Konishiki Yasokichi I

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小錦 八十吉
Konishiki Yasokichi
Konishiki Yasokichi I
Personal information
Birth name Yasokichi Iwai
Date of birth November 21, 1866(1866-11-21)
Place of birth Chiba, Japan
Date of death October 22, 1914 (aged 47)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 128 kg (280 lb)
Career*
Heya Takasago
Record 119-24-101
9draws-7holds(Makuuchi)
Debut May, 1883
Highest rank Yokozuna (March 1896)
Retired January, 1901
Yusho 7 (Makuuchi)

* Career information is correct as of October 2007.

Konishiki Yasokichi I (小錦八十吉, November 21, 1866 - October 22, 1914) was a sumo wrestler from Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 17th Yokozuna.

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[edit] Career

Konishiki made his professional debut in May 1883 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 1888. He won 39 bouts in a row after his makuuchi debut. Konishiki was promoted to ozeki in May 1890, and awarded a yokozuna licence by the house of Yoshida Tsukasa in March 1896. He was somewhat weak on technical skills, but had great speed.

Around the time of his promotion to yokozuna, his stablemaster Takasago Uragoro suffered an illness, and so Konishiki took care of him. In spite of his amazing debut, he did not win any championships as yokozuna. On April 8, 1900, his stablemaster died. Konishiki was absent from the next tournament and retired in January 1901.

The Hawaiian born ozeki Konishiki Yasokichi was named after him. Ozeki Konishiki was actually the 6th Konishiki, and three wrestlers named Konishiki have been promoted to the top makuuchi division.

[edit] Top division record

*Championships from this period were unofficial
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909


January May
1888 x West Maegashira #9 (8-0-1-1hold)
1889 West Maegashira #1 (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) West Komusubi (7-0-1-1draw-1hold)
1890 West Komosubi (8-0-2) East Ōzeki (1-0-9)
1891 East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) Sat out due to injury
1892 East Ōzeki (1-1-8) East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1hold)
1893 East Ōzeki (7-2-1) East Ōzeki (7-0-3)
1894 East Ōzeki (5-2-3) Sat out due to injury
1895 East Ōzeki (8-1-1) Sat out due to injury
1896 East Ōzeki (7-1-2) East Yokozuna (8-1-1)
1897 East Yokozuna (5-3-1-1hold) East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw)
1898 East Yokozuna (3-3-1-3draws) East Yokozuna (3-1-4-2holds)
1899 East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw) East Yokozuna (1-2-7)
1900 East Yokozuna (5-3-1-1draw) Sat out due to injury
1901 Retired x
  • 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 (usually due to injury)
  • an X signifies the wrestler had yet to reach the top division at that point in his career or a tournament after he retired
Green Box=Tournament Championship

[edit] References

  1. ^ Konishiki Yasokichi Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
  2. ^ 大相撲優勝力士 (Japanese). ja.wikipedia. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.

[edit] See also

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