Nishinoumi Kajirō II

西ノ海 嘉治郎 Nishinoumi Kajirō
Personal information
Born	Kyuhachi Makise February 6, 1880(1880-02-06) Kagoshima, Japan
Died	January 27, 1931(1931-01-27) (aged 50)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	139 kg (310 lb)
Career
Heya	Izutsu
Record	106-38-70-27draws-9holds (Makuuchi)
Debut	January, 1900
Highest rank	Yokozuna (February, 1916)
Retired	May, 1918
Yūshō	1 (Makuuchi)
* Career information is correct as of September 2007.

Nishinoumi Kajirō II (西ノ海 嘉治郎, February 6, 1880 – January 27, 1931) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 25th Yokozuna.

Career

Nishinoumi was promoted to the top makuuchi division in May 1906. He was awarded a yokozuna licence by the house of Yoshida Tsukasa in February 1916 after winning a championship at January 1916 tournament. He was 36 years old at the time of his promotion, making him the oldest wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna in the 20th century.^[1] In the top makuuchi division, he won 106 bouts and lost 38 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 73.6.

He favoured the style of dohyo-iri (yokozuna ring entering ceremony) that has come to be known as unryu.^[1]

After his retirement, he was an elder known as Izutsu and produced many top division wrestlers, such as yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō III. He augmented an effect of Izutsu on Japan Sumo Association but he was blamed for using his position unfairly by his opponents. He committed suicide by hanging on January 27, 1931.

His adopted daughter's adopted daughter's sons are Sakahoko Akihiro and Terao Tsunefumi.

Top division record

	January	May
1906	x	West Maegashira #10 (3-4-1-1draw-1hold)
1907	West Maegashira #7 (3-1-6)	West Maegashira #8 (6-1-1-2draws)
1908	West Sekiwake (4-2-1-3draws)	West Sekiwake (7-1-1-1draw)
1909	East Sekiwake (3-0-7)	East Sekiwake (5-2-1-2draws)*
1910	East Ōzeki (2-1-2-3draws-2holds)	East Ōzeki (1-1-7-1hold)*
1911	East Ōzeki (6-1-2draws-1hold)	East Ōzeki (1-2-5-1draw-1hold)*
1912	West Ōzeki (7-1-2draws)	East Ōzeki (7-2-1draw)
1913	East Ōzeki (4-3-2draws-1hold)	West Ōzeki (5-3-2draws)
1914	West Ōzeki (6-2-1draw-1hold)	East Ōzeki (6-3-1draw)
1915	East Ōzeki (4-1-3-1draw-1hold)	East Ōzeki (6-2-1-1draw)*
1916	East Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw)	East Yokozuna (8-2)
1917	West Yokozuna (2-2-6)	West Yokozuna (2-1-7)
1918	Sat out due to injury	retired

*tournament actually held one month later than listed.

• The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.^[2]
• 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

Green Box=Tournament Championship

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x. 
2. ^ "Nishinoumi Kajiro Rikishi Informetion". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3579. Retrieved 2007-10-16. 

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament winners
• List of Yokozuna

previous: Ōtori Tanigorō	25th Yokozuna 1916 - 1918	next: Ōnishiki Uichirō
Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title

Persondata
Name	Nishinoumi, Kajiro, Ii
Alternative names	Kyuhachi Makise
Short description	Sumo Wrestler
Date of birth	February 6, 1880
Place of birth	Kagoshima, Japan
Date of death	January 27, 1931
Place of death