Examples of 'maegashira' in a sentence
Meaning of "maegashira"
maegashira is a term used in sumo wrestling to refer to a wrestler who competes in the upper ranks but is not among the top-tier wrestlers. Maegashira wrestlers typically have a mid-level ranking and compete against both higher and lower ranked opponents
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- the highest salaried rank of sumo wrestler, below komusubi and above juryo; the lowest rank in the makuuchi division
- an athlete holding such rank
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He was largely a maegashira wrestler after this.
All his defeats came when he was ranked as a maegashira and sekiwake.
Former maegashira Asanosho retires after falling into the fourth sandanme division.
The retirement ceremony of former maegashira Tamarikido is held at the Kokugikan.
The highest rank he has reached was maegashira 2.
Former maegashira Daihisho retires.
His highest rank to date has been maegashira 2.
It is the first time four maegashira have been runner-up in a single tournament.
However, he continued to compete in the top division as a maegashira for another four years.
Above the Maegashira are the champion or titleholder ranks, called the Sanyaku.
Names in italics mark a jun-yusho performance by a maegashira or lower ranked wrestler.
Maegashira ( 前頭 ) is the lowest of five ranks in the top makuuchi division.
This took him to a new highest rank to date of maegashira 9 in March.
He largely remained in the maegashira ranks and had six consecutive losing scores in 2003.
In September he returned to the top division at the very lowest rank of maegashira 16.
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This saw him promoted to maegashira 10 for May.
In his first tournament in the top division Asanoyama was assigned the rank of maegashira 16.
Former maegashira Kitazakura announces his retirement at the age of 38.
He only held this rank for one tournament, however, dropping back to maegashira in November.
He was promoted to maegashira 9, but could only manage a disappointing 4-11 record in the next tournament.
His highest rank has been maegashira 1.
Demoted to maegashira 10 for July, he struggled again, winning only five bouts.
His highest rank was maegashira 2.
Maegashira 2 Kotomitsuki wins his first championship with a 13-2 record, and takes all three special prizes.
His highest rank is maegashira 2.
Kotomitsuki took his only top division yūshō or championship in September 2001, whilst ranked as a maegashira.
This resulted in his promotion to maegashira 1 for the fifth time in the September 2011 tournament.
However, a disappointing 4-11 result in this tournament sent him back to the maegashira ranks.
Kokkai steadily climbed the maegashira ranks, reaching the 1 position in November 2004 before slipping back slightly.
From the top, the highest banzuke is yokozuna, followed by ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi, and maegashira.
He produced a somewhat disappointing 5-10 record and was demoted to maegashira 4 in May.
However, a 6-9 in Kyushu saw him drop back to the maegashira ranks.
However, in the May 2008 tournament he could only manage three wins from the maegashira 1 ranking.
