Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan.

Hidenohana Yukihide
秀ノ花 行秀
Personal information
BornYukihide Kikushima
(1965-02-10) 10 February 1965 (age 59)
Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight144 kg (317 lb)
Career
StableHanakagoHanaregoma
Record294-257-53
DebutMarch, 1980
Highest rankJūryō 5 (July, 1988)
RetiredMarch, 1994
Championships1 (Jūryō)
1 (Sandanme)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

One of the few professional sumo wrestlers from Yamanashi Prefecture, he was recruited by yokozuna Wajima of the Hanakago stable. He made his professional debut in March 1980, alongside Kotofuji and future professional wrestler Hanaarashi [ja] but never reached the top division. His highest rank was jūryō 5. He reached the second division eight years after his professional debut. He won the jūryō division yūshō or championship in his debut tournament in the division (the first wrestler to achieve this since Kotochitose in 1979), but then never won another bout as a sekitori, as he suffered a left knee medial collateral ligament injury in training with members of the Nihon University sumo club (including later top division wrestler Daishoyama) and was forced to withdraw from the next tournament after ten straight losses. He had been ineligible for the kōshō seido rank protection as the injury had not taken place in a tournament, and he was demoted to makushita. He never managed to return to jūryō and retired from active competition in March 1994. He performed the yumitori-shiki bow-twirling ceremony from November 1990 to July 1991.

Career record

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Hidenohana Yukihide[1]
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1980 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #25
2–5
 
West Jonokuchi #16
6–1
 
West Jonidan #77
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Jonokuchi #1
4–3
 
1981 West Jonidan #98
3–4
 
East Jonidan #108
5–2
 
West Jonidan #76
3–4
 
West Jonidan #86
4–3
 
East Jonidan #62
2–5
 
East Jonidan #83
4–3
 
1982 East Jonidan #58
5–2
 
West Jonidan #8
3–4
 
East Jonidan #29
6–1
 
East Sandanme #58
2–5
 
East Sandanme #83
3–4
 
East Jonidan #10
4–3
 
1983 East Sandanme #78
4–3
 
East Sandanme #60
4–3
 
West Sandanme #42
4–3
 
West Sandanme #30
3–4
 
West Sandanme #46
6–1
 
West Sandanme #1
2–5
 
1984 West Sandanme #25
5–2
 
East Makushita #59
4–3
 
East Makushita #46
2–5
 
East Sandanme #10
2–5
 
West Sandanme #37
4–3
 
West Sandanme #22
5–2
 
1985 East Makushita #54
4–3
 
East Makushita #37
4–3
 
West Makushita #25
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Sandanme #6
4–3
 
West Makushita #56
5–2
 
West Makushita #35
3–4
 
1986 East Makushita #49
5–2
 
East Makushita #31
6–1
 
East Makushita #14
5–2
 
East Makushita #7
1–6
 
West Makushita #32
3–4
 
East Makushita #41
5–2
 
1987 West Makushita #26
4–3
 
West Makushita #18
2–5
 
East Makushita #42
4–3
 
West Makushita #33
5–2
 
East Makushita #18
4–3
 
East Makushita #10
4–3
 
1988 East Makushita #7
5–2
 
West Makushita #1
4–3
 
West Jūryō #13
11–4–P
Champion

 
East Jūryō #5
0–11–4
 
West Makushita #3
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Makushita #43
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1989 West Sandanme #23
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
East Sandanme #83
7–0–P
Champion

 
East Makushita #53
2–5
 
West Sandanme #16
3–4
 
East Sandanme #31
3–4
 
West Sandanme #47
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1990 East Jonidan #8
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Jonidan #78
7–0–P
Champion

 
West Sandanme #73
5–2
 
East Sandanme #43
4–3
 
East Sandanme #26
3–4
 
West Sandanme #37
5–2
 
1991 West Sandanme #9
5–2
 
West Makushita #48
4–3
 
West Makushita #38
2–5
 
East Makushita #59
3–4
 
West Sandanme #12
5–2
 
East Makushita #50
6–1
 
1992 East Makushita #24
5–2
 
West Makushita #10
1–6
 
West Makushita #37
3–4
 
West Makushita #45
2–5
 
East Sandanme #5
5–2
 
East Makushita #43
6–1
 
1993 East Makushita #20
1–6
 
East Makushita #46
2–5
 
East Sandanme #6
5–2
 
West Makushita #44
2–5
 
East Sandanme #6
3–4
 
West Sandanme #20
3–4
 
1994 West Sandanme #35
2–5
 
West Sandanme #68
Retired
1–6
x x x x
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: MakuuchiJūryōMakushitaSandanmeJonidanJonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hidenohana Yukihide Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 20 September 2012.