Nishinoumi Kajirō I
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| Personal information | ||
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| Birth name | Kajirō Kozono | |
| Date of birth | February 19, 1855 | |
| Place of birth | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Date of death | November 30, 1908 (aged 53) | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 128 kg (280 lb) | |
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| Heya | Takasago | |
| Record | 127-37-97-25draws-4holds(Makuuchi) | |
| Debut | January 1882 | |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (March, 1890) | |
| Retired | January 1896 | |
| Yusho | 2 (Makuuchi, unofficial) | |
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* Career information is correct as of September 2007. |
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Nishinoumi Kajirō I (西ノ海 嘉治郎, February 19, 1855 - November 30, 1908) was a sumo wrestler from Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 16th Yokozuna.
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[edit] Career
He joined Takasago stable and made his professional debut in January 1882. Nishinoumi succeeded by former Satsuma Domain and his stable but his promotion caused a problem. Although he was awarded a yokozuna licence on March 1890, his rank was listed as haridashi ozeki, below his rival ozeki Konishiki Yasokichi I on the banzuke (the sumo wrestlers' hierarchy) in May 1890. He complained about that. To placate him, yokozuna was written on the banzuke for the first time in sumo history. It was a compromise but the name yokozuna became an official rank for the first time after the dispute.
Nishinoumi became an elder known as Izutsu after his retirement in January 1896. He produced yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō II.
[edit] Top division record
*Championships from this period were unofficial
*There was no fusensho system until May 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909
| January | May | |
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| 1882 | East Maegashira #9 (5-1-3-1draw) | East Maegashira #9 (4-3-2-1draw)* |
| 1883 | West Maegashira #5 (5-2-1-2draws) | West Komusubi (3-1-5-1draw) |
| 1884 | West Sekiwake (5-1-1-3draws) | West Sekiwake (5-2-1-1draw-1hold) |
| 1885 | West Ōzeki (3-0-2-5draws) | West Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draws) |
| 1886 | West Sekiwake (4-2-1-2draws-1hold) | West Sekiwake (5-3-1-1draw) |
| 1887 | West Sekiwake (4-1-4-1draw) | West Komusubi (1-0-9) |
| 1888 | West Komusubi (5-2-2-1draw) | West Komusubi (6-2-1-1draw) |
| 1889 | West Sekiwake (6-1-1-2draws) | West Sekiwake (9-0-1) |
| 1890 | West Ōzeki (7-2-1) | East Yokozuna (3-1-5-1draw) |
| 1891 | East Yokozuna (7-2-1) | East Yokozuna (3-1-6) |
| 1892 | East Yokozuna (1-1-8) | East Yokozuna (6-1-2-1hold)* |
| 1893 | East Yokozuna (6-3-1) | East Yokozuna (5-3-2) |
| 1894 | East Yokozuna (7-0-3) | Sat out due to injury |
| 1895 | East Yokozuna (4-0-6) | East Yokozuna (2-1-6-1hold)* |
| 1896 | retired | x |
*tournament actually held one month later than listed.
- The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[1][2]
- 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 |
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