- Akinoumi Setsuo
Sumo wrestler infobox
wrestlername = 安藝ノ海 節男 Akinoumi Setsuo
realname = Setsuo Nagata
dateofbirth = birth date|1914|5|30
placeofbirth =Hiroshima ,Japan
dateofdeath = death date and age|1979|3|25|1914|5|30
height = height|meters=1.77
weight = convert|127.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
heya = Dewanoumi
rank =
record = 209-101-38
debut = February 1932
highestrank = Yokozuna (May 1942)
retireddate = November, 1946
yushos = 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jonokuchi)
goldstars = 1 (Futabayama)
update = August 2007Akinoumi Setsuo (安藝ノ海 節男,
May 30 ,1914 -March 25 1979 ) was asumo wrestler fromHiroshima ,Japan . He was the sport's 37th Yokozuna.Career
Akinoumi made his professional debut in February 1932 and reached the top "
makuuchi " division in January 1938. He was the man who endedFutabayama 's record 69 bout winning streak in January 1939. As he was only ranked as a "maegashira " at the time, it was regarded as an enormous upset. He defeated the "yokozuna" by "sotogake," an outer leg trip. His only top division championship came in May 1941 when he was ranked as a "sekiwake ." He earned promotion to "yokozuna" in May 1942 after two runner-up performances. Akinoumi was not a particularly successful "yokozuna", lasting only eight tournaments at the rank and not managing to win any further championships. He is arguably better remembered for his victory over Futabayama than his exploits as a grand champion. Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lorna |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |id=ISBN 0-8348-0283-x]He married the daughter of Dewanoumi Oyakata, the former "yokozuna"
Tsunenohana , but was unfaithful to her, hisgeisha mistress giving birth the same day that his wife did. They were later divorced.Retirement from sumo
Akinoumi retired in November 1946, and became an elder of the
Sumo Association with the name of Fujishima, but left the sumo world in January 1955. He later remarried.Top division record
References
ee also
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Glossary of sumo terms
*List of past sumo wrestlers
*List of sumo tournament winners
*List of Yokozuna External links
* [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/mei_yokozuna/akinoumi.html Japan Sumo Association profile]
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