Konuma Katsuyuki

Konuma Katsuyuki
小沼 克行
Personal information
Born	Katsuyuki Konuma (1955-08-14) 14 August 1955 Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	130 kg (290 lb; 20 st)
Career
Stable	Kagamiyama
Record	195-151-59
Debut	July, 1971
Highest rank	Maegashira 9 (May, 1976)
Retired	November, 1978
Championships	1 (Jūryō)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Konuma Katsuyuki (born 14 August 1955 as Katsuyuki Konuma) is a former sumo wrestler from Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. He made his professional debut in July 1971, and reached the top division in March 1976. His highest rank was maegashira 9. He was a contemporary of Chiyonofuji, and the second man after him born in the Shōwa 30s (1955–1964) to reach the top division. He was talked of as a future yokozuna candidate and the "new Kitanoumi" but after breaking his leg in May 1976 his career never recovered. He retired from active competition in November 1978 at the age of just 23, due partly to the effects of his injury but also to a breakdown in relations with his stablemaster Kagamiyama, former yokozuna Kashiwado. After leaving sumo he ran a restaurant in his hometown of Kasukabe. His relationship with Kagamiyama later improved enough for the latter to attend his wedding ceremony.

Career record

Konuma Katsuyuki

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
1971	x	x	x	(Maezumo)	West Jonokuchi #3 5–2	East Jonidan #52 6–1–P
1972	West Jonidan #2 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	West Jonidan #46 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	West Jonidan #90 6–1	West Jonidan #25 5–2	West Sandanme #71 3–4	East Jonidan #2 6–1
1973	West Sandanme #33 4–3	West Sandanme #22 4–3	West Sandanme #15 5–2	East Makushita #52 4–3	East Makushita #43 4–3	East Makushita #38 5–2
1974	West Makushita #20 1–6	West Makushita #41 5–2	West Makushita #20 5–2	East Makushita #10 4–3	East Makushita #8 4–3	East Makushita #6 4–3
1975	East Makushita #5 5–2	East Makushita #2 4–3	East Makushita #1 6–1	East Jūryō #11 8–7	East Jūryō #10 7–8	East Jūryō #11 9–6
1976	East Jūryō #5 11–4 Champion	East Maegashira #14 9–6	East Maegashira #9 1–3–11	West Jūryō #5 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Jūryō #5 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	East Makushita #2 3–4
1977	West Makushita #6 4–3	East Makushita #4 4–3	East Makushita #3 4–3	East Jūryō #13 9–6	East Jūryō #9 8–7	West Jūryō #5 8–7
1978	West Jūryō #2 3–8–4	East Jūryō #9 4–11	East Makushita #3 3–4	West Makushita #7 3–4	West Makushita #13 2–5	West Makushita #34 Retired 0–0–7
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 second division champions