| Ōnoumi Takashi | |
|---|---|
| 大ノ海 敬士 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Takashi Ishikawa (1953-02-05)February 5, 1953 (age 72) Yamagata, Japan |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Hanakago |
| Record | 98-79-0 |
| Debut | March, 1975 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 4 (March, 1977) |
| Retired | July, 1977 |
| Championships | 1 (Makushita) |
Last updated: December 2007 | |
Takashi Ishikawa (石川 孝志,Ishikawa Takashi;ring names:石川 敬士 and石川 泰士, born February 5, 1953) is a Japanese formerprofessional wrestler andsumo wrestler fromFujishima,Higashitagawa District,Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
He played baseball up to junior high school, but at Sakata Minami High School he switched to sumo and won the high school section of theNational Sports Festival. He was an amateur sumo champion while atNihon University, winning the All Japan Sumo Championships and the amateuryokozuna title. From 1975 to 1977 he was a sumo wrestler with theHanakago stable and used thefighting name ofŌnoumi Takashi (大ノ海 敬士), which had also beenhis stablemaster's fighting name. He reached a highest rank ofmaegashira 4, but was forced to retire at the age of 24 after complications withdiabetes.
After retiring from sumo, Ishikawa decided to become a professional wrestler and joinedAll Japan Pro Wrestling.Giant Baba sent him toPat O'Connor for training. After training, he was sent to the Funks' territory in Amarillo, Texas, where he debuted on November 8, 1977, under the name Takashi Onome. In January 1978, he was sent to Kansas City forCentral States Wrestling.
Returning to Japan in November 1978, Ishikawa wrestled a tour withInternational Wrestling Enterprise, before returning to AJPW in December 1978. In October 1979, he was sent abroad to Puerto Rico forWorld Wrestling Council. Under the name Mitsu Ishikawa, he won his first championship, theWWC North American Tag Team Championship withHaru Sonoda. In March 1980, he would briefly return to Amarillo and won theNWA Western States Tag Team Championship withHugo Savinovich, before Savinovich left the area and was replaced by Sonoda, making Ishikawa a two-time champion.
In May 1980, Ishikawa would return to AJPW full-time. He would win fiveAJPW All Asia Tag Team Championships, twice withAkio Sato, once withAshura Hara, and twice withMighty Inoue, before retiring in December 1988. His last match with AJPW was held on December 16, teaming with Mighty Inoue in a victory overMotoshi Okuma andHaruka Eigen.
After a hiatus, Ishikawa returned to pro wrestling in September 1990 forSuper World Sports, where he was part ofGenichiro Tenryu's Revolution stable and was the booker for the promotion. He would also wrestle with stars in theWorld Wrestling Federation. Unfortunately in June 1992, SWS collapsed.
After SWS's collapse, Ishikawa joined Tenryu in formingWAR. Soon after, the promotion was engaged in an inter-promotional war withNew Japan Pro-Wrestling. At NJPW's Fantastic Story at Tokyo Dome on January 4, 1993, he lost toTatsumi Fujinami. He would remain with WAR until September 1994. His last match with the promotion was on September 1, defeating Yamato.
In December 1994, he formed Tokyo Pro Wrestling. While wrestling and running TPW, he would also make overtures toBig Japan Pro Wrestling,Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Social Progress Wrestling Federation, Independent Wrestling Union, WAR, NJPW, andIWA Japan. In April 1996, he would win the TPW Tag Team Championship withYoji Anjo. In June 1997, he would win theBJW Tag Team Championship withKengo Kimura. Although he retired from active competition on January 19, 1998, he did wrestle a few matches for BJW in January 1999.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | x | Makushita tsukedashi #60 6–1 | West Makushita #29 6–1 | West Makushita #12 7–0 Champion | East Jūryō #12 6–9 | West Makushita #2 3–4 |
| 1976 | West Makushita #7 5–2 | East Makushita #3 5–2 | West Jūryō #13 9–6 | East Jūryō #8 8–7 | West Jūryō #7 9–6 | West Jūryō #1 9–6 |
| 1977 | East Maegashira #12 9–6 | West Maegashira #4 4–11 | West Maegashira #11 5–10 | West Jūryō #2 Retired 7–8 | x | x |
| Record given aswins–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) | ||||||
