Inazuma Raigorō
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| Birth name | Saisuke Nemoto | |
| Date of birth | 1802 | |
| Place of birth | Ibaraki, Japan | |
| Date of death | March 29, 1877 (aged 75) | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Weight | 142 kg (310 lb) | |
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| Heya | Sadogatake (former) | |
| Record | 130-13-73 14draws-3holds-1no result (Makuuchi) |
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| Debut | February 1821 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (September 1830) | |
| Retired | November 1839 | |
| Yusho | 10 (Makuuchi, unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of October 2007. |
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Inazuma Raigorō (稲妻雷五郎, 1802 - March 29, 1877) was a sumo wrestler from Inashiki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 7th Yokozuna. Inazuma means lightning in Japanese.
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[edit] Career
His birth date is ambiguous. According to a strong theory, he was born in 1802. Another claimed that he was born in 1795. If the former is correct, he was the youngest yokozuna until the promotion of Umegatani Tōtarō II in 1903. If the latter is correct, he died at the age of 82.
Inazuma entered Edo sumo in February 1821 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in October 1824. He reached the highest rank of ozeki on ability alone, after only 6 tournaments (some ozeki of the period were merely given the rank because of their size or status). Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke was his rival. They differed in that Inazuma hated false starts at the tachi-ai, or the initial phases of sumo bouts.
As a Osaka based wrestler, Inazuma was awarded a yokozuna licence by the Gojo family in July 1828. This licence was disputed, but, in September 1830, he was also awarded a yokozuna licence by the house of Yoshida-tsukasa, and thus has been accepted as an official yokozuna.
In the top makuuchi division, he won 130 bouts and lost only 13 bouts. After his retirement, he moved to Matsue but he returned to Tokyo in the Meiji period.
[edit] Top division record
*1-2 tournaments were held yearly in this period, though the actual time they were held was often erratic
*Championships from this period were unofficial
*Yokozuna were not listed as such on the ranking sheets until 1890
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
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| 1824 | x | West Maegashira #5 (7-0-2-1hold) |
| 1825 | West Komusubi (5-2-3) | West Komusubi (8-1-1) |
| 1826 | West Sekiwake (6-1-2-1draw) | West Sekiwake (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1827 | West Sekiwake (5-0-2) | unenrolled |
| 1828 | unenrolled | West Ōzeki (4-1-5) |
| 1829 | West Ōzeki (6-0-1) | West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) |
| 1830 | West Ōzeki (8-0-2) | West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1hold) |
| 1831 | West Ōzeki (3-1-6) | West Ōzeki (8-0) |
| 1832 | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) |
| 1833 | West Ōzeki (9-0-1draw) | unenrolled |
| 1834 | unenrolled | unenrolled |
| 1835 | West Ōzeki (5-0-3-2draws) | West Ōzeki (6-2-2) |
| 1836 | Sat out | West Ōzeki (3-0-7) |
| 1837 | West Ōzeki (5-0-4-1draw) | West Ōzeki (5-1-1-2draws-1noresult) |
| 1838 | West Ōzeki (3-0-3) | Sat out |
| 1839 | West Ōzeki (1-3-5-1draw) | West Ōzeki (4-0-3-3draws) |
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[1][2]
- A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament
- an X signifies the wrestler had yet to reach the top division at that point in his career
| Green Box=Tournament Championship |
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