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Nayoroiwa Shizuo (名寄岩静男, September 27, 1914 – January 26, 1971) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nayoroiwa, Shizuo Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Hokkaido 1914 births 1971 deaths Ōzeki People from Nayoro
Nayoro
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, Hokkaidō
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Career
He joinedTatsunami stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly the head of the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' or group of stables. As of January 2023 it had 20 wrestlers. Previously situated in sumo's heartland of Ryōgoku nearby the Kokugikan stadium, it briefly moved in ...
and made his professional debut in May 1932. Along with his stablemates Futabayama
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Oita Prefecture. Entering sumo in 1927, he was the sport's 35th ''Yokozuna (sumo), yokozuna'' from 1937 until his retirement in 1945. He won twelve ''yūshō'' or top division championships and had ...
and Haguroyama, he supported Tatsunami stable. In January 1937, he was promoted to the top ''makuuchi
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'' division. In January 1938, he defeated ''yokozuna
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'' Musashiyama
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kōhoku,Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the sport's 33rd ''Yokozuna (sumo), yokozuna''. He had a rapid rise through the ranks, setting several youth records, and was ve ...
, gaining his first ''kinboshi
is a notation used in professional sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part oth ...
'' or gold star. He was promoted to '' ōzeki'' in January 1943, but was demoted to ''sekiwake'' in May 1944. He was promoted to ''ōzeki'' again in November 1946, but he lost all eleven bouts in the November 1947 tournament. He was demoted again in the May 1948 tournament. Of his six tournaments at ''ozeki'' rank he only achieved a ''kachi-koshi
The following words are terms used in sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part oth ...
'' or winning record in two of them, and his overall record as an ''ozeki'' was 26 wins against 31 losses, with 22 absences.
In the May 1950 tournament, he won his first Fighting Spirit Award. In the September 1952 tournament, he defeated ''yokozuna'' Chiyonoyama
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 41st ''yokozuna'' from 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "modern" ''yokozuna'' in that he was promoted by the Japan Sumo Association itself and n ...
, gaining a ''kinboshi'' and winning his second Fighting Spirit Award. In January 1953 he returned to ''sekiwake'', and he remains the oldest man in the post-war era to be promoted to a ''san'yaku
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'' rank. During the Autumn 1954 tournament which held from September 19 to October 3, he reached his fortieth birthday, and after the tournament he retired from an active wrestler after 22 years in sumo.
After his retirement, he re-established the Kasugayama stable
was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Isegahama ''ichimon'' or group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1954 when it was re-established by former '' ōzeki'' Nayoroiwa who led it until his death in 1971. It went out of existence ...
, which he ran until his death in 1971. Among his ''rikishi'' was the former ''maegashira
, or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
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'' Onobori.
Career record
*''Through most of the 1930s and 1940s only two tournaments were held a year, and in 1946 only one was held. The New year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.''See also
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*List of past sumo wrestlers
This is a list of prominent past wrestlers (either retired or deceased) in the sport of professional sumo. They are listed in order of the year and tournament month that they made their professional debuts. The information listed below was gleaned ...
*List of ōzeki
53 sumo wrestlers have reached the second highest in the sport, the rank of '' ōzeki'', but have failed to rise to the top rank since the modern era of sumo began in 1927 with the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka organizations. By 2020, over 250 wre ...
References
External links
Tournament results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nayoroiwa, Shizuo Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Hokkaido 1914 births 1971 deaths Ōzeki People from Nayoro