Kashiwado Tsuyoshi

{{short description|Japanese sumo wrestler}} {{redirect|Kashiwado|the sumo wrestler who reached ōzeki|Kashiwado Risuke}} {{hatnote|In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Kashiwado.}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | native_name = 柏戸剛 | name = Kashiwado Tsuyoshi | image = File:Kashiwado 1961 Scan10007.JPG | caption = Kashiwado, 1961 | birth_name = Tsuyoshi Togashi | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|29}} | birth_place = Yamagata Prefecture, Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|8|1938|11|29}} | death_place = | height = {{height|meters=1.88}} | weight = {{convert|139|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | heya = Isenoumi | rank = | record = 715-295-140 | debut = September, 1954 | retireddate = July, 1969 | eldername = Kagamiyama | highestrank = Yokozuna (September, 1961) | yushos = 5 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) | prizes = Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (4) Outstanding Performance (2) | goldstars = | weburl = | update = June 2020 }}

{{nihongo|'''Kashiwado Tsuyoshi'''|柏戸剛||November 29, 1938 – December 8, 1996|lead=yes}} was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Yamagata Prefecture. He was the sport's 47th ''yokozuna'', fighting at the sport's highest rank from 1961 to 1969. After his retirement he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and ran his own training stable from 1970 until his death.

==Career==

Born {{nihongo|Tsuyoshi Togashi|富樫剛}} in what is now part of the city of Tsuruoka in the northern prefecture of Yamagata, he made his professional debut in September 1954, joining Isenoumi stable. He initially fought under his real name and rose rapidly up the rankings, winning the second division championship in March 1958 and almost again in May, losing the final bout in a seven-way playoff. After one more tournament he had reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 1958. In only his fourth top division tournament, coinciding with his adoption of the ''shikona'' surname Kashiwado, he was runner-up to ''yokozuna'' Tochinishiki with a 13–2 record and earned special prizes for Fighting Spirit and Technique. He made the ''sanyaku'' ranks in November 1959, earning promotion to ''ōzeki'' in September 1960 and becoming the first wrestler from his home prefecture to achieve this rank in 72 years, since Ōdate's promotion in 1888.<ref name="yamagata-stat">{{cite web | work=SumoDB | title=Wrestlers from Yamagata Prefecture by rank| url=https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=&heya=-1&shusshin=45&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=5 | accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> Kashiwado took his first top division ''yūshō'' or championship in January 1961. After taking part in a three way playoff for the championship in September of that year that a ultimately lost, he was promoted to yokozuna nevertheless, joining the aging pair of Asashio III and Wakanohana who were soon to retire.

[[File:Kashiwado handprint.JPG|thumb|left|Kashiwado's handprint displayed on a monument in Ryōgoku, Tokyo]] Kashiwado changed the spelling of his ring name to {{nihongo2|柏戸健志}} in May 1962, but changed it back in November 1964. He went on to win five top division championships in total, a long way behind the thirty-two captured by his rival Taihō, who was promoted to ''yokozuna'' simultaneously with him. He was however a tournament runner-up on no fewer than fifteen occasions.<ref name="gunning0126">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/26/sumo/kashiwado-carved-place-despite-presence-legend/|title=Kashiwado carved out place despite presence of legend|last=Gunning|first=John|work=Japan Times|date=26 January 2020|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> Kashiwado suffered from many injury problems during his career, which led to him being dubbed the "glass ''yokozuna''". He failed to complete four tournaments in a row from January to July 1963. However he made a spectacular comeback in September 1963, winning his first championship as a ''yokozuna'' with a perfect 15–0 record. He was listed as a ''yokozuna'' on the ''banzuke'' for 47 tournaments, which puts him in equal seventh place on the all-time list.<ref>[http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/hon_basho/topics/banzuke_besshi.html#1 Japan Sumo Association Banzuke Topics, May 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-02] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411204539/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/hon_basho/topics/banzuke_besshi.html |date=2012-04-11 }}</ref> He was popular among sumo crowds, appealing to those who found Taihō too dominant.<ref name="Sharnoff">{{Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lora |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |isbn=0-8348-0283-X|pages=51}}</ref> The eight years in which the two shared the ''yokozuna'' rank was known as the ''Hakuhō'' era, a combination of their names (''Haku'' is another reading of ''Kashi'') as well as a pun on the late 7th century period known as the Hakuhō period. Their head-to-head record was fairly even, standing at 18–16 in Taihō's favour by May 1967, before Taihō won their last five matches in a row as Kashiwado began to fade.<ref name="gunning0126"/>

==Fighting style== Kashiwado's favoured ''kimarite'' or techniques were ''migi-yotsu'' (a left hand outside, right hand inside grip on the opponents ''mawashi''), ''yorikiri'' (force out) and ''tsukidashi'' (thrust out). In all, about sixty percent of his wins were by either force out or force out and down (''yoritaoshi'').

==Retirement from sumo== After retiring from active competition in July 1969 Kashiwado remained in the sumo world as an elder, and he opened up his own stable, Kagamiyama, in November 1970. In July 1975 he oversaw the simultaneous promotion of Zaonishiki and Konuma to ''jūryō''. He coached Tagaryū to the ''sekiwake'' rank, and a top division championship in September 1984. He also served as a director of the Sumo Association and was head of the judges committee until 1994.<ref>{{cite web| author=Kirkup, James|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kashiwado-1314163.html| title=Obituary: Kashiwado | work=The Independent | date=12 December 1996|accessdate=1 March 2011}}</ref> He died of liver failure in 1996, at the age of 58. Taihō was at Kashiwado's bedside and was distraught over his death.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nobuaki Omi|title=Squabbling yokozuna need history lesson|publisher=Daily Yomiuri Online|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080709TDY21101.htm|date=2008-07-09|accessdate=2008-07-09}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The former Tagaryū took over the running of Kagamiyama stable, which still exists as of 2020, but with only two wrestlers.<ref name="gunning0126"/>

==Career record== *''The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.'' {{Sumo record box start|Kashiwado Tsuyoshi<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Kashiwado Tsuyoshi Rikishi Information | publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=3975 | date= | accessdate=2012-07-29}}</ref> }} {{Sumo record year start|1954}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|MAEZUMO|rank=|r-no=|tozai=|win=3|loss=3 Maezumo}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1955}} {{Basho|JK|12|e|6|2}} {{Basho|JO|37|e|6|2}} {{Basho|SA|84|w|5|3}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|SA|62|e|2|5}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1956}} {{Basho|SA|66|e|7|1}} {{Basho|SA|20|w|6|2}} {{Basho|MA|69|w|8|0|P Champion}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|MA|17|w|4|4}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1957}} {{Basho|MA|16|w|5|3}} {{Basho|MA|8|w|4|4}} {{Basho|MA|8|e|7|1}} {{Basho|note|'''Not held'''}} {{Basho|MA|1|w|5|3}} {{Basho|j|22|w|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1958}} {{Basho|j|21|e|7|8}} {{Basho|j|22|w|12|3 Champion}} {{Basho|j|10|w|11|4|PPP}} {{Basho|j|4|e|12|3}} {{Basho|m|20|e|9|6}} {{Basho|m|17|w|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1959}} {{Basho|m|16|e|8|7}} {{Basho|m|13|w|13|2||j|f|t}} {{Basho|m|4|e|5|10}} {{Basho|m|8|e|9|6}} {{Basho|m|3|e|12|3||j|f}} {{Basho|k|1|e|8|7}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1960}} {{Basho|k|1|e|9|6|||t}} {{Basho|s|2|w|9|6|||o}} {{Basho|s|1|w|10|5|||t}} {{Basho|s|1|e|11|4|||t|o}} {{Basho|o|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Basho|o|1|e|11|4}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1961}} {{Basho|o|1|w|13|2||y}} {{Basho|o|1|e|12|3||j}} {{Basho|o|1|e|10|5}} {{Basho|o|1|w|11|4}} {{Basho|o|1|w|12|3|PP|j}} {{Basho|y|2|e|12|3||j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1962}} {{Basho|y|1|w|10|5}} {{Basho|y|2|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|w|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|w|11|4||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1963}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|y|1|w|5|1|9}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|y|1|w|15|0||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|10|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1964}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|11|1|3}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|y|2|e|4|2|9}} {{Basho|y|2|e|2|4|9}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1965}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w}} {{Basho|kyujo|rank=y|r-no=2|tozai=w}} {{Basho|y|2|w|9|6}} {{Basho|y|2|e|12|3||j}} {{Basho|y|2|e|12|3|PP|y}} {{Basho|y|1|w|1|1|13}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1966}} {{Basho|y|2|w|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|10|5}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Basho|yo|1|w|12|3||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|13|2|P|j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|10|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1967}} {{Basho|y|1|w|12|3}} {{Basho|y|2|e|11|4}} {{Basho|y|1|w|13|2||j}} {{Basho|y|1|w|14|1||y}} {{Basho|y|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|y|2|e|11|4||j}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1968}} {{Basho|y|2|e|9|6}} {{Basho|y|1|w|9|6}} {{Basho|y|1|e|4|4|7}} {{Basho|y|1|e|10|5}} {{Basho|y|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|y|1|w|11|4}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start|1969}} {{Basho|y|1|w|10|5}} {{Basho|y|1|w|9|6}} {{Basho|y|1|e|9|6}} {{Basho|intai|rank=y|r-no=1|tozai=w|win=1|loss=3}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record box end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070809014047/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/mei_yokozuna/kashiwado.html Japan Sumo Association profile]

{{Yokozuna box | previous = Asashio Tarō III | number = 47th | active = 1961–1969 | next = Taihō Kōki}}

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