst record ever for a wrestler against the same opponent, after Kaneshiro who lost 29 consecutive bouts to Kitanoumi). In a match against Wakamisugi on the 8th day of the July 1976 tournament there were eight matta or false starts, and both wrestlers were criticized by the chief judge. Arase had a reputation for regularly engaging in false starts, and there was a suggestion from the sansho committee when he was up for the Fighting Spirit Award in March 1975 that this should disqualify him from receiving the prize, although he was given it in the end. He held the third highest rank of sekiwake for nine tournaments in total, including four straight from September 1977 to March 1978. However he only once had a double-digit winning record at the rank and so never seriously challenged for ozeki promotion. Hampered by a right knee injury, he announced his retirement in September 1981.

Retirement from sumo

After his retirement he was briefly an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Magaki but left in February 1983, turning the name over to Wakanohana II, and became a television personality. He stood for election to the House of Councillors as a Liberal League candidate in 2001, but was unsuccessful. He suffered a stroke in 2006. He died of heart failure in 2008 at the age of 59.

Fighting style

He was a yotsu-sumo (grappling) wrestler who preferred the migi-yotsu (right hand inside, left hand outside) position on the mawashi. He employed the gaburi-yori technique of pushing with the stomach while grabbing the mawashi, a style also associated with Kotoshogiku.

Career record

Arase Nagahide

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
1972	Makushita tsukedashiTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1–P	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1	West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7
1973	East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7
1974	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 7–8 ★	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4 O	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5 F	East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10
1975	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6 F	West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7
1976	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6
1977	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 7–8	West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4 T	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7
1978	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 7–8	West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9
1979	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 3–12	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5
1980	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7 ★	West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–12	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7
1981	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10	West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 3–10–2	East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber Retired 1–5	x
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

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sekiwake