Harunoyama Tatsunao

Harunoyama Tatsunao
春ノ山 竜尚
Personal information
Born	Tatsunao Haruyama (1976-08-02) August 2, 1976 Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Height
Weight	177 kg (390 lb)
Career
Stable	Matsugane
Record	426-410-52
Debut	March, 1992
Highest rank	Maegashira 10 (May, 2004)
Retired	November, 2006
Championships	1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Harunoyama Tatsunao (born 2 August 1976 as Tatsunao Haruyama) is a former sumo wrestler from Toyota, Aichi, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1992 and reached the top division in March 2004. His highest rank was maegashira 10. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Takenawa. He left the Sumo Association in January 2008.

Career record

Harunoyama Tatsunao

Year in sumo	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1992	x	(Maezumo)	West Jonokuchi #9 6–1	West Jonidan #78 4–3	East Jonidan #53 3–4	East Jonidan #73 5–2
1993	East Jonidan #26 4–3	West Jonidan #7 3–4	East Jonidan #28 5–2	West Sandanme #84 3–4	East Jonidan #1 4–3	East Sandanme #82 5–2
1994	East Sandanme #54 3–4	East Sandanme #74 5–2	West Sandanme #42 2–5	East Sandanme #69 3–4	East Sandanme #89 4–3	East Sandanme #71 4–3
1995	East Sandanme #53 4–3	West Sandanme #36 4–3	West Sandanme #21 5–2	West Makushita #56 2–5	West Sandanme #20 5–2	East Makushita #53 3–4
1996	West Sandanme #4 4–3	West Makushita #54 4–3	East Makushita #44 4–3	West Makushita #36 4–3	East Makushita #25 3–4	East Makushita #33 3–4
1997	East Makushita #44 3–4	West Makushita #53 4–3	East Makushita #43 3–4	West Makushita #53 4–3	East Makushita #44 3–4	West Makushita #53 5–2
1998	East Makushita #32 5–2	East Makushita #17 4–3	West Makushita #13 1–4–2	East Makushita #35 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7	East Makushita #35 3–4	West Makushita #44 5–2
1999	West Makushita #30 5–2	West Makushita #16 3–4	West Makushita #26 4–3	East Makushita #19 4–3	East Makushita #11 4–3	East Makushita #6 2–5
2000	West Makushita #20 4–3	East Makushita #13 4–3	West Makushita #10 4–3	East Makushita #6 4–3	East Makushita #4 4–3	East Jūryō #13 7–8
2001	West Makushita #1 7–0 Champion	East Jūryō #8 9–6	East Jūryō #4 6–9	West Jūryō #9 8–7	East Jūryō #7 8–7	West Jūryō #6 7–8
2002	West Jūryō #7 6–9	East Jūryō #10 9–6	West Jūryō #4 5–6–4	East Jūryō #10 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	East Jūryō #10 6–9	West Jūryō #13 9–6
2003	East Jūryō #9 6–9	West Jūryō #10 8–7	East Jūryō #7 7–8	West Jūryō #8 7–8	West Jūryō #8 9–6	West Jūryō #5 8–7
2004	East Jūryō #3 10–5	East Maegashira #14 9–6	East Maegashira #10 4–11	East Maegashira #16 3–12	East Jūryō #6 8–7	East Jūryō #5 11–4
2005	West Maegashira #15 Sat out due to injury 0–0–15	West Jūryō #10 5–10	West Jūryō #12 8–7	East Jūryō #7 10–5	East Jūryō #1 5–10	West Jūryō #6 6–9
2006	West Jūryō #8 7–8	East Jūryō #9 5–10	West Jūryō #14 8–7	East Jūryō #13 5–10	West Makushita #4 0–5–2	West Makushita #39 Retired 0–0–7
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); 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