Okanoyama Yoshiro

Okanoyama Yoshiro
岡ノ山 喜郎
Personal information
Born Kiichiro Yamabe
(1935-11-03) November 3, 1935
Yakage, Okayama, Japan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 112 kg (247 lb)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record 269-229-37
Debut May, 1955
Highest rank Maegashira 5 (May, 1962)
Retired January, 1965
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Okanoyama Yoshiro (born 3 November 1935 as Kiichiro Yamabe) is a former sumo wrestler from Yakage, Okayama, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1955 and reached the top division in March 1962. His highest rank was maegashira 5. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in January 1965.

Career record

Okanoyama Yoshiro[1]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1955 x x Shinjo
30
 
Not held West Jonidan #72
53
 
Not held
1956 West Jonidan #39
53
 
East Jonidan #9
44
 
West Sandanme #96
71
 
Not held East Sandanme #52
53
 
Not held
1957 East Sandanme #39
44
 
East Sandanme #38
26
 
West Sandanme #50
35
 
Not held East Sandanme #50
53
 
West Sandanme #31
44
 
1958 East Sandanme #30
53
 
East Sandanme #19
35
 
East Sandanme #23
53
 
West Sandanme #8
71
 
West Makushita #68
35
 
East Makushita #78
35
 
1959 West Makushita #83
71
 
West Makushita #53
53
 
West Makushita #49
44
 
East Makushita #47
44
 
East Makushita #47
53
 
East Makushita #36
44
 
1960 East Makushita #37
26
 
East Makushita #44
314
 
West Makushita #43
53
 
West Makushita #35
52
 
East Makushita #27
52
 
West Makushita #18
52
 
1961 West Makushita #11
43
 
East Makushita #7
52
 
West Makushita #3
70
Champion

 
West Jūryō #14
105
 
East Jūryō #5
942
 
West Jūryō #1
510
 
1962 East Jūryō #5
114
 
East Maegashira #14
96
 
East Maegashira #5
069
 
West Maegashira #14
312
 
West Jūryō #4
78
 
East Jūryō #5
141
Champion

 
1963 East Maegashira #12
69
 
West Maegashira #14
510
 
East Jūryō #4
78
 
East Jūryō #5
69
 
West Jūryō #7
510
 
West Jūryō #14
87
 
1964 West Jūryō #8
69
 
East Jūryō #12
Sat out due to injury
0015
East Makushita #7
Sat out due to injury
007
East Makushita #47
34
 
West Makushita #55
61
 
West Makushita #28
43
 
1965 East Makushita #26
Retired
250
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

See also

References

  1. "Okanoyama Yoshiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-17.


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