Kashiwado Tsuyoshi
| Kashiwado Tsuyoshi | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
Tsuyoshi Togashi November 29, 1938 Yamagata, Japan |
| Died | December 8, 1996 (aged 58) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 139 kg (306 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Isenoumi |
| Record | 715-295-140 |
| Debut | September, 1954 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (September, 1961) |
| Retired | July, 1969 |
| Championships |
5 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| Special Prizes |
Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (4) Outstanding Performance (2) |
| * Up to date as of July 2007. | |
Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (柏戸 剛, November 29, 1938 - December 8, 1996) was a sumo wrestler from Japan. He was the sport's 47th yokozuna, fighting at sumo's highest rank from 1961 to 1969. After his retirement he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and ran his own training stable from 1970 until his death.
Career
Born in what is now part of the city of Tsuruoka in the northern prefecture of Yamagata, Kashiwado made his professional debut in September 1954, joining Isenoumi stable. He initially fought under his own surname of Togashi. Upon reaching the top makuuchi division in September 1958 he rose rapidly up the rankings. In only his fourth top division tournament, following a shikona change to Kashiwado, he was runner-up to yokozuna Tochinishiki with a 13-2 record and earned special prizes for Fighting Spirit and Technique. He made the san'yaku ranks in November 1959, winning promotion to ōzeki in September 1960 and taking his first top division yūshō in January 1961. After taking part in a playoff for the championship in September of that year, he was promoted to yokozuna, joining the aging pair of Asashio and Wakanohana who were soon to retire.
Kashiwado was to win five top division championships, a long way behind the thirty-two captured by his rival Taihō, who was promoted to yokozuna simultaneously with him. He was however a tournament runner-up on no fewer than fifteen occasions. He suffered from many injury problems during his career, which led to him being dubbed the "glass yokozuna". He failed to complete four tournaments in a row from January to July 1963. However he made a spectacular comeback in September 1963, winning his first championship as a yokozuna (and second yūshō in total) with a perfect 15-0 record. He was listed as a yokozuna on the banzuke for 47 tournaments, which puts him in equal 6th place on the all-time list.[1] He was popular among sumo crowds, appealing to those who found Taihō too dominant.[2] The eight years in which the two shared the yokozuna rank was known as the Hakuhō era, a combination of their names (Haku is another reading of Kashi.)[2]
Fighting style
Kashiwado's favoured kimarite or techniques were migi-yotsu (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on the opponents mawashi), yorikiri (force out) and tsukidashi (thrust out). In all, about sixty percent of his wins were by either force out or force out and down (yoritaoshi).
Retirement from sumo
After retiring from active competition in July 1969 he remained in the sumo world as an elder, and he opened up his own stable, Kagamiyama, in November 1970. He coached Tagaryū to the top division championship in September 1984. He also served as a director of the Sumo Association and was head of the judges committee until 1994.[3] He died of liver failure in 1996, at the age of 58. Taihō was at Kashiwado's bedside and was distraught over his death.[4]
Career record
- The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
| Year in sumo | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | x | x | x | Not held |
3–3 Maezumo |
Not held |
| 1955 | East Jonokuchi #12
6–2 |
East Jonidan #37
6–2 |
West Sandanme #84
5–3 |
Not held | East Sandanme #62
2–5 |
Not held |
| 1956 | East Sandanme #66
7–1 |
West Sandanme #20
6–2 |
West Makushita #69
8–0–P Champion |
Not held | West Makushita #17
4–4 |
Not held |
| 1957 | West Makushita #16
5–3 |
West Makushita #8
4–4 |
East Makushita #8
7–1 |
Not held | West Makushita #1
5–3 |
West Jūryō #22
8–7 |
| 1958 | East Jūryō #21
7–8 |
West Jūryō #22
12–3 Champion |
West Jūryō #10
11–4–PPP |
East Jūryō #4
12–3 |
East Maegashira #20
9–6 |
West Maegashira #17
8–7 |
| 1959 | East Maegashira #16
8–7 |
West Maegashira #13
13–2 FT |
East Maegashira #4
5–10 |
East Maegashira #8
9–6 |
East Maegashira #3
12–3 F |
East Komusubi #1
8–7 |
| 1960 | East Komusubi #1
9–6 T |
West Sekiwake #2
9–6 O |
West Sekiwake #1
10–5 T |
East Sekiwake #1
11–4 TO |
West Ōzeki #1
12–3 |
East Ōzeki #1
11–4 |
| 1961 | West Ōzeki #1
13–2 |
East Ōzeki #1
12–3 |
East Ōzeki #1
10–5 |
West Ōzeki #1
11–4 |
West Ōzeki #1
12–3–PP |
East Yokozuna #2
12–3 |
| 1962 | West Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
East Yokozuna #2
11–4 |
West Yokozuna #1
11–4 |
West Yokozuna #1
11–4 |
West Yokozuna #1
11–4 |
West Yokozuna #1
12–3 |
| 1963 | West Yokozuna #1
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna #1
5–1–9 |
West Yokozuna #1
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna #1
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna #1
15–0 |
East Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
| 1964 | West Yokozuna #1
12–3 |
West Yokozuna #1
14–1 |
West Yokozuna #1
11–1–3 |
West Yokozuna #1
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
East Yokozuna #2
4–2–9 |
East Yokozuna #2
2–4–9 |
| 1965 | West Yokozuna #1
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna #2
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
West Yokozuna #2
9–6 |
East Yokozuna #2
12–3 |
East Yokozuna #2
12–3–PP |
West Yokozuna #1
1–1–13 |
| 1966 | West Yokozuna #2
14–1 |
East Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
West Yokozuna #1
12–3 |
West Yokozuna #1
12–3 |
West Yokozuna #1
13–2–P |
West Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
| 1967 | West Yokozuna #1
12–3 |
East Yokozuna #2
11–4 |
West Yokozuna #1
13–2 |
West Yokozuna #1
14–1 |
East Yokozuna #1
9–6 |
East Yokozuna #2
11–4 |
| 1968 | East Yokozuna #2
9–6 |
West Yokozuna #1
9–6 |
East Yokozuna #1
4–4–7 |
East Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
East Yokozuna #1
9–6 |
West Yokozuna #1
11–4 |
| 1969 | West Yokozuna #1
10–5 |
West Yokozuna #1
9–6 |
East Yokozuna #1
9–6 |
West Yokozuna #1
Retired 1–3 |
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| Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) | ||||||
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
- ↑ Japan Sumo Association Banzuke Topics, May 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-02
- 1 2 Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. p. 51. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
- ↑ Kirkup, James (12 December 1996). "Obituary: Kashiwado". The Independent. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ↑ Nobuaki Omi (2008-07-09). "Squabbling yokozuna need history lesson". Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ↑ "Kashiwado Tsuyoshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
External links
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