| 秀ノ山 雷五郎 Hidenoyama Raigorō |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Tatsugoro Kikuta 1808 Miyagi, Japan |
| Died | June 16, 1862 (aged 54) |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 135 kg (300 lb) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Hidenoyama |
| Record | 112-21-96 33draws-2holds(Makuuchi) |
| Debut | March, 1828 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (September 1847) |
| Retired | March, 1850 |
| Yūshō | 6 (Makuuchi, unofficial) |
| * Career information is correct as of October 2007. | |
Hidenoyama Raigorō (秀ノ山 雷五郎, 1808 – June 16, 1862) was a sumo wrestler from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 9th Yokozuna. He was also known as Amatsukaze Kumoemon (天津風 雲右衞門), Tatsugami Kumoemon (立神 雲右衞門) and Iwamigata Jōemon (岩見潟 丈右衞門).
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In 1823, he attempted to make his debut, but he was completely ignored at first due to his short height of only 1.51 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in). He joined Hidenoyama stable in 1827 and made his debut in March 1828. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1837. He recorded 30 consecutive wins and won six championships before the modern yūshō system was established. In the top makuuchi division, he won 112 bouts and lost 21 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 84.2.
Hidenoyama was awarded a yokozuna licence in November 1847. His height of 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) is lowest among yokozunas. He was not one of the greatest wrestlers of his time, but received the licence because he had influential backers.[1] Ōzeki Tsurugizan Taniemon reportedly handed over the yokozuna licence to Hidenoyama.[2]
After his retirement, he was an elder known as Hidenoyama and produced later yokozuna Jinmaku. He served as a judge (naka-aratame, modern shimpan) but this gave him many opportunities to give favourable decisions to his own pupils. At that time, there were many low division wrestlers and they were sometimes forced to be absent from sumo bouts. They attempted to have many sumo bouts. He had the right of deciding their attendances and rejected this excluding his own pupils. They were angry, accusing him of bias, and went on strike because of him in 1851.[3] It was the first walkout in sumo history. He eventually apologized to them.
*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
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
| First | Second | |
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| 1837 | West Maegashira #7 (4-1-5) | West Maegashira #4 (0-3-5-2draws) |
| 1838 | West Maegashira #4 (3-0-3) | West Maegashira #4 (8-0-1-1hold) |
| 1839 | West Maegashira #1 (7-0-2-1draw) | West Komusubi (6-0-2-2draws) |
| 1840 | West Sekiwake (7-1-1-1draw) | West Sekiwake (5-1-2-2draws) |
| 1841 | West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1draw) | West Ōzeki (5-2-1draw) |
| 1842 | West Ōzeki (3-2-1-4draws) | West Sekiwake (5-1-1-3draws) |
| 1843 | West Sekiwake (5-0-4-1draw) | West Sekiwake (5-1-3-1draw) |
| 1844 | West Sekiwake (5-1-2-2draws) | West Ōzeki (8-0-2) |
| 1845 | West Ōzeki (6-0-2-2draws) | West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1draw) |
| 1846 | West Ōzeki (2-0-7-1draw) | Sat out |
| 1847 | West Ōzeki (3-3-1-3draws) | West Ōzeki (4-0-3-3draws) |
| 1848 | West Ōzeki (4-2-3-1draw) | West Ōzeki (5-1-2-1draw-1hold) |
| 1849 | Sat out | Sat out |
| 1850 | retired | x |
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| Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title | ||