Ōtori Tanigorō

Ōtori Tanigorō
鳳 谷五郎
Personal information
Born Akira Takida
(1887-04-03)April 3, 1887
Chiba, Japan
Died November 16, 1956(1956-11-16) (aged 69)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Weight 113 kg (249 lb)
Career
Stable Miyagino
Record 107-49-68-6draws-10holds
(Makuuchi)
Debut May, 1903
Highest rank Yokozuna (February, 1915)
Retired May, 1920
Championships 2 (Makuuchi)
* Up to date as of October 2007.

Ōtori Tanigorō (鳳 谷五郎, April 3, 1887 – November 16, 1956) was a sumo wrestler from Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 24th yokozuna.

Career

He fought out of Miyagino stable and made his debut in the jonokuchi division in May 1903. He reached the top division in January 1909 and won his first tournament championship in his debut tournament at ōzeki rank in January 1913. He was undefeated in that tournament, recording seven wins, one draw and one no decision. His second championship in January 1915, which he took with ten straight wins, saw him promoted to yokozuna.

Okuma Shigenobu presented a tachi, or long sword, to him.[1] However, his record at sumo's highest rank was very patchy and he did not manage to win any further championships. He was known for his wide variety of techniques, but at that time the most popular yokozuna was Hitachiyama and so his fighting style was regarded as unacceptable.[2] His record as yokozuna was 35 wins against 24 defeats, compared with 36 wins and only four defeats at ōzeki rank. He retired in May 1920. In the top makuuchi division, he won 108 bouts and lost 49 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 68.8.

He was head coach of Miyagino stable from 1916 until his death in 1956 (there was no mandatory retirement age for oyakata at that time). He had insisted that his successor had to be a yokozuna, so it became inactive for a while. Eventually yokozuna Yoshibayama revived the stable and assumed the Miyagino name in 1960.

On November 11, 2006, a monument to Ōtori was established in his home city of Inzai.[3]

Top Division Record

Ōtori Tanigorō[4]
- Spring Summer
1909 West Maegashira #10
431
2h

 
West Maegashira #2
72
1d

 
1910 West Sekiwake
26
2h

 
West Maegashira #3
531
1h

 
1911 West Komusubi
036
1h

 
West Maegashira #6
513
1h

 
1912 East Komusubi
621
1h

 
West Sekiwake
71
2d

 
1913 West Ōzeki
701
1d 1h

 
East Ōzeki
81
1d

 
1914 East Ōzeki
82
 
West Ōzeki
316
 
1915 West Ōzeki
100
 
West Yokozuna
226
 
1916 West Yokozuna
63
1d

 
Sat out
1917 East Yokozuna
82
 
East Yokozuna
325
 
1918 West Yokozuna
73
 
West Yokozuna
019
 
1919 West Yokozuna
315
1h

 
West Yokozuna
361
 
1920 West Yokozuna
343
 
East Yokozuna
Retired
0010
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Key:d=Draw(s) (引分);   h=Hold(s) (預り)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

References

  1. 鳳 谷五郎 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  2. Atsuo Tsubota. 横綱伝 19代~25代 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  3. まいたいむ北総2006年11月25日号 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  4. "Otori Tanigoro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference.

See also

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Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title
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