Sakaigawa Namiemon
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| Birth name | Masakichi Udagawa | |
| Date of birth | May 28, 1841 | |
| Place of birth | Chiba, Japan | |
| Date of death | September 16, 1887 (aged 46) | |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |
| Weight | 128 kg (280 lb) | |
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| Heya | Sakaigawa | |
| Record | 118-23-63 71draws-5holds(Makuuchi) |
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| Debut | November, 1857 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (January 1877) | |
| Retired | January, 1881 | |
| Yusho | 5 (Makuuchi, unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of October 2007. |
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Sakaigawa Namiemon (境川 浪右衛門, May 28, 1841 - September 16, 1887) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 14th Yokozuna.
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[edit] Career
Sakaigawa was born in Ichikawa. He made his debut in November 1857 and reached the top makuuchi division in April 1867, then fighting under the name Masuizan. He won his first tournament championship in June 1868 from the maegashira ranks, emerging undefeated with eight wins. He was promoted to ozeki (then sumo's highest rank) in April 1870 after winning two tournaments in a row from the rank of sekiwake. Following his promotion, he changed his shikona to Sakaigawa. The name had previously been used by another wrestler from the same stable, who had been an ozeki from 1857 to 1861. He was initially given a yokozuna licence by the Osaka based House of Gojo. He was awarded a yokozuna licence officially by the House of Yoshida Tsukasa in January 1877.
At that time, Meiji Restoration was confusing the sumo world. Many sumo wrestlers were promoted to nominal yokozuna and the worth of name yokozuna stayed very low. Among them, Sakaigawa became sole yokozuna admitted officially.
[edit] Top division record
*1-3 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 | Third | |
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| 1867 | West Maegashira #6 (4-1-1-4draws) | West Maegashira #4 (4-1-1-4draws) | no tournament held |
| 1868 | East Maegashira #2 (8-0-1-1draw) | East Komusubi (4-2-1-3draws) | no tournament held |
| 1869 | East Sekiwake (8-0-1-1draw) | East Sekiwake (7-0-1-2draw) | no tournament held |
| 1870 | East Ōzeki (6-0-2-2draws) | East Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draws) | no tournament held |
| 1871 | East Ōzeki (5-0-2) | East Ōzeki (6-0-2-1draw-1hold) | no tournament held |
| 1872 | East Ōzeki (4-1-1-4draws) | East Ōzeki (3-1-1-5draws) | no tournament held |
| 1873 | East Ōzeki (6-0-1-3draws) | East Ōzeki (3-2-2-3draws) | no tournament held |
| 1874 | East Ōzeki (4-1-1-3draws-1hold) | East Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draws) | no tournament held |
| 1875 | East Ōzeki (4-1-2-3draws) | no tournament held | no tournament held |
| 1876 | East Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draws) | East Ōzeki (4-2-1-3draws) | no tournament held |
| 1877 | East Ōzeki (4-0-6) | East Ōzeki (4-2-1-3draws) | East Ōzeki (4-1-2-2draws-1hold) |
| 1878 | East Ōzeki (3-1-2-3draws-1hold) | no tournament held | no tournament held |
| 1879 | East Ōzeki (1-1-3-5draws) | East Ōzeki (2-2-1-4draws-1hold) | no tournament held |
| 1880 | Sat out due to injury | East Ōzeki (2-1-4-3draws) | no tournament held |
| 1881 | retired | x | no tournament held |
- 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 or a tournament after he retired
| Green Box=Tournament Championship |
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