- Nayoroiwa Shizuo
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名寄岩 静男
Nayoroiwa ShizuoPersonal information Born Shizuo Iwakabe
September 27, 1914
Hokkaido, JapanDied January 26, 1971 (aged 56) Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 128 kg (280 lb) Career Heya Tatsunami Record 337-297-33 Debut May, 1932 Highest rank Ozeki (January, 1943) Retired October, 1954 Yūshō 1 (makushita)
1 (Sandanme)Sanshō Fighting Spirit (2) Kinboshi 2 (Musashiyama (1), Chiyonoyama (1)) * Career information is correct as of October 2008. Nayoroiwa Shizuo (名寄岩静男, September 27, 1914 – January 26, 1971) was a Japanese sumo wrestler.
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Career
He joined Tatsunami stable and made his professional debut in May 1932. Along with his stablemates Futabayama and Haguroyama, he supported Tatsunami stable. In January 1937, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division. In January 1938, he defeated yokozuna Musashiyama, gainning kinboshi. He was promoted to ozeki in January 1943, but was demoted to sekiwake in May 1944. He was promoted to ozeki again in November 1946, but he lost all eleven bouts in the November 1947 tournament. He was demoted again in the May 1948 tournament.
In the May 1950 tournament, he won his first Fighting Spirit Award. In the September 1952 tournament, he defeated yokozuna Chiyonoyama, gaining a kinboshi and winning his second Fighting Spirit Award. In January 1953 he returned to sekiwake, and he remains the oldest man in the post-war era to be promoted to a sanyaku rank. During the Autumn 1954 tournament which held from September 19 to October 3, he reached his fortieth birthday, and after the tournament he retired from an active wrestler.
After his retirement, he re-established the Kasugayama stable, which he ran until his death in 1971. Among his rikishi was the former maegashira Onobori.
Top division record
*Two tables represent a change in the tournament system over the years
Spring Summer Autumn 1937 West Maegashira #14 (6-5) East Maegashira #10 (8-5) no tournament held 1938 West Maegashira #2 (8-5)☆ West Sekiwake (9-4) no tournament held 1939 East Sekiwake (7-6) West Sekiwake (10-5) no tournament held 1940 East Sekiwake (9-6) East Sekiwake (7-8) no tournament held 1941 West Komusubi (11-4) West Sekiwake (10-5) no tournament held 1942 Eest Sekiwake (10-5) East Sekiwake (11-4) no tournament held 1943 West Ozeki (9-6) East Ozeki (7-8) no tournament held 1944 West Ozeki (1-2-12) East Sekiwake (7-3) East Sekiwake (7-3) 1945 no tournament held West Sekiwake (3-4) West Sekiwake (6-4) 1946 no tournament held no tournament held West Ozeki (9-4) 1947 no tournament held sat out due to injury East Ozeki (0-11) 1948 no tournament held sat out due to injury East Maegashira #5 (4-7) 1949 West Maegashira #8 (5-8) East Maegashira #10 (5-10) East Maegashira #13 (8-7) 1950 West Maegashira #9 (3-12) West Maegashira #14 (9-6)F West Maegashira #9 (11-4) 1951 West Maegashira #2 (7-8) East Maegashira #4 (6-9) East Maegashira #5 (8-7) 1952 East Maegashira #2 (7-8) West Maegashira #3 (7-8) West Maegashira #3 (9-6)F☆ New Year Spring Summer Autumn 1953 West Sekiwake (10-5) West Sekiwake (4-11) West Maegashira #3 (7-8) West Maegashira #3 (4-11) 1954 East Maegashira #7 (3-12) West Maegashira #14 (9-6) West Maegashira #8 (7-8) East Maegashira #9 (4-11) - 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 (usually due to injury)
Green Box=Tournament Championship F= Fighting Spirit Prize O= Outstanding Performance Prize T= Technique Prize ☆= Number of Kinboshi. See also
References
- ^ "Nayoroiwa Shizuo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3803. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
External links
Categories:- Japanese sumo wrestlers
- 1914 births
- 1971 deaths
- Ōzeki
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