Maruyama Takahiko

Maruyama Takahiko
丸山 孝彦
Personal information
Born	Takahiko Maruyama (1946-11-14) 14 November 1946 Katsuyama, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb)
Career
Stable	Tokitsukaze
Record	401-368-26
Debut	May, 1962
Highest rank	Maegashira 13 (July, 1973)
Retired	September, 1976
Championships	1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Takahiko Maruyama (born 14 November 1946) is a former sumo wrestler from Katsuyama, Fukuoka, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 13. He made his professional debut in May 1962 and reached the top division in May 1973. He had been injured during the previous tournament, withdrawing on Day 13 a day after getting his kachi-koshi or majority of wins. He was awarded kosho seido status for the next tournament, meaning he could miss it without effect on his rank. This made him not only the first wrestler ever to be awarded kosho status but also the first to obtain it in his top division debut. He entered the following tournament in July but scored only four wins against eleven losses and was demoted. He had one more tournament in makuuchi nearly three years later, in January 1976. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in September 1976.

Career record

Maruyama Takahiko

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
1962	x	x	(Maezumo)	(Maezumo)	East Jonokuchi #14 4–3	East Jonidan #76 5–2
1963	West Jonidan #33 3–4	East Jonidan #57 4–3	East Jonidan #23 4–3	West Sandanme #88 3–4	West Jonidan #1 3–4	West Jonidan #16 6–1
1964	West Sandanme #68 4–3	East Sandanme #58 6–1	East Sandanme #21 3–4	East Sandanme #22 5–2	West Makushita #95 6–1	West Makushita #61 4–3
1965	East Makushita #56 5–2	East Makushita #39 3–4	East Makushita #47 2–5	West Makushita #60 4–3	West Makushita #56 3–4	West Makushita #65 4–3
1966	East Makushita #60 3–4	West Makushita #64 3–4	West Makushita #68 3–4	East Makushita #79 4–3	East Makushita #68 3–4	West Makushita #80 5–2
1967	West Makushita #61 4–3	West Makushita #52 3–4	East Sandanme #7 5–2	East Makushita #43 2–5	West Sandanme #2 3–4	West Sandanme #9 5–2
1968	West Makushita #45 2–5	West Sandanme #3 4–3	East Makushita #54 3–4	East Makushita #60 5–2	West Makushita #37 6–1	East Makushita #13 3–4
1969	West Makushita #15 5–2	West Makushita #6 3–4	East Makushita #9 3–4	West Makushita #12 5–2	West Makushita #3 3–4	West Makushita #6 2–5
1970	East Makushita #18 4–3	West Makushita #14 3–4	East Makushita #18 6–1	West Makushita #4 7–0–P	East Jūryō #10 9–6	East Jūryō #6 7–8
1971	West Jūryō #9 7–8	West Jūryō #13 4–11	West Makushita #8 2–5	East Makushita #22 4–3	East Makushita #20 6–1	East Makushita #6 4–3
1972	East Makushita #3 2–5	West Makushita #14 5–2	West Makushita #6 5–2	East Makushita #2 4–3	East Jūryō #12 9–6	West Jūryō #7 6–9
1973	West Jūryō #9 11–4 Champion	East Jūryō #1 8–5–2	East Maegashira #14 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	East Maegashira #13 4–11	East Jūryō #6 6–9	West Jūryō #11 8–7
1974	West Jūryō #9 3–12	West Makushita #6 1–6	East Makushita #30 6–1	West Makushita #8 7–0–P Champion	East Jūryō #12 8–7	East Jūryō #10 8–7
1975	East Jūryō #8 9–6	East Jūryō #3 9–6	East Jūryō #1 3–12	East Jūryō #12 8–7	East Jūryō #11 10–5	West Jūryō #5 11–4
1976	East Maegashira #13 4–9–2	West Jūryō #3 5–10	East Jūryō #9 7–8	West Jūryō #11 3–12	East Makushita #11 Retired 0–0–7	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

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament second division champions