Ōkido Moriemon

Ōkido Moriemon
大木戸 森右衛門
Ōkido Moriemon
Personal information
Born Mitsuzo Uchida
November 2, 1878(1878-11-02)
Hyogo, Japan
Died November 7, 1930(1930-11-07) (aged 52)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 125 kg (280 lb)
Career
Heya Minato
Record 143-20-22-10draws (Makuuchi)
Debut September 1899
Highest rank Yokozuna (December 1912)
Retired January 1914
Yūshō 10 (Osaka sumo)
* Career information is correct as of August 2008.

Ōkido Moriemon (大木戸 森右衛門, November 2, 1878 – November 7, 1930) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 23rd Yokozuna. He was second yokozuna to be recognised from Osaka sumo, and the only yokozuna who spent his whole active career in Osaka.

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Career

Okido made a debut in Osaka sumo in September 1899. Between January 1908 and May 1909, he recorded 28 consecutive wins without any draw or hold. The Osaka Sumo Association attempted to promote him to yokozuna, but they hated Tokyo sumo's Hitachiyama, who had friendship with Okido.

In January 1910, he was promoted to yokozuna by the Osaka Sumo Association, without agreements of Tokyo sumo and the house of Yoshida Tsukasa. The house of Yoshida Tsukasa became very angry and the Osaka Sumo Association apologized to the house. He was awarded a yokozuna licence officially in December 1912.

However, he suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and retired from an active sumo wrestler in January 1914.

Record in Osaka sumo

*Championships from Osaka sumo were unofficial
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until January 1910 and on the first day between May 1910 and January 1913 in Osaka.

January May
1903 West maegashira #6 (6-3) West maegashira #1 (6-2-1)
1904 West Komusubi (8-0-1draw) West Sekiwake (8-0-1-1hold)
1905 West Ōzeki (9-0-1) West Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draw)*
1906 Wast Ōzeki (9-0-1)* West Ōzeki (8-1-1)
1907 East Ōzeki (3-1-4-2holds) East Ōzeki (7-0-2-1hold)*
1908 East Ōzeki (7-2-1) East Ōzeki (9-0-1)*
1909 East Ōzeki (9-0-1) East Ōzeki (9-0-1)
1910 East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw) East Yokozuna (8-1-1)*
1911 East Yokozuna (7-1-1-1draw)* East Yokozuna (6-2-2)**
1912 East Yokozuna (7-1-1-1draw) no tournament held
1913 East Yokozuna (5-3-2) Sat out
1914 Retired x

*tournament actually held one month later than listed.
**tournament actually held in October.

  • The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.[1]
  • A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament
Green Box=Tournament Championship

References

  1. ^ Atsuo Tsubota. "第23代横綱 大木戸 森右衛門 星取表" (in Japanese). http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/hoshi/ho2301.html. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 

See also

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Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title