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Ōzutsu Man'emon was a sumo

Sumo

is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

wrestler from Shiroishi

Shiroishi, Miyagi

is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 37,432 and a population density of 131 persons per km². The total area is 286.47 km².The city was founded on April 1, 1954.-Notable locations:...

, Miyagi Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

, Japan

Japan

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. He was the sport's 18th Yokozuna.

Career

Ōzutsu was a taller sumo wrestler compared with other wrestlers at that time. Although he was not very strong at first, he was rapidly promoted and reached Sekiwake only three tournament after entering the top makuuchi division. He became strong and was promoted to Ozeki in May 1899.

He had never lost any bouts as ozeki and was awarded a yokozuna licence by the house of Yoshida Tsukasa in April 1901. He won the tournament with no defeat in May 1902. However, his strength rapidly declined after taking part in the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

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. He was absent from three tournaments due to the war. However, former yokozuna Umegatani Tōtarō I

Umegatani Totaro I

Umegatani Tōtarō was a sumo wrestler from Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 15th Yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest wrestler to emerge since the era of Tanikaze and Raiden.-Career:...

had taught him that yokozuna must not be defeated, so he recorded many draws late in his career. In the May 1907 tournament, he drew in all of nine bouts. He retired on the next tournament. In the top makuuchi division, he won 98 bouts and lost 29 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 77.2. He also recorded 51 draws.

Ōzutsu (大砲) means "cannon" in Japanese but its reading is usually Taihō, and the name of yokozuna Taihō

Taiho Koki

Taihō Kōki is the 48th Yokozuna in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. He is generally regarded as the greatest sumo wrestler of the post-war period. He became a yokozuna in 1961 at the age of 21, the youngest ever at the time, and he won a record 32 tournaments between 1960 and 1971...

(大鵬) means "big phoenix".

Top division record

Championships from this period were unofficial
There was no fusensho system until March 1927
All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 120%"
|-
!
!January
!May
|-
|1892
!x
|West Maegashira #6 (3-6-1)
|-
|1893
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to injury
|West Maegashira #2 (5-4-1)
|-
|1894
|West Sekiwake (2-2-6)
|West Maegashira #1 (4-2-2-2draws)
|-
|1895
|West Komusubi (2-1-7)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|West Komusubi (7-0-2-1draw)
|-
|1896
|West Sekiwake (3-1-5-1draw)
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to injury
|-
|1897
|West Maegashira #1 (6-2-1-1draw)
|West Komusubi (4-3-1-2draws)
|-
|1898
|West Komusubi (4-0-2-4draws)
|West Sekiwake (6-0-2-2draws)
|-
|1899
|West Sekiwake (4-1-1-4draws)
|West Ōzeki (6-0-1-2draws-1hold)
|-
|1900
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to injury
|West Ōzeki (6-0-1-2draws-1hold)
|-
|1901
|West Ōzeki (7-0-2-1draw)
|East Yokozuna (6-1-1-1draw-1hold)
|-
|1902
|East Yokozuna (6-2-1-1draw)
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East Yokozuna (8-0-1-1draw)
|-
|1903
|East Yokozuna (7-1-1-1draw)
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to war
|-
|-
|1904
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to war
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to war
|-
|1905
|East Yokozuna (3-1-5-1hold)
|East Yokozuna (2-1-1-6draws)
|-
|1906
|East Yokozuna (1-0-1-8draws)
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out due to injury
|-
|1907
|East Yokozuna (1-1-6-2draws)
|East Yokozuna (0-0-1-9draws)
|-
|1908
|bgcolor=gray|Retired
! x
|-

The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.
A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament (usually due to injury)
an X signifies the wrestler had yet to reach the top division at that point in his career or a tournament after he retired

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| Green Box=Tournament Championship
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Career

Top division record

See also