Top High School Students at All Japan Sumo Championship ------------------------------------------------------- Yusho 1983 Keita Kushima, 3rd Year, Shingu High School, Wakayama Prefectre Former Mageashira 1 Kushimaumi (current Tagonoura Oyakata) Jyun Yusho 1994 Keiji Tamiya, 3rd Year Tottori Johoku High, Tottori Prefecture Komusubi Kotomitsuki (Kyushu 2005) Third 2005 Gotaro Sawai, 3rd Year Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama Prefecture Planning to join Ozumo January 2005. Third 1985 Kazuo Saito, 3rd Year Meiji University Nakano High School, Tokyo Did not join Ozumo (1) Top 8 1991 Takeharu Dejima, 3rd Year Kanazawa Engineering High School, Ishikawa Prefecture Maegashira Lead Dejima (Kyushu) Top 16 1964 Hitoshi Usui, 3rd Year Meiji University Nakano High School, Tokyo Former Juryo Tochibayama (2) 1974 Kazuho Fujisawa, 3rd Year Kouchi High School, Kouchi Prefecture Former Makushita Kotofujisawa (3) 1981 Keita Kushima, 1st Year Shingu High School, Wakayama Prefecture Former Kushimaumi 1982 Keita Kushima, 2nd Year Shingu High School, Wakayama Prefecture Former Kushimaumi 1990 Kouichi Kato, 3rd Year Meguro Gakuin High School, Tokyo Did not join Ozumo (4) 1993 Naohito Saito, 3rd Year Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama Prefecture Maegashira 11 Hayateumi (Kyushu) 1993 Ryuta Tsushima, 3rd Year Hirosaki Commerical High School, Aomori Prefecture Maegashira 3 Iwakiyama (Kyushu) ----------- Note: (1) Kazuo Saito is currently a researcher at Nihon Taiiku University (Nittai-Dai) and one of the authors of the article we discussed here. (2) "High School Yokozuna" - two straight years (1963,1964) (3) "College/University Yokozuna" (1978 - Doshisha University) (4) Last year's All Japan winner.