Daiamami Genki Explained

Native Name:大奄美 元規
Daiamami Genki
Birth Name:Sakamoto Genki
Birth Date:15 December 1992
Birth Place:Tatsugō, Kagoshima, Japan
Weight:1820NaN0
Heya:Oitekaze
University:Nihon University
Rank:see below
Debut:January 2016
Highestrank:Maegashira 11 (May 2018)
Yushos:1 (Jūryō)
Update:26 November 2023

is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tatsugō, Kagoshima. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in January 2016, making the top makuuchi division in November of the following year. His highest rank has been maegashira 11. He wrestles for Oitekaze stable.

Early life and sumo background

He started sumo in his second year of elementary school, eventually in high school he would go on to win Kanazawa high school sumo tournament helping him to join the prestigious Nihon University sumo program which he would later be Captain. He injured his Medial meniscus in his third year having to undergo corrective surgery to fix. After graduating he became a business association player after finding employment at Nihon University as a staff member. After winning the 2015 Japan Corporate Sumo Tournament one of the four tournaments that grants tsukedashi, he decided to join Oitekaze stable under fellow Nihon University graduate Daishōyama.

Career

He made his debut in January, 2016. Because of his amateur success he was granted a makushita tsukedashi allowing him to skip the lower divisions of sumo. He quickly rose up the ranks recording only one make-koshi or losing record on the way to the makuuchi division. He won the jūryō division yūshō or championship in July 2017 and followed up with another kachi-koshi or winning record in September.[1] He made his makuuchi debut in November 2017 at the rank of maegashira 14.[2] After a 6–9 record he produced kachi-koshi or winning records in his second and third top division tournaments, and was promoted to his highest rank to date of maegashira 11 in May. However he scored only 4–11 in this tournament and was demoted back to jūryō. He returned to makuuchi after the September 2018 tournament where he scored 11–4, losing a playoff for the championship to Tokushōryū. He was unable to get winning records in the November 2018 and January 2019 tournaments and was demoted to jūryō again. He returned to makuuchi in March 2020 following an 11-4 record in the previous tournament, but could only score 5–10 and was again demoted. He returned to the top division a year later in March 2021, and managed to remain in makuuchi for three straight tournaments, but fell back to jūryō in September 2021. During the year 2022, Daiamami rose twice to a position to win the jūryō championship with a score of 11–4. However, he failed both times, the first time against Nishikifuji in May[3] and the second time against Ōshōma in November.[4] In 2023, Daiamami again found himself in a potential championship-winning situation at the July tournament, where he was, however, defeated on the final day in a playoff against Atamifuji.[5]

Fighting style

Daimami is a yotsu-sumo wrestler who prefers grappling techniques to pushing or thrusting. His favoured grip on his opponent's mawashi is migi-yotsu, a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori-kiri, or push out.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Young rikishi offer new hope for sumo. 23 November 2017. Japan Times. 30 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Harumafuji tops rankings for Kyushu Basho. 30 October 2017. Japan Times. 30 May 2018.
  3. Web site: 錦富士、大奄美との優勝決定戦制し十両V「うれしいのとやっと終わったという思い」 "Nishikifuji wins the juryo championship decider against Daiamami...". 22 May 2022. Nikkan Sports. Japanese. 23 May 2022.
  4. Web site: 欧勝馬が十両優勝「上でも優勝できるように頑張りたい」幕下、十両を制して次の夢は幕内V. ja . 27 November 2022 . Sports Nippon . 10 May 2023.
  5. Web site: 十両は熱海富士が優勝 4敗で並んだ大奄美を決定戦で制す. 23 July 2023. Sports Hochi. ja. 23 July 2023.