Onishiki Daigoro - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Ōnishiki Daigorō was a sumo

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. He was the sport's 28th Yokozuna.

Career

Ōnishiki was born in Ama District

Ama District, Aichi

is a district located in Aichi, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 71,240 and a density of 1,770 persons per km²...

, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, 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...

, in what is now Yatomi City

Yatomi, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 2006, as a result of the merger between the town of Yatomi and the village of Jūshiyama, from Ama District....

. There are several theories about his birth date.

He started sumo in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

in 1898, later moving to Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

. He entered the top makuuchi

Makuuchi

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 February 1906. He was promoted to ōzeki in June 1910. In April 1918 he became the 28th yokozuna (the third in Osaka sumo). The reason of his promotion to yokozuna was his dignity

Dignity

Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights...

. He fought in eight tournaments as yokozuna, retiring after the January 1922 basho.

After retirement he ran a tea house

Chashitsu

In Japanese tradition, architectural spaces designed to be used for tea ceremony gatherings are known as chashitsu ....

in Osaka.

Some memorabilia is on display in a museum in Yatomi City.

Record in Osaka sumo

1-2 tournaments were held yearly in this period, though the actual time they were held was often erratic
Championships from Osaka sumo were unofficial

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|-
!
!First
!Second
|-
|1906
|East maegashira #8 (5-2-1-1draw-1hold)
|East maegashira #5 (4-1-5)
|-
|1907
|West maegashira #1 (5-2-1-2holds)
|West Komusubi (6-3-1)
|-
|1908
|West Sekiwake (6-3-1)
|West Sekiwake (8-1-1)
|-
|1909
|West Sekiwake (5-3-2)
|West Sekiwake (7-1-2)
|-
|1910
|West Sekiwake (3-2-3-1draw-1hold)
|West Ōzeki (5-3-1-1draw)
|-
|1911
|West Ōzeki (2-3-4-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-1-1)
|-
|1912
|West Ōzeki (7-1-1-1draw)
|no tournament held
|-
|1913
|West Ōzeki (7-2-1)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (7-2-1)
|-
|1914
|West Ōzeki (6-1-3)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw)
|-
|1915
|East Ōzeki (6-2-2)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Ōzeki (8-0-2)
|-
|1916
|East Ōzeki (5-2-2-1hold)
|no tournament held
|-
|1917
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Ōzeki (8-0-2holds)
|East Ōzeki (7-1-1draw-1hold)
|-
|1918
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Ōzeki (8-1-1hold)
|East Yokozuna (2-4-3-1draw)
|-
|1919
|West Yokozuna (1-1-8)
|West Yokozuna (6-2-2draws)
|-
|1920
|West Yokozuna (1-1-8)
|East Yokozuna (4-3-2draws-1hold)
|-
|1921
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|East Yokozuna (4-0-5-1draw)
|-
|1922
|West Yokozuna (3-2-4-1draw)
!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

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| Green Box=Tournament Championship
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Career

Record in Osaka sumo

See also