Hidenoyama Raigoro
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Hidenoyama Raigorō 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).
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 is lowest among yokozunas. He was not one of the greatest wrestlers of his time, but received the licence because he had influential backers. Ōzeki Tsurugizan Taniemon
reportedly handed over the yokozuna licence to Hidenoyama.
. 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. It was the first walkout in sumo history. He eventually apologized to them.
*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
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!
!First
!Second
|-
|1837
|West Maegashira #7 (4-1-5)
|West Maegashira #4 (0-3-5-2draws)
|-
|1838
|West Maegashira #4 (3-0-3)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Maegashira #4 (8-0-1-1hold)
|-
|1839
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Maegashira #1 (7-0-2-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|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
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Sekiwake (5-0-4-1draw)
|West Sekiwake (5-1-3-1draw)
|-
|1844
|West Sekiwake (5-1-2-2draws)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-0-2)
|-
|1845
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (6-0-2-2draws)
|West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1draw)
|-
|1846
|West Ōzeki (2-0-7-1draw)
|bgcolor=gray|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
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|-
|1850
|bgcolor=gray|retired
!x
{|
| Green Box=Tournament Championship
|}
Sumo
is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
wrestler from Kesennuma
Kesennuma, Miyagi
is a city located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, founded on June 1, 1953. It wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay, and also includes the island of Ōshima...
, Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. 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).
Career
In 1823, he attempted to make his debut, but he was completely ignored at first due to his short height of only . He joined Hidenoyama stable in 1827 and made his debut in March 1828. He was promoted to the top makuuchiMakuuchi
or is the top division of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers , ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments....
division in January 1837. He recorded 30 consecutive wins and won six championships before the modern yūshō
Yusho
A Yūshō is a tournament championship in sumo. It is awarded in each of the six annual honbasho or official tournaments, to the wrestler who wins the most number of bouts. Yūshō are awarded in all six professional sumo divisions...
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 is lowest among yokozunas. He was not one of the greatest wrestlers of his time, but received the licence because he had influential backers. Ōzeki Tsurugizan Taniemon
Tsurugizan Taniemon
Tsurugizan Taniemon was a sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki. He won six tournament championships on an official basis, before the yusho system was established and was offered, but rejected, a yokozuna licence.-Career:He joined Hatachiyama stable and was later...
reportedly handed over the yokozuna licence to Hidenoyama.
Retirement from sumo
After his retirement, he was an elder known as Hidenoyama and produced later yokozuna JinmakuJinmaku Kyugoro
Jinmaku Kyūgorō was a sumo wrestler from what is now Shimane, Japan. He was the sport's 12th Yokozuna.-Career:...
. He served as a judge (naka-aratame, modern shimpan
Shimpan
are the judges of a professional sumo bout. In a sumo honbasho tournament five shimpan sit around the ring to observe which wrestler wins the matchup. When judging tournament bouts they wear formal Japanese dress of otokomono, haori with mon, and hakama...
) 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. It was the first walkout in sumo history. He eventually apologized to them.
Top division record
*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
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 120%"
|-
!
!First
!Second
|-
|1837
|West Maegashira #7 (4-1-5)
|West Maegashira #4 (0-3-5-2draws)
|-
|1838
|West Maegashira #4 (3-0-3)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Maegashira #4 (8-0-1-1hold)
|-
|1839
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Maegashira #1 (7-0-2-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|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
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Sekiwake (5-0-4-1draw)
|West Sekiwake (5-1-3-1draw)
|-
|1844
|West Sekiwake (5-1-2-2draws)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-0-2)
|-
|1845
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (6-0-2-2draws)
|West Ōzeki (6-1-2-1draw)
|-
|1846
|West Ōzeki (2-0-7-1draw)
|bgcolor=gray|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
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|-
|1850
|bgcolor=gray|retired
!x
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.
- 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 or a tournament after he retired
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| Green Box=Tournament Championship
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See also
- Glossary of sumo termsGlossary of sumo termsThe following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. azukari : Hold. A kind of draw. After a mono-ii, the gyōji or the shimpan "holds" the result if it was too close to call...
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of yokozuna