Nishinoumi Kajirō III

Nishinoumi Kajirō III
西ノ海 嘉治郎
Personal information
Born	Isesuke Matsuyama November 2, 1890 Kagoshima, Japan
Died	July 28, 1933 (aged 42)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	116 kg (256 lb)
Career
Stable	Izutsu
Record	176-69-121-4draws-2holds (Total) 134-60-116-2draws-2holds (Makuuchi)
Debut	January 1910
Highest rank	Yokozuna (April 1923)
Retired	October, 1928
Championships	1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of September 2007.

Nishinoumi Kajirō III (西ノ海 嘉治郎, November 2, 1890 – July 28, 1933) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 30th yokozuna.

Career

He joined Izutsu stable and made a debut in January 1910. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1916. He was promoted to ōzeki in January 1922.

After Ōnishiki Uichirō left the sumo world, there remained only one yokozuna, Tochigiyama, in Tokyo sumo at that time. The Tokyo Sumo Association wanted to promote one more yokozuna. Although he didn't record significantly superior results, he was awarded a yokozuna licence in April 1923. He was promoted to that rank without winning any championships in the top makuuchi division. Therefore, his promotion was controversial, although championships (yūshō) before January 1926 were officially awarded by not the Sumo Association but a newspaper, the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.

He won his only championship in May 1925. He was stricken by heart disease in November 1925 and was absent from the next tournament. His strength continued to decline and he retired in October 1928. In the top makuuchi division, he won 134 bouts and lost 60 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 69.1.

Top division record

• In 1927 Tokyo and Osaka sumo merged and four tournaments a year in Tokyo and other locations began to be held.

Nishinoumi^[1]

-	Spring Haru basho, varied	Summer Natsu basho, varied
1916	East Maegashira #13 9–1	East Maegashira #3 2–3–5
1917	West Maegashira #5 4–5–1	West Maegashira #6 5–4 1d
1918	East Maegashira #3 7–2–1	East Sekiwake 2–8
1919	East Maegashira #3 5–4–1	East Maegashira #6 9–1
1920	East Komusubi 7–3	West Komusubi 5–2–3
1921	West Sekiwake 7–2 1h	East Sekiwake 8–2
1922	West Ōzeki 7–3	Sat out
1923	West Ōzeki 8–1 1d	East Yokozuna 5–2–4
1924	Sat out	West Yokozuna 5–2–3 1h
1925	West Yokozuna 9–2	East Yokozuna 9–2
1926	Sat out	West Yokozuna 9–2

-	Spring Haru basho, Tokyo	March Sangatsu basho, varied	Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo	October Jūgatsu basho, varied
1927	East Yokozuna 3–2–6	Sat out	East Yokozuna 1–2–8	West Yokozuna 1–2–8
1928	West Yokozuna 7–3–1	Sat out	Sat out	East Yokozuna Retired 0–0
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

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• List of yokozuna

References

1. "Nishinoumi Kajiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-10-04.

External links

• Japan Sumo Association profile