Konishiki Yasokichi I

Sumo wrestler infobox
wrestlername = 小錦 八十吉 Konishiki Yasokichi


realname = Yasokichi Iwai
dateofbirth = birth date|1866|11|21
placeofbirth = Chiba, Japan
dateofdeath = death date and age|1914|10|22|1866|11|21
height = height|meters=1.68
weight = convert|128|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
heya = Takasago
rank =
record = 119-24-101
9draws-7holds(Makuuchi)
debut = May, 1883
highestrank = Yokozuna (March 1896)
retireddate = January, 1901
yushos = 7 (Makuuchi)
prizes =
goldstars =
update = October 2007

Konishiki Yasokichi I (小錦八十吉, November 21 1866 - October 22 1914) was a sumo wrestler from Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 17th Yokozuna.

Career

Konishiki made his professional debut in May 1883 and reached the top "makuuchi" division in May 1888. He won 39 bouts in a row after his "makuuchi" debut. Konishiki was promoted to "ozeki" in May 1890, and awarded a "yokozuna" licence by the house of "Yoshida Tsukasa" in March 1896. He was somewhat weak on technical skills, but had great speed.

Around the time of his promotion to "yokozuna", his stablemaster Takasago Uragoro suffered an illness, and so Konishiki took care of him. In spite of his amazing debut, he did not win any championships as "yokozuna". On April 8 1900, his stablemaster died. Konishiki was absent from the next tournament and retired in January 1901. In the top makuuchi division, he won 119 bouts and lost 24 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 83.2.

The Hawaiian born "ozeki" Konishiki Yasokichi was named after him. "Ozeki" Konishiki was actually the 6th Konishiki, and three wrestlers named Konishiki have been promoted to the top "makuuchi" division.

Top division record

"*Championships from this period were unofficial
"*There was no fusensho system until March 1927
"*All top division wrestlers were usually absent on the 10th day until 1909

References

ee also

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