Umegatani Tōtarō I
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| Birth name | Tōtarō Oe | |
| Date of birth | March 16, 1845 | |
| Place of birth | Asakura, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Date of death | May 15, 1928 (aged 83) | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 105 kg (230 lb) | |
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| Heya | Ikazuchi | |
| Record | 116-6-78 18 draws-2 holds(Makuuchi) |
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| Debut | March, 1871 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (February, 1884) | |
| Retired | May, 1885 | |
| Yusho | 9 (Makuuchi, unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of September 2007. |
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Umegatani Tōtarō (梅ヶ谷 藤太郎, March 16, 1845 - May 15, 1928) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 15th Yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest wrestler to emerge since the era of Tanikaze and Raiden.
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[edit] Career
Umegatani entered Osaka sumo in 1863 and was promoted to ozeki in 1870. He wasn't content with the rank. He transferred to Tokyo sumo in December 1870. Umegatani won 58 bouts in a row from January 1876 to January 1881. It is the third best record of consecutive victories behind Futabayama and Tanikaze. He was awarded a yokozuna licence in February 1884, receiving it simultaneously from both the Osaka and Tokyo based organisations. Emperor Meiji took pleasure in seeing his bout on March 10, 1884. The event made sumo more famous. He won 116 bouts and lost only 6 bouts in the top makuuchi division.
After his retirement he remained in the sumo world as a coach under the name Ikazuchi Oyakata. He helped to raise funds for the building of the first Ryōgoku Kokugikan stadium in 1909. It is said that when asked by a potential backer what he had in the way of collateral, simply showing his muscles was enough to clinch the deal.[1]
He lived until the age of eighty-three, making him the longest-lived yokozuna of all time.
[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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| 1874 | x | West Maegashira #6 (8-0-1-1draw) | no tournament held |
| 1875 | West Maegashira #5 (6-1-3) | no tournament held | no tournament held |
| 1876 | West Maegashira #4 (5-2-2-1draw) | West Maegashira #2 (3-0-6-1draw) | no tournament held |
| 1877 | West Maegashira #1 (8-0-2) | West Komusubi (7-0-2-1draw) | West Sekiwake (7-0-1) |
| 1878 | West Sekiwake (4-0-4-1draw-1hold) | no tournament held | no tournament held |
| 1879 | West Ōzeki (6-0-1-3draws) | West Ōzeki (5-0-4-1hold) | no tournament held |
| 1880 | West Ōzeki (0-0-6-4draws) | West Ōzeki (9-0-1) | no tournament held |
| 1881 | West Ōzeki (7-1-1-1draw) | West Ōzeki (8-0-2) | no tournament held |
| 1882 | sat out due to injury | West Ōzeki (5-0-4-1draw) | no tournament held |
| 1883 | East Ōzeki (6-0-4) | East Ōzeki (3-0-7) | no tournament held |
| 1884 | East Ōzeki (7-0-2-1draw) | East Ōzeki (7-2-1) | no tournament held |
| 1885 | East Ōzeki (3-0-4-3draws) | retired | no tournament held |
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[2][3]
- 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
| Green Box=Tournament Championship |
[edit] References
- ^ Sharnoff, Lorna (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x.
- ^ Umegatani Totaro Rikishi Information (English). Sumo Reference. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
- ^ 大相撲優勝力士 (Japanese). ja.wikipedia. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
[edit] See also
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