Konishiki Yasokichi I
| 小錦 八十吉 Konishiki Yasokichi | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Yasokichi Iwai November 21, 1866 Chiba, Japan |
| Died | October 22, 1914 (aged 47) |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Takasago |
| Record | 119-24-101 9draws-7holds(Makuuchi) |
| Debut | May, 1883 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (March 1896) |
| Retired | January, 1901 |
| Championships | 7 (Makuuchi) |
| * Up to date as of October 2007. | |
Konishiki Yasokichi I (小錦八十吉, November 21, 1866 – October 22, 1914) was a sumo wrestler from Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 17th Yokozuna.
Career
Konishiki made his professional debut in May 1883 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 1888. He won 39 bouts in a row after his makuuchi debut. Konishiki was promoted to ozeki in May 1890, and awarded a yokozuna licence by the house of Yoshida Tsukasa in March 1896. He was somewhat weak on technical skills, but had great speed.
Around the time of his promotion to yokozuna, his stablemaster Takasago Uragoro suffered an illness, and so Konishiki took care of him. In spite of his amazing debut, he did not win any championships as yokozuna. On April 8, 1900, his stablemaster died. Konishiki was absent from the next tournament and retired in January 1901. In the top makuuchi division, he won 119 bouts and lost 24 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 83.2.
The Hawaiian born ozeki Konishiki Yasokichi was named after him. Ozeki Konishiki was actually the 6th Konishiki, and three wrestlers named Konishiki have been promoted to the top makuuchi division.
Top division record
*Championships from this period were unofficial
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
| January | May | |
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| 1888 | x | West Maegashira #9 (8-0-1-1hold) |
| 1889 | West Maegashira #1 (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) | West Komusubi (7-0-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1890 | West Komosubi (8-0-2) | East Ōzeki (1-0-9) |
| 1891 | East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw) | Sat out due to injury |
| 1892 | East Ōzeki (1-1-8) | East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1hold) |
| 1893 | East Ōzeki (7-2-1) | East Ōzeki (7-0-3) |
| 1894 | East Ōzeki (5-2-3) | Sat out due to injury |
| 1895 | East Ōzeki (8-1-1) | Sat out due to injury |
| 1896 | East Ōzeki (7-1-2) | East Yokozuna (8-1-1) |
| 1897 | East Yokozuna (5-3-1-1hold) | East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw) |
| 1898 | East Yokozuna (3-3-1-3draws) | East Yokozuna (3-1-4-2holds) |
| 1899 | East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw) | East Yokozuna (1-2-7) |
| 1900 | East Yokozuna (5-3-1-1draw) | Sat out due to injury |
| 1901 | Retired | x |
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[1]
- A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament (usually due to injury)
- 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 |
References
- ^ "Konishiki Yasokichi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
See also