Hokutenyu

[abe@zoom.com (Masumi Abe)]

I remember someone recently asked about Hokutenyu.
These are some of his profile.

shikona: Chiba, Hokutenyu
birth name: Katsuhiko Chiba
from: Muroran, Hokkaido
born: August 8, 1960
first basho: March (Haru-basho in Osaka) 1976
first Juryo: May (Natsu-basho in Tokyo) 1980
first Ozeki: July (Nagoya-basho) 1983
retired: September (Aki-basho in Tokyo) 1990
makuuchi win-loss record: 513 wins 335 losses 44 absents
makuuhci winning rate: .605
height: 183 cm
weight: 145 kg
technique: tsuki, oshi, migi-yotsu, throwing from left arm
yusho: 2
shukun-sho: 2
kanto-sho: 4
gono-sho: 1
toshiyori name: Hatachiyama
heya: Hatachiyama-beya
Makuuchi: 60 basho
makuuchi record:
14-1: 1 (yusho)
13-2: 1 (yusho)
12-3: 4
11-4: 4
10-5: 11
9-6: 13
8-7: 17
7-8: 1
6-9: 2
5-10: 1
3-6-6: 1
2-5-8: 1
2-5: 1 (intai)
0-0-15: 2

Ozeki: 44 basho
13-2: 1
12-3: 3
11-4: 3
10-5: 9
9-6: 12
8-7: 10
6-9: 1
5-10: 1
3-6-6: 1
2-5-8:1
2-5: 1
0-0-15: 1
Ozeki record: 378-245-29
Ozeki winning rate: .607

Kyushu 1980: 8-7 (M11e, first basho in maku(no)uchi rank)
Natsu 1981: 9-6 (M2e, kanto-sho)
Nagoya 1981: 8-7 (Kw, first basho in sanyaku rank)
Aki 1982: 10-5 (M5e, kanto-sho)
Kyushu 1982: 8-7 (Kw, shukun-sho)
Hatsu 1983: 11-4 (Se, kanto-sho)
Haru 1983: 12-3 (Sw, kanto-sho)
Natsu 1983: 14-1 (Se, yusho, shukunb-sho, gino-sho)
Nagoya 1983: 9-6 (Oeh, first basho in ozeki rank)
Nagoya 1985: 13-2 (Oeh, yusho)
Aki 1990: 2-5 (Ow, retired)

-Masumiriki