Ryogoku Yujiro was a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 sumo

Sumo

is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

 wrestler. His highest rank was sekiwake.

Career

He made a debut in June 1909. He reached the top makuuchi

Makuuchi

or is the top division of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers , ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments....

division in May 1914 and won the championship with a 9-0-1 record. He is the only wrestler since 1909 to win the top division championship at his first attempt. After the win, he changed his shikona

Shikona

A shikona is a sumo wrestler's ring name.As with standard Japanese names, a shikona consists of a 'surname' and a 'given' name, and the full name is written surname first. However, the given name is rarely used outside formal or ceremonial occasions. Thus, the former yokozuna Asashōryū Akinori is...

to Ryōgoku Kajinosuke. He reached sekiwake rank in January 1915 but was unable to climb any higher and spent most of the rest of his career as a maegashira. He retired in January 1924. After retirement, he worked under the name Takekuma in the Dewanoumi ichimon, and recruited Musashiyama. However, he later left the Dewanoumi ichimon and established Takekuma stable.

Top division record

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!January
!May
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|1914
!x
|bgcolor=#66FF00|East maegashira #14 (9-0-1)
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|1915
|East maegashira #3 (7-2-1draw)
|East Sekiwake (4-5-1)*
|-
|1916
|East maegashira #2 (8-2)
|East maegashira #1 (5-4-1hold)
|-
|1917
|West Komusubi (6-4)
|West Sekiwake (5-4-1draw)
|-
|1918
|East Sekiwake (3-7)
|bgcolor=gray|Sat out
|-
|1919
|East maegashira #8 (7-2-1)
|East maegashira #4 (2-3-5)
|-
|1920
|East maegashira #8 (7-3)
|West maegashira #3 (7-3)
|-
|1921
|West maegashira #1 (8-2)
|East Komusubi (3-6-1)
|-
|1922
|East maegashira #3 (1-9)
|West maegashira #6 (3-7)
|-
|1923
|East maegashira #10 (6-4)
|West maegashira #2 (1-5-5)
|-
|1924
|bgcolor=gray|retired
!x
|-
*tournament actually held one month later than listed.

• The wrestler's East/West designation, rank, and win/loss record are listed for each tournament.
• A third figure in win-loss records represents matches sat-out during the tournament (usually due to injury)

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See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
  Glossary of sumo terms
  The following words are terms used in sumo wrestling in Japan. azukari : Hold. A kind of draw. After a mono-ii, the gyōji or the shimpan "holds" the result if it was too close to call...
  
  
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament winners

External links

• Tournament results