- Kimenzan Tanigorō
Sumo wrestler infobox
wrestlername = 鬼面山 谷五郎 Kimenzan Tanigorō
Shiranui (left) and Kimenzan (right) in 1869
realname = Shin'ichi Tanaka
dateofbirth = 1826
placeofbirth = Gifu, Japan
dateofdeath = death date and age|1871|9|7|1826|1|1
height = height|meters=1.86
weight = convert|140|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
heya = Takakuma
rank =
record = 143-24-63
16draws-8holds(Makuuchi)
debut = February 1852
highestrank = Yokozuna (April 1869)
retireddate = November, 1870
yushos = 7 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
goldstars =
update = October 2007Kimenzan Tanigorō (鬼面山 谷五郎, 1826? -
September 7 1871 ) was asumo wrestler. He was the sport's 13th Yokozuna.Career
Kimenzan was born in Yoru,
Gifu Prefecture ,Japan and his real name was Shin'ichi Tanaka. He entered sumo in February 1852 in the second highest "juryo " division and reached the top "makuuchi " division in January 1857. He was employed by theTokushima Domain .He was promoted to Ozeki November 1865. However, he was unenrolled in the November 1866 "
banzuke ". It was reportedly because he had a quarrel with sumo elders. [cite web|url=http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/rekiken/data/1997/971205.html|title=横綱の歴史|language=Japanese|publisher=History Research Council inKyoto University |date=1997-12-05|accessdate=2008-07-03] He was promoted to Ozeki again in June 1868.He was awarded a "yokozuna" license in February 1869. He became a yokozuna at the age of 43, the oldest ever.Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lorna |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |id=ISBN 0-8348-0283-x]
In the top makuuchi division, he won 143 bouts and lost 24 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 85.6.
He retired from an active wrestler in November 1870, but died in the next year. His grave can be found in Sayama, Saitama.
There is a monument to him in
Yōrō, Gifu . [cite web|url=http://www.usiwakamaru.or.jp/~yoro/map/shisekimap1.htm|title=句歌碑めぐり|language=Japanese|publisher=Yoro-cho Tourist sightseeing association|accessdate=2008-05-28]Top division record
"*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 nofusensho system until March 1927
"*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909ee also
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Glossary of sumo terms
*List of past sumo wrestlers
*List of yokozuna References
External links
*ja icon [http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sumo/profile/1/18570101.htm Kimenzan Tanigoro tournament results]
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