Tsushimanada Yakichi

Tsushimanada Yakichi (Japanese: 對馬洋 弥吉, born Yakichi Kawakami (弥吉 川上), August 19, 1887 – February 16, 1933) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tsushima in the Nagasaki Prefecture.[1] As of May 1962, he is one of six wrestlers in that prefecture to have reached or surpassed the rank of ōzeki,[2] and the first to have achieved this feat since the fourth Tamagaki Gakunosuke, 107 years earlier.[3]

Tsushimanada Yakichi
對馬洋 弥吉
Tsushimanada in a 1919 postcard commemorating his promotion to Ōzeki
Personal information
BornYakichi Kawakami
(1887-08-19)August 19, 1887
Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture
Japan Japan
DiedFebruary 16, 1933(1933-02-16) (aged 45)
Tsushima Island, Japan
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st)
Career
StableDewanoumi
DebutJanuary 1910
Highest rankŌzeki (May 1919)
RetiredMay 1922
Championships1 (Sandanme)
1 (Jonokuchi)
* Up to date as of October 6, 2022.

History

Yakichi Kawakami enlisted in the Tsushima Fortress Artillery Battalion, at the age of 20, for military service. However, the division commander at the time recommended that he become a sumo wrestler because of his good physique, so he was discharged and joined the Dewanoumi stable in 1908.[4] Yakichi chose Tsushimanada as his ring name, or shikona, to pay homage to his home island. In his stable, he became the protege of yokozuna Hitachiyama. His first tournament was delayed until 1910 as he suffered from thiamine deficiency. At the age of 25, he was promoted from makushita to jūryō. In 1915, he entered the top division, where he was the tallest wrestler at the time. During his makuuchi years, he disclocated his shoulder after a bout against yokozuna Ōtori. He was however promoted to ōzeki the following tournament, at the age of 31. At the time of his promotion, a banquet was held at the invitation of Nakarai Tōsui, a famous writer from Tsushima.[4] Tsushimanada, however, did not kept his rank after he injured his left arm during training. He retired in 1922, at the age of 34, and did not remained in his stable as an elder.
Upon coming back to Tsushima, he became the mayor of his village.[5]

In 2017, Sakaigawa stable wrestler Masamitsu Umeno, whose family is from Tsushima, was given the Tsushimanada shikona, or ring name, because he comes from a family originally from the island of Tsushima, and being himself from Nagasaki Prefecture.[6]

In 2018, his 1919's keshō-mawashi was retrieved in the Nagasaki Prefectural Tsushima High School as part of the city's survey of cultural assets. The keshō-mawashi was decorated with light blue waves and golden rocky mountains, portraying a classical Tsushima landscape. The lining is decorated with red brocade such as dragons and phoenixes.[5]

Top Division Record

                                

Tsushimanada[1]
- Spring Summer
1910 (Maezumo)West Jonokuchi #22
50
Champion

 
1911 Unknown Unknown
1912 West Sandanme #6
50
Champion

 
Unknown
1913 UnknownEast Jūryō #3
52
1d

 
1914 West Maegashira #14
16
3h

 
West Jūryō #1
41
1h

 
1915 East Maegashira #15
82
 
East Maegashira #1
53
2d

 
1916 East Sekiwake #1
631
 
East Sekiwake #1
53
2h

 
1917 West Haridashi Sekiwake
028
 
West Maegashira #3
54
1h

 
1918 East Maegashira #1
523
 
East Komusubi #1
62
2h

 
1919 East Haridashi Sekiwake
61
3h

 
East Ōzeki #1
64
 
1920 East Ōzeki #1
46
 
West Sekiwake #1
0010
 
1921 West Komusubi #1
46
 
East Maegashira #5
127
 
1922 East Maegashira #9
0010
 
West Maegashira #14
Retired
0010
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up 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

References

  1. "Tsushimanada Yakichi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. Along with Tamagaki III, Tamagaki IV, Itsutsushima and Sadanoyama
  3. "Wrestlers from Nagasaki Prefecture by rank". SumoDB. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. "対馬初!大相撲の大関に昇りつめた男 - 對馬洋 弥吉 (1887 - 1933)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Tsushima city bulletin. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. "対馬出身力士の化粧まわし見つかる 大正時代の大関「對馬洋(つしまなだ)」" (in Japanese). Nagasaki Shimbun. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  6. "対馬洋、新十両に喜び「結果だけドキドキしながら待っていました」ケガ乗り越え昇進、師匠に感謝". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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