Motohisa Tokushinhō
徳真鵬元久
Tokushinō in 2010
Personal information
Born	Motohisa Shiratsuka (1984-05-13)May 13, 1984 (age 40) Mie Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	224 kg (494 lb; 35.3 st)
Career
Stable	Kise →Kitanoumi → Kise
University	Asahi University
Record	382-373
Debut	March 2007
Highest rank	Jūryō 6 (September 2013)
Retired	June 2020
Championships	1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of July 9, 2020.

Tokushinhō Motohisa (Japanese:德真鵬 元久, born May 13, 1984 asMotohisa Shiratsuka (白塚 元久)) is a Japanese former professionalsumo wrestler fromMatsusaka, Mie. His sumo stable wasKise (for a short time he belonged toKitanoumi). His height is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and his peak weight is 224 kg (494 lb). His highest rank wasjūryō 6. Hs is the first former amateur fromAsahi University to reach thesekitori ranks. He retired in June 2020.

From elementary school he didkarate, but he became interested in sumo at Mie High School and began entering sumo competitions.^[1] He was an amateur wrestler atAsahi University and reached the top 16 in the Inter Collegiate and second place in the Western Japan College Tournament. He was a contemporary ofTosayutaka. He joinedKise stable in March 2007 at the age of 23. He was only the third former member of Asahi University's small sumo club to turn professional. He weighed 182 kilograms (401 lb) upon his debut. He initially fought under his own surname of Shiratsuka. In March 2009 he switched to theshikona of Tokushinhō and won themakushita division championship oryūshō with a 6–1 record. He was promoted to thejūryō division for the first time in September 2009. He spent a total of 27 tournaments ranked injūryō with a win/loss record of 187–218. He never reached the topmakuuchi division; his highest rank beingjūryō 6 in September 2013. His last appearance injūryō was in November 2015.

His peak weight of 224 kilograms (494 pounds) means he ranks twelfth in thelist of heaviest sumo wrestlers, and is the sixth-heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler ever afterYamamotoyama, Kenho,Susanoumi, Kainowaka andHidenoumi.

Tokushinhō fell to thesandanme division in thebanzuke issued for the May 2020 tournament, and he submitted retirement papers to theJapan Sumo Association, acknowledged on June 1, 2020.^[2] His career results were 382 wins against 373 losses over 79 tournaments. He plans to return to Asahi University as a member of staff.^[3] He had hisdanpatsu-shiki or retirement ceremony in October 2021, with around 150 guests including formeryokozunaKisenosato, and the head of Asahi University making the final cut of histopknot.^[4]

When fighting on themawashi or belt Tokushinhō favoured amigi-yotsu (left hand outside, right hand inside) grip. He also regularly usedtsuki/oshi (pushing and thrusting) techniques. His most common winningkimarite wereyori kiri (force out) andoshi dashi (push out), which together account for over 60 per cent of his career wins.^[5]

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• Tokushinhō Motohisa's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage

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• Sumo people from Mie Prefecture

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