Ōnishiki Daigorō

大錦 大五郎 Ōnishiki Daigorō
Personal information
Born	Kichisaburo Yamada 1883 Aichi, Japan
Died	May 18, 1943(1943-05-18) (aged 60)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	112 kg (250 lb)
Career
Heya	Asahiyama
Record	162-50-74 14draws-10holds (Makuuchi in Osaka)
Debut	November 1898
Highest rank	Yokozuna (April 1918)
Retired	January 1922
Yūshō	6 (Makuuchi in Osaka)
* Career information is correct as of October 2007.

Ōnishiki Daigorō (大錦 大五郎, 1883 – May 18, 1943) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 28th Yokozuna.

Career

Ōnishiki was born in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, in what is now Yatomi City. There are several theories about his birth date.

He started sumo in Kyoto in 1898, later moving to Osaka. He entered the top makuuchi division in February 1906. He was promoted to ōzeki in June 1910. In April 1918 he became the 28th yokozuna (the third in Osaka sumo). The reason of his promotion to yokozuna was his dignity.^[1] He fought in eight tournaments as yokozuna, retiring after the January 1922 basho.

After retirement he ran a tea house in Osaka.

Some memorabilia is on display in a museum in Yatomi City.

Record in Osaka sumo

*1-2 tournaments were held yearly in this period, though the actual time they were held was often erratic
*Championships from Osaka sumo were unofficial

	First	Second
1906	East maegashira #8 (5-2-1-1draw-1hold)	East maegashira #5 (4-1-5)
1907	West maegashira #1 (5-2-1-2holds)	West Komusubi (6-3-1)
1908	West Sekiwake (6-3-1)	West Sekiwake (8-1-1)
1909	West Sekiwake (5-3-2)	West Sekiwake (7-1-2)
1910	West Sekiwake (3-2-3-1draw-1hold)	West Ōzeki (5-3-1-1draw)
1911	West Ōzeki (2-3-4-1draw)	West Ōzeki (8-1-1)
1912	West Ōzeki (7-1-1-1draw)	no tournament held
1913	West Ōzeki (7-2-1)	West Ōzeki (7-2-1)
1914	West Ōzeki (6-1-3)	West Ōzeki (8-0-1-1draw)
1915	East Ōzeki (6-2-2)	East Ōzeki (8-0-2)
1916	East Ōzeki (5-2-2-1hold)	no tournament held
1917	East Ōzeki (8-0-2holds)	East Ōzeki (7-1-1draw-1hold)
1918	West Ōzeki (8-1-1hold)	East Yokozuna (2-4-3-1draw)
1919	West Yokozuna (1-1-8)	West Yokozuna (6-2-2draws)
1920	West Yokozuna (1-1-8)	East Yokozuna (4-3-2draws-1hold)
1921	Sat out	East Yokozuna (4-0-5-1draw)
1922	West Yokozuna (3-2-4-1draw)	x

• 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

Green Box=Tournament Championship

References

1. ^ Atsuo Tsubota. "横綱伝　26代～31代" (in Japanese). http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/yokoduna/y05.html. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 
2. ^ Atsuo Tsubota. "第28代横綱　大錦　大五郎　星取表" (in Japanese). http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/hoshi/ho2801.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 

See also

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

previous: Tochigiyama Moriya	28th Yokozuna 1918 - 1922	next: Miyagiyama Fukumatsu
Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title

Persondata
Name	Onishiki Daigoro
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1883-01-01
Place of birth	Aichi, Japan
Date of death	1943-05-18
Place of death