989:*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament and the above unofficial championships are historically conferred. For more information see
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equivalent with an unbeaten 9–0 score in May 1889 he returned to
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ranking sheets, an act which strengthened the prestige of
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186:* Up to date as of September 2007.
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281:. He made his debut in a special
329:winning score, as at the time a
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1009:List of past sumo wrestlers
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261:division in 1879, and made
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99:1.76 m (5 ft
1197:19th-century wrestlers
1004:Glossary of sumo terms
901:Top Division Runner-up
162:Yokozuna (March, 1890)
16:Japanese sumo wrestler
1144:Konishiki Yasokichi I
897:Top Division Champion
380:Konishiki Yasokichi I
429:Nishinoumi Kajirō II
412:Retirement from sumo
308:Takasago Sanbagarasu
50:Personal information
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439:Top division record
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696:9–0–1
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683:6–1–1
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237:Early career
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170:January 1896
159:Highest rank
89:(1908-11-30)
1177:1908 deaths
1172:1855 births
934:Divisions:
326:kachi-koshi
293:stablemates
1166:Categories
1138:1890–1896
1104:2007-10-04
1020:References
981:Maegashira
828:Unofficial
698:Unofficial
444:Nishinoumi
63:1855-02-19
956:Jonokuchi
944:Makushita
304:Konishiki
113: in)
1187:Yokozuna
1153:Yokozuna
1133:Yokozuna
1056:20 March
998:See also
979:—
977:Komusubi
975:—
973:Sekiwake
971:—
967:—
965:Yokozuna
961:Makuuchi
954:—
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948:Sandanme
946:—
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936:Makuuchi
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426:yokozuna
406:makuuchi
402:yokozuna
394:yokozuna
369:yokozuna
362:Yokozuna
355:yokozuna
332:sekiwake
321:sekiwake
300:Ichinoya
283:makuuchi
263:sekiwake
258:makuuchi
231:yokozuna
220:yokozuna
137:Takasago
952:Jonidan
930:Hold(s)
919:Draw(s)
905:Retired
878:Retired
835:Sat out
398:banzuke
390:banzuke
385:banzuke
382:on the
337:banzuke
226:banzuke
200:西ノ海 嘉治郎
167:Retired
108:⁄
74:Satsuma
35:西ノ海 嘉治郎
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246:小園 嘉次郎
211:Sendai
143:Record
132:Stable
126:Career
118:Weight
96:Height
70:Sendai
1130:16th
1050:(PDF)
991:yūshō
969:Ōzeki
940:Jūryō
921:(引分);
594:2d 1h
545:1d 1h
377:ōzeki
351:ōzeki
346:yūshō
341:ōzeki
314:高砂三羽烏
296:Ōdate
288:ōzeki
275:Tokyo
267:Osaka
253:Kyoto
151:Debut
78:Japan
1084:2023
1058:2009
932:(預り)
913:Key:
870:1896
841:1895
818:1894
791:1893
762:1892
735:1891
706:1890
675:1889
644:1888
615:1887
584:1886
553:1885
522:1884
491:1883
460:1882
302:and
207:sumo
84:Died
55:Born
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