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of Enazakura (meaning ″the cherry blossoms of Ena″, a region in his native Gifu Prefecture) in 1980. He was not particularly large, at around 180 cm and 120 kg, so it took him nine years of toil in the lower
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in July 1999, Enazakura had to leave the sumo world. He received a 2 million yen retirement payoff. Afterwards he ran a sumo-themed
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division. He remained in a sumo as a coach at Oshiogwawa stable, under the elder name Shikoroyama which was owned by the former
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Enazakura was a solid if unspectacular wrestler who favoured pushing and thrusting techniques to fighting on the
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Enazakura′s last appearance in the top division was in March 1993, and he was demoted from the second
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in March 1977 at the age of 16. He began fighting under his own surname of Hayakawa, receiving the
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division a year later. He retired in July 1994 after two losing scores in the unsalaried
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or special prize, for Fighting Spirit after a fine 10–5 score. He never reached the
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Enazakura enjoyed cooking and listening to traditional Japanese music, and was an
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1 which he reached in November 1990 at the age of 30. He was unable to defeat a
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or winning records. In July 1989 he earned what was to be his only
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1. Upon retirement from active competition in 1994 he became an
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ranked wrestler in March 1986. He won promotion to the top
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in his career, but won both of his two matches against
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He regularly used 2041: 1794:=Outstanding performance; 1728:West Makushita #27 1717:West Makushita #10 1507:East Maegashira #6 1485:West Maegashira #4 1456:West Maegashira #1 1445:West Maegashira #7 1423:West Maegashira #5 1401:West Maegashira #5 1372:West Maegashira #7 1361:West Maegashira #5 1324:East Maegashira #8 1295:West Maegashira #3 1284:East Maegashira #8 1262:East Maegashira #3 1251:East Maegashira #8 1089:East Makushita #10 1078:West Makushita #12 1067:East Makushita #17 1056:East Makushita #25 1045:East Makushita #36 1034:East Makushita #26 1007:West Makushita #11 996:West Makushita #21 985:West Makushita #15 974:East Makushita #24 963:East Makushita #15 947:East Makushita #23 936:East Makushita #15 925:West Makushita #40 914:West Makushita #50 903:East Makushita #26 892:East Makushita #30 876:West Makushita #45 865:West Makushita #27 854:West Makushita #48 843:West Makushita #14 832:West Makushita #51 805:West Makushita #37 794:West Makushita #30 783:West Makushita #38 772:West Makushita #50 761:West Makushita #35 750:West Makushita #50 256:before he became an elite 1747: 1105:East Makushita #3 1018:West Makushita #8 723:West Sandanme #22 712:East Sandanme #38 701:West Sandanme #68 690:East Sandanme #55 679:East Sandanme #42 663:East Sandanme #54 652:East Sandanme #83 641:West Sandanme #68 619:West Sandanme #72 608:East Sandanme #89 488:East Jonokuchi #8 174: 88:135 kg (298 lb) 29: 28: 1956:Patmore, Angela (1990). 1752:     821:East Sandanme #2 734:East Sandanme #5 630:East Jonidan #11 592:West Jonidan #28 581:East Jonidan #21 559:West Jonidan #40 548:West Jonidan #16 537:West Jonidan #78 521:West Jonidan #53 510:West Jonidan #45 499:West Jonidan #79 224:, leaving in July 1999. 2020:Japanese sumo wrestlers 1936:Sharnoff, Lora (1993). 570:East Jonidan #5 66:1.81 m (5 ft 1885:Glossary of sumo terms 1758:Top division runner-up 1706:East Jūryō #11 1695:East Jūryō #10 1604:East Jūryō #10 1547:East Jūryō #10 1116:West Jūryō #13 222:Japan Sumo Association 186:(born 29 July 1960 as 58:Sakashita, Gifu, Japan 1754:Top division champion 1677:East Jūryō #6 1666:East Jūryō #2 1655:West Jūryō #2 1644:East Jūryō #4 1622:West Jūryō #5 1593:West Jūryō #4 1571:East Jūryō #1 1558:East Jūryō #8 1529:East Jūryō #1 1222:East Jūryō #2 1211:East Jūryō #3 1200:East Jūryō #6 1189:West Jūryō #9 1178:West Jūryō #3 1160:West Jūryō #5 1149:East Jūryō #9 1138:West Jūryō #4 1127:East Jūryō #7 1750:wins–losses–absences 36:Personal information 403: 170:Fighting Spirit (1) 1958:The Giants of Sumo 1786:=Fighting spirit; 401: 294:ranks, peaking at 1876: 1875: 1770:Non-participation 181: 180: 2032: 1994: 1993: 1991: 1989: 1984:. 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Index

Stable
Oshiogawa
Elder name
retirement
Championships
Special Prizes
sumo
Sakashita
Gifu
Japan
top division
maegashira
elder
Japan Sumo Association
ozeki
Daikirin
Oshiogawa stable
shikona
divisions
sekitori
makuuchi
Kotoinazuma
Nankairyu
kachi-koshi
sansho
sanyaku
maegashira
yokozuna
ōzeki
Konishiki

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