| 清水川元吉 Shimizugawa Motokichi |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Yonesaku Nagao January 13, 1900 Aomori, Japan |
| Died | July 5, 1967 (aged 67) |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 97 kg (210 lb) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Hatachiyama |
| Record | 272-157-48-1draw-8holds |
| Debut | January 1917 |
| Highest rank | Ozeki (May 1932) |
| Retired | May 1937 |
| Yūshō | 3 (Makuuchi) 2 (Juryo) |
| Kinboshi | 1 |
| * Career information is correct as of June 2008. | |
Shimizugawa Motokichi (13 January 1900 – 5 July 1967) was a sumo wrestler from Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki.
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Making his debut in January 1917, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1923 and made the fourth komusubi rank in January 1926, although he did not take part in that tournament. He competed in the maegashira ranks in 1927 but left the Japan Sumo Association temporarily and was not listed on the banzuke ranking sheets in the March and May 1928 tournaments. Returning in October 1928 he was listed at the bottom of the juryo division and after winning two juryo tournament titles he returned to the top division in 1930.
Shimizugawa was promoted to the second highest rank of ozeki in 1932 but never made the highest yokozuna rank, despite winning a total of three top division tournament championships. He was overlooked for promotion while two men with inferior records to him, Musashiyama and Minanogawa, were both promoted to yokozuna instead. It has been suggested that this was because Shimizugawa belonged to a small stable, Hatachiyama, whereas Musashiyama and Minanogawa were both members of much larger and more influential stables (Dewanoumi and Takasago, respectively).[1]
After finishing as runner-up in the May 1937 tournament, his fifth runner-up performance, Shimizugawa announced his retirement. He remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name Oitekaze Oyakata, and was head coach of the Oitekaze stable. Among the wrestlers he produced was a komusubi to whom he gave his old shikona or fighting name, Shimizugawa Akio.
| January | March | May | October | |
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| 1923 | West Maegashira #15( 2-7-1hold) | no tournament held | Demoted to Juryo | no tournament held |
| 1924 | East Maegashira #13 (4-5-1hold) | no tournament held | West Maegashira #12 (4-7) | no tournament held |
| 1925 | West Maegashira #15 (8-3) | no tournament held | East Maegashira #5 (8-2-1draw)☆ | no tournament held |
| 1926 | Sat out | no tournament held | East Maegashira #4 (8-3) | no tournament held |
| 1927 | East Maegashira #1 (3-8) | East Maegashira #1 (3-8) | Sat out | Sat out |
| 1928 | Sat out | Not listed | Not listed | In Juryo |
| 1929 | In Juryo | In Juryo | In Juryo | In Juryo |
| 1930 | East Maegashira #8 (6-5) | East Maegashira #8 (7-4) | West Maegashira #3 (3-8) | West Maegashira #3 (9-2) |
| 1931 | East Komusubi (5-6) | East Komusubi (4-7) | West Maegashira #3 (10-1) | West Maegashira #3 (6-5) |
| 1932 | West Sekiwake (8-0)** | West Sekiwake (8-2) | East Ōzeki (10-1) | East Ōzeki (9-2) |
| 1933 | East Ōzeki (5-6) | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (7-4) | no tournament held |
| 1934 | West Ōzeki (7-4) | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (11-0) | no tournament held |
| 1935 | East Ōzeki (5-6) | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (7-4) | no tournament held |
| 1936 | West Ōzeki (4-7) | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (6-5) | no tournament held |
| 1937 | West Ōzeki (6-5) | no tournament held | West Ōzeki (10-3)(Retired) | x |
*tournament actually held one month earlier
**tournament actually held one month later
| Green Box=Tournament Championship | ☆= Number of Kinboshi. |