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219:. He was well known for his extreme strength and skill. He won 99 out of 100 matches from 1909 to 1916 (not counting draws), and also won eleven top division tournament championships (two of them unofficial as they were before the championship system was established in 1909).
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who was struggling at the time), he would have set an all-time record of 100 consecutive wins. As it stands, his second winning streak of 56 bouts, which began on the 9th day of the
January 1912 tournament, is the fifth best in history after
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to fly over spectators where he fell in the fourth row of seats. Kohitachi was wounded and left the tournament. Tachiyama is reported to have waved a shell weighing 400 kg (880 lb) with one arm. He was, however, good on the
976:*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament and the above championships that are labelled "unofficial" are historically conferred. For more information see
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shouldering me." A boy, who had not made his debut in professional sumo yet, acceded to his request. He failed at the first attempt but succeeded at the second. About 15 years later, that boy became
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341:. This tournament saw his final championship win, and he still holds the record for the oldest ever
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In 1917, he said to wrestlers, "I will give you one bale of rice if you can walk around the
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under the name
Azumazeki, but left the sumo world in May 1919. In 1937 he became the first
351:. Tochigiyama and Ōnishiki were pupils of Hitachiyama. After this second loss, he retired.
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Much taller and stronger than his contemporaries, Tachiyama never had a losing record
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His run ended on the 8th day of May 1916 tournament, when he was finally defeated by
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winner as of 2022. On the final day of
January 1917 tournament, he was defeated by
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is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can hold the title at once
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rank lost only three bouts. He once won 43 bouts in a row, lost one to
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After retiring from active competition he was briefly an elder of the
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His sheer strength and physical presence drew comparisons with
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376:(ring-entering ceremony) came to be known as
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1243:"Tachiyama Mineemon Rikishi Information"
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1193:"The 11th Yokozuna Shiranui Koemon"
1143:Gunning, John (28 September 2022).
249:. There, he became stablemate with
1335:Sumo people from Toyama Prefecture
199:, August 15, 1877 – April 3, 1941)
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180:* Up to date as of June 25, 2020.
95:1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
1330:Sportspeople from Toyama (city)
380:after it was imitated by later
227:His real name was Oimoto Yajirō
23:name, the surname is Tachiyama.
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201:was a Japanese professional
1001:List of past sumo wrestlers
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510:East Maegashira #1
492:East Maegashira #1
481:East Maegashira #2
463:East Maegashira #2
452:East Maegashira #9
270:His most feared skill was
213:. He was the sport's 22nd
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144:Yokozuna (February, 1911)
103:150 kg (331 lb)
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174:2 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
1320:Japanese sumo wrestlers
1118:Sharnoff, Lora (1993).
172:9 (Makuuchi, official)
1213:Newton, Clyde (1994).
1037:Japan Sumo Association
991:Glossary of sumo terms
888:Top Division Runner-up
253:, who later became an
16:Japanese sumo wrestler
1066:National Diet Library
884:Top Division Champion
241:at the insistence of
47:Tachiyama, circa 1916
1062:"Tachiyama Mineemon"
365:Tamanishiki San'emon
307:Nishinoumi Kajirō II
261:Hitachiyama Taniemon
53:Personal information
1195:. Sumo Fan Magazine
1032:板垣退助までも勧誘に乗り出した有望力士
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427:Top Division Record
281:Kohitachi Yoshitaro
237:. Tachiyama joined
128:211-30-73(11 draws)
1262:Wakashima Gonshirō
910:
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373:yokozuna dohyō-iri
339:Tochigiyama Moriya
267:in February 1911.
188:Tachiyama Mineemon
29:Tachiyama Mineemon
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1279:Succeeded by
1245:. Sumo Reference.
996:Kanreki dohyo-iri
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861:West Yokozuna
840:East Yokozuna
824:West Yokozuna
803:West Yokozuna
784:8–0–1
780:West Yokozuna
769:East Yokozuna
753:East Yokozuna
732:West Yokozuna
719:East Yokozuna
703:West Yokozuna
663:6–0–1
634:6–1–2
630:West Sekiwake
616:7–1–1
612:East Sekiwake
603:6–2–1
599:East Sekiwake
585:8–1–1
581:East Sekiwake
572:5–1–3
568:East Sekiwake
556:4–1–5
552:East Sekiwake
545:7–2–1
541:East Sekiwake
527:5–2–2
523:East Sekiwake
514:7–1–1
496:8–1–1
485:7–2–1
467:4–4–1
456:6–3–1
416:kanreki dohyō-iri
211:Toyama Prefecture
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1154:29 September
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141:Highest rank
85:(1941-03-04)
1315:1941 deaths
1310:1877 births
1149:Japan Times
921:Divisions:
332:Umegatani I
207:Toyama City
1304:Categories
1276:1911–1918
1199:2007-10-09
1178:2008-05-19
1120:Grand Sumo
1095:2008-06-05
1072:2008-04-17
1047:2008-07-09
1017:References
968:Maegashira
807:10–0
773:10–0
757:10–0
736:10–0
707:10–0
587:Unofficial
498:Unofficial
385:Haguroyama
320:Futabayama
311:deliberate
297:make-koshi
251:Kunimiyama
158:Elder name
66:1877-08-15
943:Jonokuchi
931:Makushita
844:9–1
828:9–1
723:8–1
694:8–0
676:9–0
647:8–2
432:Tachiyama
290:as well.
162:Azumazeki
136:May, 1900
1325:Yokozuna
1291:Yokozuna
1271:Yokozuna
1219:Kodansha
1088:太刀山 峯右エ門
985:See also
966:—
964:Komusubi
962:—
960:Sekiwake
958:—
954:—
952:Yokozuna
948:Makuuchi
941:—
937:—
935:Sandanme
933:—
929:—
925:—
923:Makuuchi
421:yokozuna
411:yokozuna
382:yokozuna
378:Shiranui
362:yokozuna
324:Tanikaze
315:yokozuna
303:yokozuna
277:komusubi
265:yokozuna
216:yokozuna
197:太刀山 峯右衞門
193:Japanese
119:Tomozuna
35:太刀山 峯右衞門
1171:玉錦 三右エ門
939:Jonidan
917:Hold(s)
906:Draw(s)
892:Retired
869:–
865:Retired
851:Sat out
819:Sat out
798:Sat out
748:Sat out
287:mawashi
149:Retired
75:, Japan
21:shikona
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443:Summer
440:Spring
328:Hakuho
232:老本 弥次郎
223:Career
125:Record
114:Stable
108:Career
100:Weight
92:Height
73:Toyama
1268:22nd
978:yūshō
956:Ōzeki
927:Jūryō
908:(引分);
696:1d 1h
665:2d 1h
357:dohyō
344:yūshō
272:tsuki
256:ōzeki
133:Debut
1223:ISBN
1156:2022
1124:ISBN
919:(預り)
900:Key:
857:1918
836:1917
815:1916
794:1915
765:1914
744:1913
715:1912
686:1911
655:1910
626:1909
595:1908
564:1907
537:1906
506:1905
477:1904
448:1903
391:'s.
330:and
245:and
203:sumo
80:Died
58:Born
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