Jinmaku Kyūgorō
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| Birth name | Shintaro Ishigura | |
| Date of birth | June 4, 1829 | |
| Place of birth | Shimane, Japan | |
| Date of death | October 21, 1903 (aged 74) | |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Weight | 138 kg (300 lb) | |
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| Heya | Hidenoyama | |
| Record | 87-5-0-20 (Makuuchi) | |
| Debut | November, 1850 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (July, 1867) | |
| Retired | November, 1867 | |
| Yusho | 5 (Makuuchi) | |
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* Career information is correct as of June 2007. |
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Jinmaku Kyūgorō (陣幕 久五郎, June 4, 1829 - October 21, 1903) was a sumo wrestler from what is now Shimane, Japan. He was the sport's 12th Yokozuna.
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[edit] Career
Jinmaku was born in Ou District, Izumo Province (modern Yatsuka District, Shimane). His real name may have been Shintaro Ishigura (石倉 槇太郎, Ishigura Shintarō). In 1847 became a pupil of wrestler Hatsushio Kyūgorō in Onomichi, Hiroshima. When Hatsushio died in 1848 he moved to Osaka and became a pupil of Asahiyama Shirouemon, fighting his first bout in 1850. As an Osaka based wrestler, he was initially awarded a yokozuna licence by the House of Gojo and not the Tokyo based House of Yoshida Tsukasa.
In 1850 he moved to Edo (modern Tokyo) and became a pupil of Hidenoyama Raigorō, the 9th yokozuna. He entered the makuuchi division in January 1858. He was awarded an offical yokozuna licence in July 1867 but he retired from Edo sumo in November 1867 owing to Boshin War. Jinmaku lost only 5 bouts in the top makuuchi division, and has been the only yokozuna having no losing bout as yokozuna.
In 1900 Jinmaku erected the Yokozuna Rikishi Memorial Monument in the grounds of the Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine in the Koto ward of Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lengthy personal project to properly acknowledge all his fellow yokozuna.[1] For the first time, Akashi Shiganosuke, Ayagawa Goroji and Maruyama Gondazaemon were recognised as the first three Yokozuna.[1]
[edit] Top division record
*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 May 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
| First | Second | |
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| 1858 | East Maegashira #6 (5-0-2-3draws) | tournament called off due to fire |
| 1859 | East Maegashira #7 (3-0-6-1draw) | East Maegashira #2 (6-2-1-1hold) |
| 1860 | East Maegashira #2 (4-1-3-2draws) | East Maegashira #2 (5-0-2draws) |
| 1861 | East Maegashira #2 (9-0-1) | East Maegashira #2 (5-0-4-1draw) |
| 1862 | East Maegashira #2 (4-1-4-1draw) | East Maegashira #2 (5-0-3-2draws) |
| 1863 | East Sekiwake (7-0-2-1draw) | Sat out |
| 1864 | unenrolled | Sat out |
| 1865 | Sat out | East Sekiwake (6-0-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1866 | East Sekiwake (6-1-2-1hold) | West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) |
| 1867 | West Ōzeki (7-0-1-2draws) | West Ōzeki (7-0-3) |
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[2][3]
- 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kuroda, Joe (April 2006). The First Yokozuna (Akashi Shiganosuke) and the history of sumo's ultimate rank. Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ Jinmaku Kyugoro Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ 大相撲優勝力士 (Japanese). ja.wikipedia. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
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