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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">Chiyonoyama Masanobu</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:120%;"><span class="nickname">千代の山雅信</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiyonoyama_Masanobu_1958_Scan10005.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chiyonoyama_Masanobu_1958_Scan10005.JPG/220px-Chiyonoyama_Masanobu_1958_Scan10005.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chiyonoyama_Masanobu_1958_Scan10005.JPG/330px-Chiyonoyama_Masanobu_1958_Scan10005.JPG 1.5x, 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(269 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/Dewanoumi_stable" title="Dewanoumi stable">Dewanoumi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">403-158-147 (2 draws)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1942</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Yokozuna (May 1951)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1959</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">Kokonoe</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">6 (Makuuchi)<br />2 (Jūryō)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sansh%C5%8D_(sumo)" title="Sanshō (sumo)">Special Prizes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Outstanding Performance (1)<br />Fighting Spirit (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Kinboshi" title="Kinboshi">Gold Stars</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3<br /><a href="/wiki/Haguroyama_Masaji" title="Haguroyama Masaji">Haguroyama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Terukuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Terukuni">Terukuni</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maedayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Maedayama">Maedayama</a></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>Chiyonoyama Masanobu</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">千代の山雅信</span>, June 2, 1926 – October 29, 1977)</span> was a Japanese professional <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a> wrestler from <a href="/wiki/Fukushima,_Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima, Hokkaidō">Fukushima, Hokkaidō</a>. He was the sport's 41st <i><a href="/wiki/Yokozuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokozuna">yokozuna</a></i> from 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "modern" <i>yokozuna</i> in that he was promoted by the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Sumo_Association" title="Japan Sumo Association">Japan Sumo Association</a> itself and not the House of Yoshida Tsukasa.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first <i>yokozuna</i> from Hokkaidō, which was also the birthplace of the subsequent <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Yoshibayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshibayama">Yoshibayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_Koki" class="mw-redirect" title="Taihō Koki">Taihō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitanoumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitanoumi">Kitanoumi</a> and his own recruits <a href="/wiki/Kitanofuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitanofuji">Kitanofuji</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiyonofuji">Chiyonofuji</a>. After his retirement he left the <a href="/wiki/Dewanoumi_stable" title="Dewanoumi stable">Dewanoumi</a> group of <a href="/wiki/Heya_(sumo)" title="Heya (sumo)">stables</a> and founded <a href="/wiki/Kokonoe_stable" title="Kokonoe stable">Kokonoe stable</a> in 1967. He died in 1977 while still an active stablemaster. </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=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiyonoyama was born Sugimura Masaharu<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">杉村昌治</span></span>)</span>, the fifth son of a squid fisherman. He joined <a href="/wiki/Dewanoumi_stable" title="Dewanoumi stable">Dewanoumi stable</a> in January 1942. Chiyonoyama injured his knee in his first tournament, an injury that was to trouble him for the rest of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reached the second highest <i><a href="/wiki/J%C5%ABry%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Jūryō">jūryō</a></i> division in November 1944 and made his debut in the top <i><a href="/wiki/Makuuchi" title="Makuuchi">makuuchi</a></i> division in November 1945. He had been an admirer of <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Futabayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Futabayama">Futabayama</a> but his dream of facing him in competition ended after Futabayama announced his retirement during Chiyonoyama's <i>makuuchi</i> debut. In this first tournament he won all ten of his bouts but was denied the championship as in the absence of any playoff system in the event of a tie, it was simply awarded to the wrestler higher in rank (in this case, <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Haguroyama_Masaji" title="Haguroyama Masaji">Haguroyama</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Sharnoff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharnoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg/220px-Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg/330px-Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg/440px-Chiyonoyama_1951_Scan10018-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="436" /></a><figcaption>Chiyonoyama performing the <i>yokozuna <a href="/wiki/Dohyo-iri" class="mw-redirect" title="Dohyo-iri">dohyo-iri</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Shrine" title="Meiji Shrine">Meiji Shrine</a> in June 1951, shortly after his promotion.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1949 Chiyonoyama defeated three <i>yokozuna</i>, finishing with a 12–3 record, and was promoted to <i><a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Ōzeki" title="Makuuchi">ōzeki</a></i>. He won two consecutive championships in October 1949 and January 1950 but was denied promotion to <i>yokozuna</i> as the <a href="/wiki/Sumo_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumo Association">Sumo Association</a> felt he was rather young at twenty three and with his second championship being "only" a 12–3 they wanted to wait until they were sure he was ready.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His October 1949 victory also coincided with the controversy over struggling <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Maedayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Maedayama">Maedayama</a> being told to retire after being seen at a baseball game while he was supposed to be recuperating from illness. Chiyonoyama was eventually promoted in May 1951 after winning his third championship with a 14–1 record. He was the first <i>yokozuna</i> to be promoted without being awarded a licence by the house of Yoshida Tsukasa. During his <i>yokozuna</i> career he missed many bouts due to injury and in 1953 even asked to be demoted back to <i>ōzeki</i> so he could start over again. The Sumo Association refused this unprecedented request.<sup id="cite_ref-Sharnoff_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharnoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiyonoyama finally took his first championship as a <i>yokozuna</i> in January 1955 with a playoff win over <a href="/wiki/Tokitsuyama" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokitsuyama">Tokitsuyama</a> and won two more thereafter, in March 1955 and January 1957. Increasingly troubled by his knee injury to the point where he could sometimes barely walk due to the pain, he announced his retirement in January 1959. </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=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Retirement from sumo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiyonoyama had expected to take over as head coach of Dewanoumi stable after the death of Dewanoumi Oyakata in 1960, but he was considered too young for the responsibility at 34,<sup id="cite_ref-Sharnoff_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharnoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he lost a succession battle to former <i><a href="/wiki/Maegashira" class="mw-redirect" title="Maegashira">maegashira</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Dewanohana_Kuniichi" title="Dewanohana Kuniichi">Dewanohana</a>. After <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Sadanoyama_Shinmatsu" title="Sadanoyama Shinmatsu">Sadanoyama</a> married Dewanohana's daughter, Chiyonoyama realised he had no chance to take over and so asked to leave and set up his own stable. This was allowed on the condition that he also leave the Dewanoumi <i><a href="/wiki/Ichimon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichimon">ichimon</a></i> (group of stables).<sup id="cite_ref-Sharnoff_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharnoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously the Dewanoumi camp had, since the days of <a href="/wiki/Hitachiyama_Taniemon" title="Hitachiyama Taniemon">Hitachiyama</a>, always prevented ex-wrestlers from branching out. In March 1967 he set up <a href="/wiki/Kokonoe_stable" title="Kokonoe stable">Kokonoe stable</a>, taking <i>ōzeki</i> (later <i>yokozuna</i>) <a href="/wiki/Kitanofuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitanofuji">Kitanofuji</a> and nine other recruits with him. In 1970 future <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiyonofuji">Chiyonofuji</a>, also from Fukushima, Hokkaidō, joined the stable. Chiyonoyama was unable to see Chiyonofuji reach the <i>yokozuna</i> rank as he died of liver cancer aged fifty one in 1977, but his widow attended Chiyonofuji's promotion ceremony in 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1952 he married the daughter of an <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> restaurant owner.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fighting_style">Fighting style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fighting style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Early in his career Chiyonoyama was known for the power of his <i>tsuppari</i> (thrusting) attack but during his successful run to <i>yokozuna</i> in 1951 he made an effort to improve his <i>yotsu-sumo</i> (grappling) techniques under the supervision of ex-<i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Tochigiyama" class="mw-redirect" title="Tochigiyama">Tochigiyama</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kasugano_stable" title="Kasugano stable">Kasugano stable</a> and his own head coach, former <i>yokozuna</i> <a href="/wiki/Tsunenohana_Kan%27ichi" title="Tsunenohana Kan'ichi">Tsunenohana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He liked a <i>migi-yotsu</i> (left hand outside, right hand inside) grip on his opponent's <i><a href="/wiki/Mawashi" title="Mawashi">mawashi</a></i> and his favourite <i><a href="/wiki/Kimarite" title="Kimarite">kimarite</a></i> was <i><a href="/wiki/Uwatenage" class="mw-redirect" title="Uwatenage">uwatenage</a></i> (overarm throw).<sup id="cite_ref-kuroda_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuroda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Through most of the 1940s, only two tournaments were held a year, and only one was held in 1946. The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:110%; clear:left"> <caption>Chiyonoyama<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> </caption><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>1942</th> <td style="background-color:#AAA">(<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#maezumō" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Maezumo</a>)</td> <td><span style="font-size:80%"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_sumo_terms#shinjo" title="Glossary of sumo terms">Shinjo</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–0</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1943</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jonidan #37</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–0</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Sandanme #17</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–3</span><br /> </td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> </tr> <tr><th>1944</th> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Makushita #46</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">6–2</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Makushita #12</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–1</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">West Jūryō #13</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–2<br />Champion</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1945</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td style="background-color:#BBB"><span style="font-size:80%">East Jūryō #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">6–1<br />Champion</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">East Maegashira #10</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–0</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1946</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Maegashira #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–3</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1947</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">West Sekiwake #1</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Maegashira #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–3</span><br /><span style="background-color:black; font-size:90%; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:0;padding-left:2px;padding-right:1px;"><span style="color:gold;margin-bottom:0;">★</span></span></td> </tr> <tr><th>1948</th> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Sekiwake #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–6–1draw</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Maegashira #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–3</span><br /><span style="background-color:black; font-size:90%; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:0;padding-left:2px;padding-right:1px;"><span style="color:red;margin-bottom:0;">F</span><span style="color:gold;margin-bottom:0;">★</span><span style="color:gold;margin-bottom:0;">★</span></span></td> </tr> <tr><th>1949</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Sekiwake #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–5</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Sekiwake #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /><span style="background-color:black; font-size:90%; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:0;padding-left:2px;padding-right:1px;"><span style="color:orange;margin-bottom:0;">O</span></span></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">13–2</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1950</th> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</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><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1951</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–7</span><br /> </td> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">East Ōzeki #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">14–1</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">9–6</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1952</th> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">13–2</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</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> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:110%; clear:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>-</th> <th style="width:20%;">New Year<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Hatsu basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:20%;">Spring<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Haru basho, <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a></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%;">Autumn<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Aki basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th></tr> <tr><th>1953</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–4–7</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">1–5–9</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1954</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1955</th> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3–P</span><br /> </td> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">13–2–P</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–7</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–4–1draw</span><br /> </td> </tr> <tr><th>1956</th> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">4–1–10</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">8–7</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">11–4</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_top_division_record">Modern top division record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiyonoyama_Masanobu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern top division record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.</i></li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;line-height:110%;clear:left;"> <tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_sumo" title="List of years in sumo">Year</a></th> <th style="width:16%;">January<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Hatsu basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:16%;">March<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Haru basho, <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a></span></th> <th style="width:16%;">May<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Natsu basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:16%;">July<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Nagoya basho, <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a></span></th> <th style="width:16%;">September<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Aki basho, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></th> <th style="width:16%;">November<br /><span style="font-size:80%;">Kyūshū basho, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a></span></th> </tr> <tr><th>1957</th> <td style="border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:Green; background-color:PaleGreen"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">15–0</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">10–5</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> <td><b>Not held</b></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">5–8–2</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>1958</th> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:Wheat"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #1</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">12–3</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">West Yokozuna #1</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> <td><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">1–4–10</span><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#CCC"><span style="font-size:80%">East Yokozuna #2</span><br />Sat out due to injury<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">0–0–15</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>1959</th> <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">3–3–9</span></td> <th>x</th> <th>x</th> <th>x</th> <th>x</th> <th>x</th> </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> 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