Tenryū Saburō

Tenryū Saburō
天竜 三郎
Personal information
Born Saburō Wakuta
(1903-11-01)November 1, 1903
Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Died August 20, 1989(1989-08-20) (aged 85)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Weight 116 kg (256 lb)
Career
Stable Dewanoumi
Record 171-85-18-6draws
Debut May, 1920
Highest rank Sekiwake (May, 1930)
Retired January, 1932
Championships 1 (Jūryō),
1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of July 2013.

Tenryū Saburō, (November 1, 1903 – August 20, 1989) born Saburō Wakuta in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was a professional sumo wrestler with the Dewanoumi stable. As the ring-leader of the so-called "Shunjūen Incident", in which many wrestlers went on strike, he was expelled by the Japan Sumo Association in 1932.

Career record

Tenryū Saburō[1]
- Spring
Haru basho, varied
Summer
Natsu basho, varied
1920 (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #18
005
 
1921 East Jonokuchi #11
122
 
East Jonokuchi #9
22
1d

 
1922 East Jonidan #26
41
 
West Sandanme #27
13
1d

 
1923 East Sandanme #40
63
1d

 
East Sandanme #18
42
 
1924 East Sandanme #4
40
1d
Championship

 
East Makushita #14
42
 
1925 East Makushita #3
33
 
West Makushita #5
23
1d

 
1926 West Makushita #9
42
 
West Makushita #5
24
 
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo
March
Sangatsu basho, varied
Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo
October
Jūgatsu basho, varied
1927 East Makushita #19
51
 
East Makushita #19
51
 
East Jūryō #10
33
 
West Jūryō #10
65
 
1928 East Jūryō #10
101
Championship

 
East Jūryō #2
74
 
West Maegashira #13
92
 
West Maegashira #13
83
 
1929 East Maegashira #2
0011
 
East Maegashira #2
65
 
East Maegashira #6
83
 
East Maegashira #6
65
 
1930 East Maegashira #1
74
 
East Maegashira #1
101
 
East Sekiwake
64
 
East Sekiwake
83
 
1931 West Sekiwake
83
 
West Sekiwake
83
 
East Sekiwake
65
 
East Sekiwake
83
 
1932 West Sekiwake

Expelled

 
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

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  1. "Tenryu Saburo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2013-07-12.


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