Tanikaze Kajinosuke
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| Birth name | 金子 与四郎 Kaneko Yoshiro |
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| Date of birth | September 8, 1750 | |
| Place of birth | Wakabayashi, Sendai, Japan | |
| Date of death | February 27, 1795 (aged 44) | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Weight | 169 kg (370 lb/26.6 st) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Isenoumi | |
| Record | 258-14-112 | |
| Debut | April 1769 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (November 1789) | |
| Yusho | 21 (unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of July 2007. |
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Kajinosuke Tanikaze (谷風梶之助 Tanikaze Kajinosuke?, September 8, 1750 – February 27, 1795) was a sumo wrestler in Japan in the Tokugawa era, and the first to be awarded the title of Yokozuna within his own lifetime. He achieved great fame and won 21 tournament championships. He was also the coach of Raiden Tameemon.
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[edit] Career
He was born in Sendai with Yoshiro (与四郎) as his infant name. He made his debut in sumo in 1769 when he was 19, and he was still an active wrestler when he died at the age of 44 of influenza. With a height of 189 cm and a weight of 169 kg, he was extremely large in comparison with most Japanese men of his era..[1] He debuted as ozeki but it was Kanban ozeki, or Guest ozeki, due to his size. However, he was promoted to ozeki by his real strength in March 1781. He has a record of twice winning 7 tournaments in a row with no lost bouts. Overall he wrestled in 70 tournaments in total and only lost 20 bouts. From October 1777 until February 1786, he lost only one bout. This was to Onogawa in February 1782. He recorded the longest run of consecutive victories in sumo bouts, with 63.[2] This record remained unbroken for about 150 years, until Futabayama in 1938. He was on another winning streak of 35 bouts at his death.
On November 19, 1789 he became one of the first two sumo wrestlers to be allowed to perform a Yokozuna Dohyo-iri (a special ring entrance ceremony for the yokozuna alone, rather than entering as part of a parade of the top ranked wrestlers). Both he and Onogawa were granted a special so-called Yokozuna license simultaneously in that year. Officially he is recorded as being the 4th Yokozuna in sumo history. However, as the first three (see list of Yokozuna) were awarded the title posthumously, if indeed they existed at all, he can be said to the one of the first two real holders of the title. [3]
Tanikaze was a very popular rikishi. Unlike other wrestlers of his day, many nishikie (woodblock print based) portraits and images of him participating in bouts still remain.
[edit] Top division record
*1-2 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
*Result of the 7th day of the April 1769 tournament is unknown
*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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| 1769 | West (Kanban) Ōzeki (4-0-3) | West (Kanban) Ōzeki (0-1-7) |
| 1770 | West (Kanban) Ōzeki (3-0-5) | West Maegashira #1 (7-1) |
| 1771 | Sat out | West Komusubi #1 (5-0-1draw-2holds) |
| 1772 | West Komusubi #1 (6-0-2) | no tournament held |
| 1773 | West Maegashira #1 (5-1-1draw-1hold) | West Maegashira #1 (5-2-1hold) |
| 1774 | West Maegashira #1 (6-0-2) | West Komusubi (5-0-1-2draws) |
| 1775 | West Komusubi (4-0) | West Komusubi (5-1-1-2holds) |
| 1776 | West Maegashira #1 (unknown) | West Komusubi (7-0-1noresult) |
| 1777 | West Sekiwake (2-1-5) | West Komusubi (5-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1778 | West Sekiwake (9-0-1) | Sat out |
| 1779 | West Sekiwake (9-0-1) | West Sekiwake (9-0-1draw) |
| 1780 | West Sekiwake (6-0) | West Sekiwake (8-0-2holds) |
| 1781 | West Ōzeki (9-0-1) | West Sekiwake (9-0-1) |
| 1782 | West Ōzeki (6-1-3) | West Ōzeki (7-0-1-1hold-1noresult) |
| 1783 | West Ōzeki (5-0-4-1noresult) | West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) |
| 1784 | West Ōzeki (6-0-2-2holds) | West Ōzeki (3-0-7) |
| 1785 | no tournament held | no tournament held |
| 1786 | West Ōzeki (10-0) | West Ōzeki (3-1-6) |
| 1787 | tournament called off due to bad harvest | West Sekiwake (6-1-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1788 | West Sekiwake (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) | West Sekiwake (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1789 | West Sekiwake (7-1-1-1draw) | West Sekiwake (6-0-3-1draw) |
| 1790 | West Ōzeki (4-0-2-1draw-1hold-1noresult) | West Ōzeki (7-1-1-1draw) |
| 1791 | West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1noresult) | Sat out |
| 1792 | West Ōzeki (8-0-2) | West Ōzeki (3-0) |
| 1793 | West Ōzeki (7-0-2) | West Ōzeki (5-0-3-2draws) |
| 1794 | West Ōzeki (5-0-5) | West Ōzeki (4-0-6) |
- 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
| Green Box=Tournament Championship |
[edit] References
- ^ Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
- ^ Consecutive Wins (1757-)
- ^ Kuroda, Joe (February 2006). Yokozuna Comparison (English). sumofanmag.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Tanikaze Kajinosuke Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Tanikaze Kajinosuke Tournament Results
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