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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Maedayama Eigorō</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:120%;"><span class="nickname">前田山英五郎</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Maedayama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Maedayama.jpg/220px-Maedayama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Maedayama.jpg/330px-Maedayama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Maedayama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="564" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#d2deb6;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Hagimori Kanematsu<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1914-05-04</span>)</span>May 4, 1914<br /><a href="/wiki/Ehime" class="mw-redirect" title="Ehime">Ehime</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 17, 1971<span style="display:none">(1971-08-17)</span> (aged 57)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">116.5 kg (257 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#d2deb6;">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Heya_(sumo)" title="Heya (sumo)">Stable</a></th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Takasago_stable" title="Takasago stable">Takasago</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">306–153–39</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1929</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Yokozuna (June 1947)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">October, 1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sumo_elders" title="List of sumo elders">Elder name</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Takasago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABsh%C5%8D" title="Yūshō">Championships</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 (Makuuchi)<br />1 (Jūryō)<br />1 (Makushita)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span style="font-weight:lighter; margin:1em; color:#555;">* Up to date as of June 2020.</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Maedayama Eigorō</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">前田山英五郎</span>, May 4, 1914 – August 17, 1971)</span> was a Japanese professional <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a> wrestler from <a href="/wiki/Ehime_Prefecture" title="Ehime Prefecture">Ehime Prefecture</a>. He was the sport's 39th <i><a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(sumo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokozuna (sumo)">yokozuna</a>.</i> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maedayama_Eigor%C5%8D&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born Hagimori Kanematsu<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">萩森金松</span></span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Nishiuwa_District,_Ehime" title="Nishiuwa District, Ehime">Nishiuwa District</a>. On his school excursion to <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_Prefecture" title="Ōita Prefecture">Ōita</a> in the spring of 1926, he met future <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Futabayama_Sadaji" title="Futabayama Sadaji">Futabayama Sadaji</a>, who had not yet joined <a href="/wiki/Tatsunami_stable" title="Tatsunami stable">Tatsunami stable</a>, and was participating in the track meet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After joining <a href="/wiki/Takasago_stable" title="Takasago stable">Takasago stable</a> in the autumn of 1927, he met Futabayama again. Subsequently, he and Futabayama practiced together regularly after he entered sumo. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG/220px-Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG/330px-Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG/440px-Maedayama_1941_Scan10052.JPG 2x" data-file-width="673" data-file-height="757" /></a><figcaption>Maedayama defeats <a href="/wiki/Futabayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Futabayama">Futabayama</a> in January 1941.</figcaption></figure> <p>He made his professional debut in January 1929 using the <i><a href="/wiki/Shikona" title="Shikona">shikona</a></i> or ring name Yoshigiyama<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">喜木山</span></span>)</span>, before changing it to Sadamisaki Eigorō<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">佐田岬英五郎</span></span>)</span> in May 1930. In January 1935 he changed its surname to Maedayama in honour of the surgeon who saved his career after he was forced to sit out the whole of 1934 due to injury.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maedayama reached the top <i><a href="/wiki/Makuuchi" title="Makuuchi">makuuchi</a></i> division in January 1937. In May 1938, he was promoted to <i><a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Ōzeki" title="Makuuchi">ōzeki</a></i>, straight from the fourth <i><a href="/wiki/Komusubi" class="mw-redirect" title="Komusubi">komusubi</a></i> rank, after finishing as tournament runner-up. It was the quickest rise to <i>ōzeki</i> since <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cnishiki_Uichir%C5%8D" title="Ōnishiki Uichirō">Ōnishiki</a> in 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1941, he defeated <i>ōzeki</i> <a href="/wiki/Haguroyama_Masaji" title="Haguroyama Masaji">Haguroyama</a> and <i>yokozuna</i> Futabayama. His strongest technique was <i>harite</i>, or face slap. His technique caused a controversy over <i>harite</i> but Futabayama supported him, insisting it was a legitimate sumo technique.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maedayama was an <i>ōzeki</i> during the war years, when few tournaments were held, and took his only top division championship in the autumn of 1944, with a 9–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <i>yokozuna</i> in June 1947 after taking part in a three way play-off that also included fellow <i>ōzeki</i> <a href="/wiki/Azumafuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Azumafuji">Azumafuji</a> and <i>yokozuna</i> Haguroyama.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was thirty-three years old at the time of his promotion and in his short <i>yokozuna</i> career he was unable to win any further tournament championships, only managing to produce two <a href="/wiki/Kachi-koshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kachi-koshi">winning scores</a>. Always a temperamental and controversial figure, he was forced to retire by the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Sumo_Association" title="Japan Sumo Association">Japan Sumo Association</a> in October 1949 after dropping out of a tournament claiming illness, only to be subsequently photographed at a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Professional_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Professional Baseball">baseball</a> game with <a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement_from_sumo">Retirement from sumo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maedayama_Eigor%C5%8D&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Retirement from sumo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maedayama_(Takasago)_1956_Scan10013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg/170px-Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg/255px-Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg/340px-Maedayama_%28Takasago%29_1956_Scan10013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="1296" /></a><figcaption>As Takasago Oyakata in 1956</figcaption></figure> <p>Maedayama had become head coach of <a href="/wiki/Takasago_stable" title="Takasago stable">Takasago stable</a> in 1941 while still active in the ring (a practice no longer permitted) and upon his retirement he formally adopted the name Takasago <a href="/wiki/Oyakata" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyakata">Oyakata</a>. In 1964 he recruited <a href="/wiki/Takamiyama" class="mw-redirect" title="Takamiyama">Takamiyama</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, the first foreigner to succeed in professional sumo. He went on an extended tour of the United States to promote sumo, without the permission of the Sumo Association's directors.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He produced <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Asashio_Tar%C5%8D_III" title="Asashio Tarō III">Asashio Tarō III</a> in 1959 and <i>ōzeki</i> <a href="/wiki/Maenoyama_Tar%C5%8D" title="Maenoyama Tarō">Maenoyama Tarō</a> in 1970. In 1967 he allowed <a href="/wiki/Chiyonoyama_Masanobu" title="Chiyonoyama Masanobu">Chiyonoyama</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kokonoe_stable" title="Kokonoe stable">Kokonoe stable</a> into his faction, strengthening the Takasago <i>ichimon</i> (group of stables). He became calmer late in his life and died on August 17, 1971, of <a href="/wiki/Cirrhosis_of_the_liver" class="mw-redirect" title="Cirrhosis of the liver">cirrhosis of the liver</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> too early to see Takamiyama become the first foreigner to win a championship in 1972. After his death, foreigners such as <i>ōzeki</i> <a href="/wiki/Konishiki_Yasokichi" title="Konishiki Yasokichi">Konishiki</a> and <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Asashoryu_Akinori" class="mw-redirect" title="Asashoryu Akinori">Asashōryū</a> joined his stable. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_record">Career record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maedayama_Eigor%C5%8D&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:110%; clear:left"> <caption>Maedayama Eigorō<sup id="cite_ref-sr_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></caption><tbody><tr> <th>-</th> <th style="width:20%;">Spring<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Haru basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:20%;">March<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Sangatsu basho, varied</span></th> <th style="width:20%;">Summer<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Natsu basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:20%;">October<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Jūgatsu basho, varied</span></th></tr> <tr><th>1929</th> <td style="background-color:#AAA">(<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#maezumō" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Maezumo</a>)</td> <td style="background-color:#AAA">(<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#maezumō" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Maezumo</a>)</td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonokuchi #15</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">3–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonokuchi #15</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–2</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1930</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonidan #29</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">3–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonidan #29</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">2–4</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonidan #29</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–1</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonidan #29</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–1</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1931</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Sandanme #20</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">1–5</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Sandanme #20</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">3–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Sandanme #33</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–1</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Sandanme #33</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–1</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1932</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #17</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #17</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–5</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #7</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–11</span></td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #7</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">7–3–1</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:80%;line-height:150%;"> <td colspan="7">Record given as <b>wins–losses–absences</b>    <span style="border-style:solid; border-color:Green; border-width:2px; background-color:PaleGreen; padding:1px">Top division champion</span> <span style="background-color:Wheat; padding:1px">Top division runner-up</span> <span style="border-style:solid; background-color:LightPink; border-color:FireBrick; border-width:2px; padding:1px;">Retired</span> <span style="background-color:#BBB; padding:1px;">Lower divisions</span> <span style="background-color:#CCC; padding:1px;">Non-participation</span><br /><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Sansh%C5%8D_(Sumo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanshō (Sumo)">Sanshō</a> key: <span style="background:black;padding-left:1px;padding-right:1px;"><b><span style="color:red;margin-bottom:0;">F</span></b></span>=Fighting spirit; <span style="background:black;padding-left:1px;padding-right:1px;"><b><span style="color:orange;margin-bottom:0;">O</span></b></span>=Outstanding performance; <span style="background:black;padding-left:1px;padding-right:1px;"><b><span style="color:cyan;margin-bottom:0;">T</span></b></span>=Technique     Also shown: <span style="background:black;padding-left:1px;padding-right:1px;"><b><span style="color:gold;margin-bottom:0;">★</span></b></span>=<a href="/wiki/Kinboshi" title="Kinboshi">Kinboshi</a>; <b>P</b>=<a href="/wiki/Yusho#Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusho">Playoff</a>(s)<br /> Divisions: <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi" title="Makuuchi">Makuuchi</a> — <a href="/wiki/J%C5%ABry%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Jūryō">Jūryō</a> — <a href="/wiki/Makushita" class="mw-redirect" title="Makushita">Makushita</a> — <a href="/wiki/Sandanme" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandanme">Sandanme</a> — <a href="/wiki/Jonidan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonidan">Jonidan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Jonokuchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonokuchi">Jonokuchi</a><br /> </p> <i>Makuuchi</i> ranks: <a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(sumo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokozuna (sumo)">Yokozuna</a> — <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Ōzeki" title="Makuuchi">Ōzeki</a> — <a href="/wiki/Sekiwake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sekiwake">Sekiwake</a> — <a href="/wiki/Komusubi" class="mw-redirect" title="Komusubi">Komusubi</a> — <a href="/wiki/Maegashira" class="mw-redirect" title="Maegashira">Maegashira</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i>Through most of the 1930s and 1940s only two tournaments were held a year, and in 1946 only one was held.</i></li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:110%; clear:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>-</th> <th style="width:25%;">Spring<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Haru basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:25%;">Summer<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Natsu basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:25%;">Autumn<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Aki basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> </tr> <tr><th>1933</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Makushita #14</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">7–4</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Makushita #3</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">7–4</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1934</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Jūryō #9</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">0–0–11</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #7</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">0–0–11</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1935</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Sandanme #5</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–1</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Makushita #14</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–1<br />Champion</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1936</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jūryō #12</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Jūryō #4</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–1<br />Champion</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1937</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Maegashira #12</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">7–4</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Maegashira #5</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–4</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1938</th> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">East Komusubi #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–2</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–5</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1939</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–4</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1940</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1941</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1942</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">2–3–10</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1943</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–6</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1944</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–6</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–2</span><br /> </td> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–1</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1945</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">1–2–4</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–5</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1946</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–2</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1947</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">West Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–1–PP</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">6–5</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1948</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">0–1–10</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">3–6–2</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1949</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–3–5</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–6</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:LightPink; border-color:FireBrick; border-width:5px"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><b>Retired</b><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">1–6–8</span></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:80%;line-height:150%;"> <td colspan="7">Record given as <b>win-loss-absent</b>    <span style="border-style:solid; border-color:Green; border-width:2px; background-color:PaleGreen; padding:1px">Top Division Champion</span> <span style="background-color:Wheat; padding:1px">Top Division Runner-up</span> <span style="border-style:solid; background-color:LightPink; border-color:FireBrick; border-width:2px; padding:1px;">Retired</span> <span style="border-style:solid; background-color:#AAA; border-color:#AAA; padding:1px;">Lower Divisions</span><br /> <p>Key:<span class="nowrap"> </span> <span style="background:black;padding-left:1px;padding-right:1px;"><b><span style="color:gold;margin-bottom:0;">★</span></b></span>=<a href="/wiki/Kinboshi" title="Kinboshi">Kinboshi(s)</a>;<span class="nowrap">   </span><b>d</b>=<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#hikiwake" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Draw(s)</a> (引分);<span class="nowrap">   </span><b>h</b>=<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#azukari" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Hold(s)</a> (預り)<br /> Divisions: <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi" title="Makuuchi">Makuuchi</a> — <a href="/wiki/J%C5%ABry%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Jūryō">Jūryō</a> — <a href="/wiki/Makushita" class="mw-redirect" title="Makushita">Makushita</a> — <a href="/wiki/Sandanme" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandanme">Sandanme</a> — <a href="/wiki/Jonidan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonidan">Jonidan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Jonokuchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonokuchi">Jonokuchi</a><br /> </p> <i>Makuuchi</i> ranks: <a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(sumo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokozuna (sumo)">Yokozuna</a> — <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Ōzeki" title="Makuuchi">Ōzeki</a> — <a href="/wiki/Sekiwake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sekiwake">Sekiwake</a> — <a href="/wiki/Komusubi" class="mw-redirect" title="Komusubi">Komusubi</a> — <a href="/wiki/Maegashira" class="mw-redirect" title="Maegashira">Maegashira</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maedayama_Eigor%C5%8D&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Glossary of sumo terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_past_sumo_wrestlers" title="List of past sumo wrestlers">List of past sumo wrestlers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sumo_tournament_top_division_champions" title="List of sumo tournament top division champions">List of sumo tournament top division champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_yokozuna" title="List of yokozuna">List of yokozuna</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maedayama_Eigor%C5%8D&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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