Minanogawa Tōzō ( Japanese : 男女ノ川 登三 , September 17, 1903 – January 20, 1971) , also known as Asashio Kyojiro ( 朝潮 供次郎 ) , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tsukuba, Ibaraki . He was the sport's 34th yokozuna .
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30-534: A compromise was worked out and Minanogawa divided his time between the two stables. He made komusubi in January 1930, and had two consecutive runner-up scores in October 1930 and January 1931, the second from the third highest sekiwake rank. Along with the lean and handsome Musashiyama he was one of the most popular men in sumo in this time. However, in 1931 he suffered a series of knee injuries, and in 1932
45-502: A family, and had also done a law and economics degree at Waseda University . He decided to resign from the Sumo Association (an irreversible decision) and run for election to parliament. However he lost badly and used up most of his severance pay from the Sumo Association. He also lost money through gambling. He tried a succession of unsuccessful jobs and even had a bit part in a 1958 Hollywood film called The Barbarian and
60-486: A full tournament and turn in a make-koshi losing score. By 1941 he was 36 years old and suffering from injuries, and he wanted to retire, but was asked to stay on until Maedayama or Akinoumi were ready to replace him. He eventually retired in January 1942, a tournament in which Akinoumi produced a strong 13–2 record. Minanogawa had been able to stay in sumo as an elder due to his yokozuna ranking, but he had lost interest in sumo. He had recently married and started
75-513: A more rounded technique after being given instruction by former sekiwake Kiyosegawa . He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1928. In 1929 Akutsugawa, the wrestler who had discovered him, retired and encouraged him to join his newly established Sadogatake stable. However Takasago's stablemaster, the former ōzeki Asashio Tarō II , did not want his promising rikishi to leave and even changed Minanogawa's shikona to his own of Asashio to obligate him to stay. Eventually
90-613: The Association during the strike. He reverted to the Minanogawa ring name and won his second championship in January 1934. This earned him promotion to ōzeki . He was promoted to yokozuna after a 9–2 runner-up score in January 1936, just one tournament after Musashiyama, and it was suggested that the double promotion was as a result of a deal between the Takasago and Dewanoumi factions. Although his record at yokozuna rank
105-1244: The Geisha . He was eventually divorced from his wife and separated from his children, and in his later years was confined to a rest home and reliant on hand outs from fans and sumo officials. He died in 1971, largely forgotten by the general public. Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Key: ★ = Kinboshi(s) ; d = Draw(s) (引分); h = Hold(s) (預り) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Shimizugawa Shimizugawa Motokichi ( 清水川 元吉 , Shimizugawa Motokichi , 13 January 1900 – 5 July 1967)
120-1224: 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 . Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Key: d = Draw(s) (引分); h = Hold(s) (預り) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi *Shimizugawa
135-455: The title Tozo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tozo&oldid=1230860913 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Minanogawa T%C5%8Dz%C5%8D He
150-483: Was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Goshogawara , Aomori , Japan . His highest rank was ōzeki . 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
165-617: Was born Sakata Tomojiro ( 坂田 供次郎 ) . He had lost his father in the Russo-Japanese War at the age of two, and worked as a labourer to support his mother. Already 1.82 m (5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall at the age of 15, very large for Japanese youths in his time, he was spotted by Takasago stable 's Akutsugawa . He made his debut in January 1924 and reached the second highest jūryō division after only six tournaments in January 1927. He initially relied on pushing techniques , or oshi-sumo , but began to develop
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#1732779619208180-567: Was caught up in the Shunjuen Incident , when a number of top division wrestlers went on an unprecedented strike. Minanogawa was out of the Japan Sumo Association for four tournaments and he and his followers held a number of their own rival tournaments with knockout rounds. He returned to the Sumo Association in 1933 and immediately took his first tournament championship with an unbeaten record, defeating Musashiyama, Shimizugawa and yokozuna Tamanishiki , all of whom had stayed with
195-424: Was not as bad as Musashiyama, who managed only one kachi-koshi winning score as a grand champion, Minanogawa was unable to win any further championships, and was overshadowed by Tamanishiki and the dominant Futabayama . He was never able to beat Futabayama as a yokozuna and had only one win over Tamanishiki. In May 1938 he could win only six out of 13 bouts, and became one of the very few yokozuna to compete in
210-502: 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 jūryō division and after winning two jūryō tournament titles he returned to the top division in 1930. Shimizugawa was promoted to the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1932 but never made the highest yokozuna rank, despite winning a total of three top division tournament championships. He
225-423: 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). After finishing as runner-up in
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