Tokitsunada Hironori
# Tokitsunada Hironori

Tokitsunada Hironori (born Hironori Yoshioka; 2 August 1969 – 14 February 2019) was a sumo wrestler from Waki, Tokushima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1985, and reached the top division in May 1992. His highest rank was maegashira 4. He retired in September 1999 and remained in the Sumo Association as jun-toshiyori. He had to leave the Sumo Association in September 2001, having failed to acquire a permanent toshiyori. He was the first jun-toshiyori wrestler to be forced to leave sumo in this way. However he later worked in a private capacity as a coach at Arashio stable. He also ran a chanko restaurant named Tokitsunada in Tokyo.

He died of heart failure in February 2019 at the age of 49.

## Career record

Tokitsunada Hironori :

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | x | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #11 4–3 | West Jonidan #139 6–1 | West Jonidan #66 4–3 | East Jonidan #45 3–4 |
| 1986 | East Jonidan #60 4–3 | East Jonidan #32 3–4 | East Jonidan #52 3–4 | West Jonidan #70 4–3 | East Jonidan #45 4–3 | East Jonidan #17 3–4 |
| 1987 | East Jonidan #29 6–1 | East Sandanme #70 1–6 | East Jonidan #6 5–2 | West Sandanme #77 6–1 | West Sandanme #26 4–3 | West Sandanme #13 5–2 |
| 1988 | West Makushita #56 2–5 | West Sandanme #22 4–3 | East Sandanme #9 4–3 | West Makushita #58 3–4 | East Sandanme #13 4–3 | West Makushita #58 6–1 |
| 1989 | East Makushita #30 1–6 | West Makushita #60 5–2 | West Makushita #38 2–5 | West Sandanme #1 4–3 | West Makushita #46 3–4 | West Sandanme #1 3–4 |
| 1990 | East Sandanme #15 6–1 | East Makushita #42 6–1 | East Makushita #20 4–3 | West Makushita #15 7–0 Champion | East Jūryō #13 8–7 | West Jūryō #8 4–11 |
| 1991 | West Makushita #2 4–3 | East Makushita #2 2–5 | West Makushita #13 5–2 | East Makushita #3 4–3 | East Jūryō #13 8–7 | West Jūryō #6 8–7 |
| 1992 | East Jūryō #6 8–7 | East Jūryō #4 10–5 | East Maegashira #14 8–7 | West Maegashira #11 8–7 | West Maegashira #7 6–9 | East Maegashira #12 9–6 |
| 1993 | East Maegashira #10 3–12 | West Jūryō #2 11–4 Champion | East Maegashira #13 10–5 | East Maegashira #4 5–10 | West Maegashira #7 7–8 | West Maegashira #10 6–9 |
| 1994 | West Maegashira #15 9–6 | East Maegashira #11 8–7 | West Maegashira #6 5–10 | West Maegashira #13 8–7 | West Maegashira #12 8–7 | West Maegashira #5 2–10–3 |
| 1995 | West Maegashira #14 7–8 | East Jūryō #1 10–5–P Champion | East Maegashira #13 9–6 | West Maegashira #6 3–12 | East Maegashira #15 6–9 | East Jūryō #2 9–6 |
| 1996 | West Jūryō #1 7–8 | West Jūryō #2 9–6 | West Jūryō #1 7–8 | East Jūryō #3 9–6 | West Jūryō #1 7–8 | East Jūryō #3 8–7 |
| 1997 | East Jūryō #3 9–6 | West Jūryō #1 7–8 | East Jūryō #3 7–8 | West Jūryō #4 7–8 | East Jūryō #6 9–6 | West Jūryō #2 9–6 |
| 1998 | East Jūryō #1 6–9 | East Jūryō #5 7–8 | East Jūryō #7 8–7 | East Jūryō #3 7–8 | East Jūryō #4 6–9 | East Jūryō #9 9–6 |
| 1999 | West Jūryō #4 6–9 | West Jūryō #7 7–8 | East Jūryō #9 4–11 | East Makushita #1 3–4 | West Makushita #4 Retired 0–0–7 | x |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions 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 |||||||
