Musashiyama Takeshi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Takeshi Yokoyama | |
| Date of birth | December 5, 1909 | |
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Date of death | March 15, 1969 (aged 59) | |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 117 kg (260 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Dewanoumi | |
| Record | 240-79-71-2draws | |
| Debut | January 1926 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (May 1935) | |
| Retired | May 1939 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Makuuchi) | |
| Gold stars | 2 | |
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* Career information is correct as of October 2007. |
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Musashiyama Takeshi (武藏山 武, December 5, 1909 - March 15, 1969) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 33rd Yokozuna.
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[edit] Career
Musashiyama made a professional debut in January 1926, joining Dewanoumi stable, and reached the top makuuchi division in May 1929. He won his only top division tournament championship in May 1931. He was promoted from komusubi to ozeki in January 1932. In the same month his stable mate, sekiwake Tenryu and many other top wrestlers went on strike against the professional sumo association, demanding reform of the organisation, in what was to become known as the Shunjuen Incident.
Musashiyama was expected to become strong. However, he had injured his right elbow in the October 1931 tournament. He was also criticised for his lukewarm support of the Shunjuen Incident, but he never felt close to Tenryu's group.[1] Besides, several people insisted that the reason of Tenryu's walkout was Tenryu's jealousy of Musashiyama's fast promotion while he remained at sekiwake.[1] Musashiyama was also considering giving up sumo altogether and turning to boxing instead.[1]
He was promoted to yokozuna in 1935, after finishing as runner-up in the May tournment that year. His promotion came as a complete surprise, and it was suggested that it had been engineered by the Tagasago ichimon or stable group, so that Musashiyama's Dewanoumi group would be obliged to support the promotion of Minanogawa in return.[2] Unfortunately, Musashiyama proved to be one of the least successful yokozuna ever. He was often absent from tournaments and did not win any championships. In his eight tournaments at yokozuna rank, he missed five, withdrew from two, and only managed one kachi-koshi or winning score. In his only winning score tournament, he faced yokozuna Minanogawa in a battle of 6-6 Yokozunas, and he defeated Minanogawa, which resulted in Minanogawa's losing score (make-koshi).[3] He retired without achieving any lasting success, in May 1939.
[edit] Retirement from sumo
He remained in the sumo world as a coach, and was known as Dekiyama and then Shiranui Oyakata. He died in 1969.
[edit] Top division record
| January | March | May | October | |
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| 1929 | x | x | East Maegashira #8 (9-2) | East Maegashira #8 (7-4)* |
| 1930 | East Maegashira #2 (9-2)☆ | East Maegashira #2 (8-3)☆ | East Komusubi (6-5) | East Komusubi (9-2) |
| 1931 | West Komusubi (7-4) | West Komusubi (10-1) | East Komusubi (10-1) | East Komusubi (8-2-1) |
| 1932 | West Ōzeki (5-3)** | West Ōzeki (7-3) | West Ōzeki (8-3) | West Ōzeki (8-3) |
| 1933 | West Ōzeki (8-3) | no tournament held | East Ōzeki (6-4-1draw) | no tournament held |
| 1934 | East Ōzeki (8-3) | no tournament held | East Ōzeki (9-2) | no tournament held |
| 1935 | West Ōzeki (8-2-1draw) | no tournament held | East Ōzeki (9-2) | no tournament held |
| 1936 | West Yokozuna (3-5-3) | no tournament held | Sat out | no tournament held |
| 1937 | Sat out | no tournament held | Sat out | no tournament held |
| 1938 | West Yokozuna (5-4-4) | no tournament held | West Yokozuna (7-6) | no tournament held |
| 1939 | Sat out | no tournament held | retired | no tournament held |
*tournament actually held one month earlier
**tournament actually held one month later
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament[4]
- 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
| Green Box=Tournament Championship | ☆= Number of Gold Stars. |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Rikishi of old: Tenryu Saburo and Shunjuen Incident (English). Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ Kuroda, Joe (August 2006). Rikishi of Old:Minanogawa Tozo. Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Natsu 1938 Musashiyama Takeshi. Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Musashiyama Takeshi (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
[edit] See also
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