Asashio Tarō III
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Asashio Tarō III
| 朝潮 太郎 Asashio Tarō |
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| Born | Fumitoshi Yonekawa November 13, 1929 Hyōgo, Japan |
| Died | October 23, 1988 (aged 58) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 135 kg (300 lb) |
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| Heya | Takasago |
| Record | 497-269-101 |
| Debut | October, 1948 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (March, 1959) |
| Retired | January, 1962 |
| Yūshō | 5 (Makuuchi) 1 (Juryo) |
| Sanshō | Outstanding Performance (4) |
| Kinboshi | 7 |
| * Career information is correct as of July 2007. | |
Asashio Tarō III (朝潮 太郎, November 13, 1929 - October 23, 1988) was a sumo wrestler from Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. He was the sport's 46th Yokozuna. He was also a sumo coach and head of Takasago stable.
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Career
Making his professional debut in October 1948, he at first fought under his own surname of Yonekawa. In September 1950 he reached the second highest juryo division and won the championship at his first attempt with a 14-1 record. This earned him immediate promotion to the top makuuchi division in January 1951. He adopted the shikona of Asashio ("morning tide") in 1952. In his early career he earned seven kinboshi for defeating yokozuna, three of them coming in one tournament in January 1955 when he beat Yoshibayama on Day 5 and then Chiyonoyama and Tochinishiki on Days 8 and 9.[1]
Asashio won five top division tournament championships, all but one of them in Osaka.[2] He won this tournament three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. His first title was won at sekiwake rank in a three way playoff that also involved future yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I and maegashira Wakahaguro.[2] He earned promotion to ozeki a year later after winning his second championship. In November 1958 he won the tournament in Kyūshū with a 14-1 record. After runner-up honours in the next two tournaments he was finally promoted to yokozuna at nearly 30 years of age. His time at sumo's highest rank was difficult as he missed many bouts through injury. He had to sit out the three tournaments following his yokozuna debut and was only able to win one further tournament, in March 1961. He did not take part in the January 1962 tourney and announced his retirement at the age of 32.
Retirement from sumo
Asashio remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name of Furiwake, and became head coach of Takasago stable in 1971 after the death of the previous stablemaster, former yokozuna Maedayama. As Takasago Oyakata he coached Asashio Tarō IV and Konishiki to the rank of ozeki. He predicted that Konishiki would reach the rank of yokozuna before his 25th birthday, but it did not happen.[3] He also recruited the Samoan wrestler Nankairyu but after a heated argument with Takasago, Nankairyu ran away from the stable in September 1988.[4] Takasago died of a stroke a few weeks later.
Top division record
Note: The Osaka tournament resumed in 1953. The Kyūshū tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
| 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 |
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| 1951 | West Maegashira #20 8–7 |
x | East Maegashira #19 7–8 |
x | East Maegashira #20 10–5 |
x |
| 1952 | East Maegashira #13 10–5 |
x | East Maegashira #7 8–7 |
x | West Maegashira #2 10–5 O★★ |
x |
| 1953 | East Sekiwake 11–4 O |
East Sekiwake 10–5 |
West Sekiwake 8–7 |
x | East Sekiwake 7–8 |
x |
| 1954 | West Komusubi 8–7 |
East Komusubi 8–7 |
West Komusubi 8–7 |
x | East Komusubi 6–9 |
x |
| 1955 | East Maegashira #1 8–7 O★★★ |
East Maegashira #1 10–5 ★★ |
East Komusubi 8–7 |
x | West Komusubi 9–6 |
x |
| 1956 | West Sekiwake 9–6 |
East Sekiwake 12–3–P O |
East Sekiwake 8–7 |
x | East Sekiwake 8–7 |
x |
| 1957 | East Sekiwake 8–7 |
West Sekiwake 13–2 |
West Ōzeki 9–6 |
x | West Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
| 1958 | West Ōzeki 10–5 |
East Ōzeki 13–2–P |
East Ōzeki 5–4–6 |
West Ōzeki 10–5 |
West Ōzeki 11–4 |
West Ōzeki 14–1 |
| 1959 | East Ōzeki 11–4 |
East Ōzeki 13–2 |
West Yokozuna 10–5 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
Sat out due to injury 0–0–15 |
| 1960 | East Yokozuna 11–4 |
West Yokozuna 4–6–5 |
East Yokozuna 10–5 |
West Yokozuna 9–6 |
West Yokozuna 11–4 |
East Yokozuna 11–4 |
| 1961 | East Yokozuna 9–6 |
West Yokozuna 13–2 |
East Yokozuna 0–4–11 |
West Yokozuna 12–3 |
East Yokozuna 0–4–11 |
West Yokozuna 2–5–8 |
| 1962 | West Yokozuna Retired 0–0–0 |
x | x | x | x | x |
| 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) |
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See also
References
- ^ Asashio's January 1955 tournament record from Sumo Reference
- ^ a b "The Yokozuna: A Retrospective". Japan Sumo Association. http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/mei_yokozuna/asashio.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ Patmore, Angela (1990). The Giants of Sumo. MacDonald & Co. ISBN 0-356-18120-0.
- ^ Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
- ^ "Asashio Taro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Rikishi.aspx?r=3918. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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