Dewanishiki Tadao

Dewanishiki Tadao (July 15, 1925 – January 1, 2005) was a sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He won ten kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna during his long top division career, which only four wrestlers have bettered. He also won four special prizes. After his retirement he was a coach at Dewanoumi stable.

Dewanishiki Tadao
出羽錦 忠雄
Personal information
BornTadao Kokura
(1925-07-15)July 15, 1925
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJanuary 1, 2005(2005-01-01) (aged 79)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight143 kg (315 lb)
Career
StableDewanoumi
Record595-576-45-3d/1167
DebutMay 1940
Highest rankSekiwake (May 1956)
RetiredSeptember 1964
Elder nameTagonoura
Championships1 Juryo
1 Sandanme
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (3)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars10
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Career

He debuted in May 1940 and won his first yusho in sandanme in January 1944.[1] He left sumo for portions of 1944 and 1945 but returned and saw success in jūryō, leading to a 9-1 record in June 1947 to capture the jūryō title. He was then promoted to makuuchi, earning a share of the jun-yūshō (runner-up) in only his first tournament in makuuchi with a 9-2 record. He continued on and earned his first kinboshi in October 1949, defeating yokozuna Maedayama Eigorō.[2] In May 1950, he achieved the rank of komusubi. He achieved his highest career rank of sekiwake in May 1956, but had a 3-9-3 record which dropped him back to maegashira level. He achieved the rank of sekiwake twice more in January 1960 and September 1962, but again dropped down to the maegashira ranks, both times after a single tournament. He won his second Outstanding Performance Prize in 1961, 14 years after his first in 1947. He earned his tenth and final kinboshi in March 1963, defeating yokozuna Taihō Kōki on Day 4 of the tournament. He then retired in September 1964 after a 6-9 make-koshi record. As of 2017 only Akinoshima (16), Takamiyama and Tochinonada (12), and Tosanoumi (11) have earned more career kinboshi.

Retirement from sumo

He remained in sumo as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, working as a coach at Dewanoumi stable under the name Tagonoura Oyakata. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in 1990. He died in 2005 at the age of 79.

Pre-modern record

  • Only two tournaments were held a year through much of the 1940s. The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka tournament in 1953.

                                               

Dewanishiki Tadao[3]
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo
Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo
Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1941 (Maezumo) (Maezumo) Not held
1942 East Jonokuchi #16
53
 
West Jonidan #31
44
 
Not held
1943 East Jonidan #14
44
 
East Jonidan #3
62
 
Not held
1944 East Sandanme #20
71
Champion

 
East Makushita #29
50
 
East Makushita #3

 
1945 Not held Left sumo East Makushita #2
41
 
1946 Not held Not held West Jūryō #7
94
 
1947 Not held East Jūryō #1
91P
Champion

 
West Maegashira #11
92
O
1948 Not held East Maegashira #4
65
 
West Maegashira #2
47
 
1949 East Maegashira #5
67
 
East Maegashira #7
96
 
East Maegashira #3
87
1950 East Maegashira #1
87
 
West Komusubi
312
 
East Maegashira #6
114
 
1951 West Komusubi
510
 
West Maegashira #3
87
 
West Maegashira #1
411
 
1952 East Maegashira #5
105
 
West Komusubi
87
 
East Komusubi
69
 
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

             

- New Year
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
Spring
Haru basho, Osaka
Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo
Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1953 East Maegashira #2
96
West Komusubi
87
 
West Komusubi
411
 
West Maegashira #2
96
 
1954 West Komusubi
582
 
East Maegashira #2
87
 
East Maegashira #1
78
West Maegashira #1
69
 
1955 East Maegashira #3
86
1d)

 
West Maegashira #2
410
East Maegashira #6
69
 
East Maegashira #8
123
F
1956 West Komusubi
87
 
East Komusubi
87
 
East Sekiwake #2
393
 
East Maegashira #5
510
 
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

Modern top division record

  • Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.

                                                  

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
1957 West Maegashira #7
123
 
West Komusubi #2
69
 
East Maegashira #2
69
 
Not held West Maegashira #5
411
 
West Maegashira #9
78
 
1958 East Maegashira #10
105
 
East Maegashira #6
96
 
West Maegashira #2
69
 
East Maegashira #5
87
West Maegashira #2
78
 
West Maegashira #2
77
1d

 
1959 East Maegashira #2
Sat out due to injury
0015
East Maegashira #11
564
 
East Maegashira #16
114
 
West Maegashira #9
105
 
West Maegashira #2
105
 
West Komusubi
96
 
1960 West Sekiwake #2
69
 
West Maegashira #1
510
 
West Maegashira #7
96
 
West Maegashira #2
96
 
East Komusubi #2
510
 
East Maegashira #4
69
1961 East Maegashira #6
87
 
West Maegashira #2
384
 
West Maegashira #8
87
 
East Maegashira #7
942
 
East Maegashira #3
114
O
East Komusubi #2
510
 
1962 West Maegashira #5
114
 
West Maegashira #1
96
 
West Komusubi
78
 
East Maegashira #1
96
O
East Sekiwake
375
 
West Maegashira #4
87
 
1963 East Maegashira #2
69
 
East Maegashira #3
78
West Maegashira #3
411
 
West Maegashira #8
105
 
East Maegashira #1
78
 
West Maegashira #1
195
 
1964 East Maegashira #12
78
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
East Maegashira #8
69
 
West Maegashira #10
78
 
East Maegashira #11
Retired
69
x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. "Dewanishiki Tadao". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  2. "Aki 1949 Dewanishiki Tadao". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. "Kagamisato Kiyoji Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
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