Unryū Kyūkichi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Kyūkichi Shiozuka | |
| Date of birth | 1822 | |
| Place of birth | Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Date of death | June 15, 1890 (aged 68) | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Weight | 135 kg (300 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Oitekaze | |
| Record | 127-32-55 15draws-5holds(Makuuchi) |
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| Debut | November, 1847 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (September 1861) | |
| Retired | February, 1865 | |
| Yusho | 7 (Makuuchi, unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of October 2007. |
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Unryū Kyūkichi (雲龍 久吉, 1822 - June 15, 1890; aka Unryū Hisakichi) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 10th Yokozuna.
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[edit] Career
Unryu was a strong wrestler at the beginning of his career. He won four consecutive championships upon entering the top makuuchi division in February 1852. He was awarded a yokozuna licence in September 1861, but by that time he had already passed his peak and was unable to win many more bouts. After his retirement in February 1865, he remained in the sumo world and he was a strong authority, but he also acquired credit for his honesty.
The name of one style of Yokozuna Dohyo-iri (the yokozuna ring entering ceremony) came from him. His ritual dance was said to be beautiful but it isn't proved that he performed the ritual dance in the Unryū style. His style is said to have been imitated by Tachiyama Mineemon,[1] but Tachiyama's style is called shiranui style now.
[edit] Top division record
*1-2 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 May 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
| First | Second | |
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| 1852 | East Maegashira #7 (8-0-1-1draw) | East Maegashira #3 (7-1-1-1draw) |
| 1853 | East Maegashira #2 (6-0-2-1draw-1hold) | East Maegashira #1 (8-0-2) |
| 1854 | East Komusubi (3-3-1-3draws) | East Komusubi (5-1-1-2draws-1hold) |
| 1855 | tournament called off due to fire | no tournament held |
| 1856 | East Komusubi (4-1-4-1hold) | East Sekiwake (9-0-1) |
| 1857 | East Sekiwake (7-1) | East Sekiwake (7-1-1-1hold) |
| 1858 | East Ōzeki (5-2-3) | tournament called off due to fire |
| 1859 | East Ōzeki (5-2-3) | East Ōzeki (3-1-4-1draw-1hold) |
| 1860 | East Ōzeki (5-2-1-2draws) | East Ōzeki (5-1-1) |
| 1861 | East Ōzeki (3-1-6) | East Ōzeki (7-2-1) |
| 1862 | East Ōzeki (6-2-2) | East Ōzeki (6-1-2-1draw) |
| 1863 | East Ōzeki (4-3-3) | East Ōzeki (5-1-1-2draws) |
| 1864 | East Ōzeki (5-3-1-1draw) | East Ōzeki (4-3-3) |
| 1865 | retired | x |
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[2][3]
- 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
| Green Box=Tournament Championship |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Unryu Hisakichi tournament result
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