Nishinoumi Kajirō III

西ノ海 嘉治郎 Nishinoumi Kajirō
Personal information
Born	Isesuke Matsuyama November 2, 1890(1890-11-02) Kagoshima, Japan
Died	July 28, 1933(1933-07-28) (aged 42)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	116 kg (260 lb)
Career
Heya	Izutsu
Record	176-69-121-4draws-2holds (Total) 134-60-116-2draws-2holds (Makuuchi)
Debut	January 1910
Highest rank	Yokozuna (April 1923)
Retired	October, 1928
Yūshō	1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Juryo) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonidan)
Kinboshi	1 (Ōtori)
* Career information is correct as of September 2007.

Nishinoumi Kajirō III (西ノ海 嘉治郎, November 2, 1890 – July 28, 1933) was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 30th Yokozuna.

Career

He joined Izutsu stable and made a debut in January 1910. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1916. He was promoted to Ozeki in January 1922.

After Ōnishiki Uichirō left the sumo world, there remained only one yokozuna Tochigiyama in Tokyo sumo at that time. Tokyo Sumo Association wanted to get one more yokozuna. Although he didn't record good results, he was awarded a yokozuna licence in April 1923. He was promoted to that rank without winning any championships in top makuuchi division. Therefore, his promotion was controversial, although championships (Yūshō) before January 1926 were officially awarded by not the Sumo Association but a newspaper, the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.

He won his only championship in May 1925. He was striken down by heart disease in November 1925 and was absent from next tournament. His strength declined and he retired in October 1928. In the top makuuchi division, he won 134 bouts and lost 60 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 69.1.

Top division record

	January	March	May	October
1916	East Maegashira #13 (9-1)	no tournament held	East Maegashira #3 (2-3-5)	no tournament held
1917	West Maegashira #5 (4-5-1)	no tournament held	West Maegashira #6 (5-4-1draw)	no tournament held
1918	East Maegashira #3 (7-2-1)	no tournament held	East Sekiwake (2-8)	no tournament held
1919	East Maegashira #3 (5-4-1)	no tournament held	East Maegashira #6 (9-1)☆	no tournament held
1920	East Komusubi (7-3)	no tournament held	West Komusubi (5-2-3)	no tournament held
1921	West Sekiwake (7-2-1hold)	no tournament held	East Sekiwake (8-2)	no tournament held
1922	West Ōzeki (7-3)	no tournament held	Sat out due to injury	no tournament held
1923	West Ōzeki (8-1-1draw)	no tournament held	East Yokozuna (5-2-4)	no tournament held
1924	Sat out due to injury	no tournament held	West Yokozuna (5-2-3-1hold)	no tournament held
1925	West Yokozuna (9-2)	no tournament held	East Yokozuna (9-2)	no tournament held
1926	Sat out due to injury	no tournament held	West Yokozuna (9-2)	no tournament held
1927	East Yokozuna (3-2-6)	Sat out due to injury	East Yokozuna (1-2-8)	West Yokozuna (1-2-8)
1928	West Yokozuna (7-3-1)	Sat out due to injury	Sat out due to injury	Retired

• 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

☆= Number of Kinboshi.

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Nishinoumi Kajiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3652. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 

External links

• Japan Sumo Association profile

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Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can share the title

Persondata
Name	Nishinoumi, Kajiro, Iii
Alternative names	Isesuke Matsuyama
Short description	Sumo Wrestler
Date of birth	November 2, 1890
Place of birth	Kagoshima, Japan
Date of death	July 28, 1933
Place of death