Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke

阿武松 緑之助 Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke
Personal information
Born	Sasaki Jokichi 1794 Ishikawa, Japan
Died	January 20, 1852(1852-01-20)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	135 kg (300 lb)
Career
Heya	Takekuma
Record	142-31-37 24draws-8holds-1no result (Makuuchi)
Debut	March, 1815
Highest rank	Yokozuna (February, 1828)
Retired	November, 1835
Yūshō	5 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
* Career information is correct as of October 2007.

Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke (阿武松 緑之助, 1794 – January 20, 1852) was a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 6th Yokozuna. He trained ozeki Tsurugizan Taniemon.

Early career

He was born in Shitsumi, Noto and went to Edo in 1815. His birth name remains ambiguous, but was claimed Sasaki Jokichi. He made a debut under a ring name Koyanagi in March 1815. He reached the top makuuchi division in October 1822. In January 1824, he was defeated by Inazuma, but defeated others at the maegashira #2 rank and was promoted to Komusubi.

In the summer of 1825, he defeated Inazuma at the Hirakawa Tenjin Shrine.^[1] He was promoted to Ozeki in October 1826. He changed his ring name to Onomatsu in March 1827.

Yokozuna

Onomatsu was awarded a yokozuna license in February 1828. On March 25, 1829, Ienari Tokugawa saw that Onomatsu defeated Inazuma.^[1]

Because he grew up in a poor family, he attempted to win bouts by fair means or foul.^[2] To shake competitors' confidence, he would often do matta, or waiting, at the initial charge, or tachi-ai of his sumo bouts. He was often criticized for his fighting style. Even so, he was popular in Edo.

He retired in November 1835. In the top makuuchi division, he won 142 bouts and lost 31 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 82.1. The 7th yokozuna Inazuma was his rival. His overall career record was quite far behind Inazuma, but his record over Inazuma was five wins (including two other than honbasho), four loses, five draws and one hold.

Top division record

*1-2 tournaments were held yearly in this period, though the actual time they were held was often erratic
*Championships from this period were unofficial
*Yokozuna were not listed as such on the ranking sheets until 1890
*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909

	First	Second
1822	x	East Maegashira #7 (6-3-1draw)
1823	East Maegashira #5 (4-2-1noresult)	East Maegashira #2 (7-2-1draw)
1824	East Maegashira #2 (8-1-1)	East Komusubi (6-2-2)
1825	East Komusubi (8-2)	East Sekiwake (6-2-2)
1826	East Sekiwake (5-1-3-1hold)	East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw)
1827	East Ōzeki (4-1-1-1hold)	East Ōzeki (6-0)
1828	East Ōzeki (3-3-2-1draw-1hold)	East Ōzeki (7-1-2)
1829	East Ōzeki (5-0-1-1draw)	East Ōzeki (6-0-1-2draws-1hold)
1830	East Ōzeki (7-1-1-1hold)	East Ōzeki (3-1-4-2holds)
1831	East Ōzeki (4-0-4-2draws)	East Ōzeki (3-0-5)
1832	no tournament held	East Ōzeki (7-1-1-1draw)
1833	East Ōzeki (5-0-1-4draws)	East Ōzeki (2-2-3draws-1hold)
1834	East Ōzeki (6-1-1-2draws)	East Ōzeki (5-3-1-1draw)
1835	East Ōzeki (7-0-1-2draws)	East Ōzeki (4-2-2-2draws)

• The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.^[3]
• A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament
• an X signifies the wrestler had yet to reach the top division at that point in his career

Green Box=Tournament Championship

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of yokozuna

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "阿武松緑之助" (in Japanese). http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Labo/6989/Ohnomatsu.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
2. ^ "稲妻雷五郎の像" (in Japanese). Joyo Living. 2007-08-17. http://www.joyoliving.co.jp/special/heritage/00006/. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 
3. ^ "Onomatsu Midorinosuke Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3280. Retrieved 2008-05-31. 

External links

• (Japanese) Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke Tournament results

previous: Onogawa Kisaburō	6th Yokozuna 1828 - 1835	next: Inazuma Raigorō
Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title

Persondata
Name	Onomatsu, Midorinosuke
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1794
Place of birth	Ishikawa, Japan
Date of death	1852-01-20
Place of death