Kashiwado Tsuyoshi

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**Kashiwado Tsuyoshi**
Personal information
Birth name	Tsuyoshi Togashi
Date of birth	November 29, 1938(1938-11-29)
Place of birth	Yamagata, Japan
Date of death	December 8, 1996 (aged 58)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	139 kg (310 lb)
Career*
Heya	Isenoumi
Record	715-295-140
Debut	September, 1954
Highest rank	Yokozuna (November, 1961)
Retired	July, 1969
Yusho	5 (Makuuchi) 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (4) Outstanding Performance (2)
* Career information is correct as of July 2007.

Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (柏戸剛, November 29, 1938 - December 8, 1996) was a sumo wrestler from Japan. He was the sport's 47th Yokozuna.

1 Career
2 Retirement
3 Top division record
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Career

Born in the northern prefecture of Yamagata, Kashiwado made his professional debut in September 1954, joining Isenoumi stable. Upon reaching the top makuuchi division in September 1958 he rose rapidly up the rankings, winning promotion to ozeki in September 1960 and yokozuna in November 1961.

Kashiwado won five top division championships, a long way behind the thirty-two captured by his rival Taiho, who was promoted to yokozuna simultaneously with him. He was however a tournament runner-up on no fewer than fifteen occasions. He suffered from many injury problems during his career, which led to him being dubbed the "glass yokozuna". He failed to complete four tournaments in a row from January to July 1963. However he made a spectacular comeback in September 1963, winning his first championship as a yokozuna with a perfect 15-0 record. He was listed as a yokozuna on the banzuke for 47 tournments, which puts him in equal 6th place on the all-time list.^[1]

[edit] Retirement

After retiring from active competition in July 1969 he remained in the sumo world as an elder and opened up his own stable, Kagamiyama. He coached Tagaryu to the top division championship in September 1984. He also served as a director of the Sumo Association and was head of the judges committee until 1994^[2]. He died of liver failure in 1996.

[edit] Top division record

Kashiwado^[3]
	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1958	x	x	x	x	East Maegashira #20 9–6	West Maegashira #17 8–7
1959	East Maegashira #16 8–7	West Maegashira #13 13–2 FT	East Maegashira #4 5–10	East Maegashira #8 9–6	East Maegashira #3 12–3 F	East Komusubi 8–7
1960	East Komusubi 9–6 T	West Sekiwake 9–6 O	West Sekiwake 10–5 T	East Sekiwake 11–4 TO	West Ōzeki 12–3	East Ōzeki 11–4
1961	West Ōzeki 13–2	East Ōzeki 12–3	East Ōzeki 10–5	West Ōzeki 11–4	West Ōzeki 12–3	East Yokozuna 12–3
1962	West Yokozuna 10–5	East Yokozuna 11–4	West Yokozuna 11–4	West Yokozuna 11–4	West Yokozuna 11–4	West Yokozuna 12–3
1963	Sat out due to injury	West Yokozuna 5–1–9	Sat out due to injury	Sat out due to injury	West Yokozuna 15–0	East Yokozuna 10–5
1964	West Yokozuna 12–3	West Yokozuna 14–1	West Yokozuna 11–1–3	Sat out due to injury	East Yokozuna 4–2–9	East Yokozuna 2–4–9
1965	Sat out due to injury	Sat out due to injury	West Yokozuna 9–6	East Yokozuna 12–3	East Yokozuna 12–3	West Yokozuna 1–1–13
1966	West Yokozuna 14–1	East Yokozuna 10–5	West Yokozuna 12–3	West Yokozuna 12–3	West Yokozuna 13–2	West Yokozuna 10–5
1967	West Yokozuna 12–3	East Yokozuna 11–4	West Yokozuna 13–2	West Yokozuna 14–1	East Yokozuna 9–6	East Yokozuna 11–4
1968	East Yokozuna 9–6	West Yokozuna 9–6	East Yokozuna 4–4–7	East Yokozuna 10–5	East Yokozuna 9–6	West Yokozuna 11–4
1969	West Yokozuna 10–5	West Yokozuna 9–6	East Yokozuna 9–6	West Yokozuna 1–3–retired	x	x
Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira