Arase Nagahide
荒勢 永英
Personal information
Born	Arase Hideo (1949-06-20)20 June 1949 Ino, Kōchi, Japan
Died	11 August 2008(2008-08-11) (aged 59)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	145 kg (320 lb; 22.8 st)
Career
Stable	Hanakago
Record	420-414-11
Debut	January, 1972
Highest rank	Sekiwake (May, 1976)
Retired	September, 1981
Elder name	Magaki
Special Prizes	Technique (1) Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars	2 (Kotozakura,Kitanoumi)
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Arase Nagahide (荒勢 永英, 20 June 1949 – 11 August 2008), real nameArase Hideo (荒瀬 英生) was asumo wrestler fromIno,Agawa District,Kōchi Prefecture,Japan. His highest rank wassekiwake. After his retirement in 1981 he became a television personality and ran unsuccessfully for political office.

His parents were farmers. He began sumo at Kochi junior high school. He was an amateur sumo champion atNihon University, coming third in the All Japan Sumo Tournament in his third year. He made his professional debut in 1972, beginning as amakushita tsukedashi entrant, and reached the topmakuuchi division the following year. He was a member ofHanakago stable and a stablemate ofyokozunaWajima, a fellow Nihon University graduate. He once wore a cream-colouredmawashi, or belt, in a tournament, the only wrestler so far to do so.^[1] He fought under his family name of Arase, although he changed the second part of it from Hideo to Nagahide in 1975. He was involved in an unusual incident when in a match againstTamanofuji thereferee was knocked out of thedohyo having failed to get out of the wrestlers’ way, and had to be told who was the winner.^[2] He fought in the top division for 48 tournaments, with a win/loss record of 351-367-2. He won foursansho or special prizes and twokinboshi or gold stars. He defeatedyokozunaKitanoumi in January 1980 having previously lost to him 27 times in a row (the second worst record ever for a wrestler against the same opponent, afterKaneshiro who lost 29 consecutive bouts to Kitanoumi). In a match againstWakamisugi on the 8th day of the July 1976 tournament there were eightmatta or false starts, and both wrestlers were criticized by the chiefjudge. Arase had a reputation for regularly engaging in false starts, and there was a suggestion from thesansho committee when he was up for the Fighting Spirit Award in March 1975 that this should disqualify him from receiving the prize, although he was given it in the end. He held the third highest rank ofsekiwake for nine tournaments in total, including four straight from September 1977 to March 1978. However he only once had a double-digit winning record at the rank and so never seriously challenged forozeki promotion. Hampered by a right knee injury, he announced his retirement in September 1981.

After his retirement he was briefly anelder of theJapan Sumo Association under the name of Magaki but left in February 1983, turning the name over toWakanohana II, and became atelevision personality. He stood for election to theHouse of Councillors as aLiberal League candidate in 2001, but was unsuccessful. He suffered astroke in 2006. He died ofheart failure in 2008 at the age of 59.^[3]

He was ayotsu-sumo (grappling) wrestler who preferred themigi-yotsu (right hand inside, left hand outside) position on themawashi. He employed thegaburi-yori technique of pushing with the stomach while grabbing themawashi, a style also associated withKotoshogiku.

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