Kotogahama Sadao

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other (10 October 1927 – 7 June 1981) was a sumo wrestler from Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan.

He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top makuuchi division on five occasions and earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira. After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.

Pre-modern top division record

• The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.

1950 East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
8–7
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–7
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
9–6
  1951 West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–7
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–7
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
6–6–3
  1952 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
10–5
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
6–9
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
11–4
  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

1953 West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber
5–10
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
★ West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
5–10
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
  1954 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
9–6
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–7
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
  1955 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
★ West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
10–5
★T East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
★ West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
5–10
  1956 West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
10–5
★ East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
9–6
★★ East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber
10–5
T West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber
7–8
  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

Modern top division record

• Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.

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
1957	West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 1–8–6	East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber 12–3 F	West KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber 12–3 T	Not held	West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4 T	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5
1958	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4 O	East SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber 13–2 TO	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5
1959	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 2–6–7	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 11–4	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 12–3	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 0–6–9	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5
1960	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 8–7	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 3–7–5	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 6–9	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6–8
1961	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 12–3	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 5–10	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 0–5–10	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 3–7–5
1962	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 9–6	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 4–7–4	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 0–0–15	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 10–5	West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber 2–8–5	East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber Retired 0–0–15
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

• 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 ōzeki

References

Template:Asbox