Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke

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阿武松緑之助
Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke
Personal information

Birth name	Tsunekichi Sasaki
Date of birth	1794
Place of birth	Ishikawa, Japan
Date of death	January 20, 1852
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	135 kg (300 lb)
Career*
Heya	Takekuma
Record	142-31-37 24draws-8holds-1no result (Makuuchi)
Debut	March, 1815
Highest rank	Yokozuna (February, 1828)
Retired	November, 1835
Yusho	5 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
* Career information is correct as of October 2007.

Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke (阿武松緑之助, 1794 - January 20, 1852) was a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 6th Yokozuna.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Ōnomatsu entered sumo in March 1815 and reached the top makuuchi division in October 1822. He was promoted to Ozeki in October 1826. He was awarded a yokozuna license in February 1828.

The 7th yokozuna Inazuma Raigorō was his rival. His overall career record was quite far behind Inazuma, but his record over Inazuma was 5wins-4loses-5draws-1hold.

To shake competitors' confidence, he would often do matta, or waiting, at the initial charge, or tachi-ai of his sumo bouts. He was often criticized for his fighting style.

[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 March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909

	First	Second
1822	x	East Maegashira #7 (6-3-1draw)
1823	East Maegashira #5 (4-2-1noresult)	East Maegashira #2 (7-2-1draw)
1824	East Maegashira #2 (8-1-1)	East Komusubi (6-2-2)
1825	East Komusubi (8-2)	East Sekiwake (6-2-2)
1826	East Sekiwake (5-1-3-1hold)	East Ozeki (8-0-1-1draw)
1827	East Ozeki (4-1-1-1hold)	East Ozeki (6-0)
1828	East Ozeki (3-3-2-1draw-1hold)	East Ozeki (7-1-2)
1829	East Ozeki (5-0-1-1draw)	East Ozeki (6-0-1-2draws-1hold)
1830	East Ozeki (7-1-1-1hold)	East Ozeki (3-1-4-2holds)
1831	East Ozeki (4-0-4-2draws)	East Ozeki (3-0-5)
1832	no tournament held	East Ozeki (7-1-1-1draw)
1833	East Ozeki (5-0-1-4draws)	East Ozeki (2-2-3draws-1hold)
1834	East Ozeki (6-1-1-2draws)	East Ozeki (5-3-1-1draw)
1835	East Ozeki (7-0-1-2draws)	East Ozeki (4-2-2-2draws)

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
an X signifies the wrestler had yet to reach the top division at that point in his career

Green Box=Tournament Championship