Maedayama Eigorō
Maedayama Eigorō | |
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前田山 英五郎 | |
Ehime, Japan | |
Died | August 17, 1971 | (aged 57)
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 116.5 kg (257 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Takasago |
Record | 306–153–39 |
Debut | January 1929 |
Highest rank | Yokozuna (June 1947) |
Retired | October, 1949 |
Elder name | Takasago |
Championships | 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
* Up to date as of June 2020. |
Maedayama Eigorō (
Career
He was born Hagimori Kanematsu (萩森 金松) in Nishiuwa District. On his school excursion to Ōita in the spring of 1926, he met future yokozuna Futabayama Sadaji, who had not yet joined Tatsunami stable, and was participating in the track meet.[1] After joining Takasago stable in the autumn of 1927, he met Futabayama again. Subsequently, he and Futabayama practiced together regularly after he entered sumo.
He made his professional debut in January 1929 using the shikona or ring name Yoshigiyama (喜木山), before changing it to Sadamisaki Eigorō (佐田岬 英五郎) in May 1930. In January 1935 he changed its surname to Maedayama in honour of the surgeon who saved his career after he was forced to sit out the whole of 1934 due to injury.[2]
Maedayama reached the top
Maedayama was an ōzeki during the war years, when few tournaments were held, and took his only top division championship in the autumn of 1944, with a 9–1 record.
Retirement from sumo
Maedayama had become head coach of
Career record
- | Spring Haru basho, Tokyo |
March Sangatsu basho, varied |
Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo |
October Jūgatsu basho, varied | ||
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1929 | (Maezumo) | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #15 3–3 |
East Jonokuchi #15 4–2 |
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1930 | East Jonidan #29 3–3 |
East Jonidan #29 2–4 |
East Jonidan #29 5–1 |
East Jonidan #29 5–1 |
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1931 | East Sandanme #20 1–5 |
East Sandanme #20 3–3 |
West Sandanme #33 5–1 |
West Sandanme #33 5–1 |
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1932 | East Makushita #17 5–3 |
East Makushita #17 5–5 |
East Makushita #7 Sat out due to injury 0–0–11 |
East Makushita #7 7–3–1 |
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Record given as wins–losses–absencies Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Playoff (s)Divisions: Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Maegashira |
- Through most of the 1930s and 1940s only two tournaments were held a year, and in 1946 only one was held.
- | Spring Haru basho, Tokyo |
Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo |
Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo |
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1933 | West Makushita #14 7–4 |
West Makushita #3 7–4 |
Not held | |||
1934 | West Jūryō #9 0–0–11 |
East Makushita #7 0–0–11 |
Not held | |||
1935 | West Sandanme #5 5–1 |
East Makushita #14 10–1 Champion |
Not held | |||
1936 | East Jūryō #12 8–3 |
West Jūryō #4 10–1 Champion |
Not held | |||
1937 | East Maegashira #12 7–4 |
East Maegashira #5 9–4 |
Not held | |||
1938 | East Komusubi #1 11–2 |
East Ōzeki #1 8–5 |
Not held | |||
1939 | East Ōzeki #1 9–4 |
East Ōzeki #1 10–5 |
Not held | |||
1940 | West Ōzeki #1 10–5 |
West Ōzeki #1 11–4 |
Not held | |||
1941 | East Ōzeki #2 12–3 |
East Ōzeki #2 10–5 |
Not held | |||
1942 | West Ōzeki 2–3–10 |
East Ōzeki 11–4 |
Not held | |||
1943 | West Ōzeki #1 11–4 |
East Ōzeki #1 9–6 |
Not held | |||
1944 | West Ōzeki #1 9–6 |
West Ōzeki #1 8–2 |
West Ōzeki #1 9–1 |
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1945 | Not held | East Ōzeki #1 1–2–4 |
East Ōzeki #2 5–5 |
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1946 | Not held | Not held | East Ōzeki #2 11–2 |
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1947 | Not held | West Ōzeki #1 9–1–PP |
West Yokozuna #2 6–5 |
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1948 | Not held | East Yokozuna #2 0–1–10 |
East Yokozuna #2 3–6–2 |
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1949 | East Yokozuna #2 5–3–5 |
West Yokozuna #1 9–6 |
East Yokozuna #2 Retired 1–6–8 |
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Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions Key: ★=Kinboshi(s); d=Draw(s) (引分); h=Hold(s) (預り) Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Maegashira |
See also
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo tournament top division champions
- List of yokozuna
References
- ^ 名勝負熱戦譜・双葉山-前田山 (in Japanese). Atsuo Tsubota. Archived from the original on 2005-09-26. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ a b c d e Kuroda, Joe (December 2006). "Rikishi of Old". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "Tournament Champions List". Japan Sumo Association. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ "The Yokozuna- A Retrospective". Japan Sumo Association. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^
Adams, Andrew (1985). Jesse: Sumo Superstar. Japan Times. ISBN 4-7890-0272-1.
- ^ "Maedayama Eigoro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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