Kotomitsuki Keiji

Kotomitsuki Keiji
琴光喜 啓司
Kotomitsuki in March 2009
Personal information
Born	Keiji Tamiya (1976-04-11) April 11, 1976 (age 48) Aichi, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	154 kg (340 lb)
Career
Stable	Sadogatake
University	Nihon University
Record	571–367–50
Debut	March, 1999
Highest rank	Ōzeki (September, 2007)
Retired	July, 2010
Championships	1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (2) Fighting Spirit (4) Technique (7)
Gold Stars	3 (Musashimaru)
* Up to date as of November 2010.

Kotomitsuki Keiji (琴光喜 啓司, born April 11, 1976 as Keiji Tamiya (田宮 啓司)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Okazaki City. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top makuuchi division in November 2000 and won one yūshō or tournament championship, in September 2001. He was a runner-up in eight other tournaments, and earned thirteen sanshō or special prizes. He is one of six wrestlers in the history of sumo to receive all three sanshō in the same tournament, accomplishing the feat in the November 2000 honbasho. After a record 22 tournaments at sekiwake, he achieved promotion to sumo's second highest rank of ōzeki in July 2007 upon winning 35 out of 45 bouts in three consecutive tournaments. This made him at 31 the oldest man to reach ōzeki in the modern era. He wrestled for Sadogatake stable. On July 4, 2010, he was expelled from professional sumo by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in an illegal gambling ring.^[1]