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Japanese sumo wrestler

Matsunobori Shigeo
松登 晟郎
Personal information
BornFukutarō Nagai
(1924-07-20)20 July 1924
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Died21 April 1986(1986-04-21) (aged 61)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight154 kg (340 lb)
Career
StableŌyama
Record469–442–29
DebutJanuary 1941
Highest rankŌzeki (January 1956)
RetiredNovember 1961
Elder nameŌyama
Special PrizesOutstanding Performance (2)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars2 (Haguroyama, Chiyonoyama)
* Up to date as of June 2020.

Matsunobori Shigeo (20 July 1924 – 21 April 1986) was a sumo wrestler from Matsudo Chiba, Japan. He fought for the now defunct Ōyama stable, joining in 1941. He reached the top makuuchi division in 1951 and made the second highest ōzeki rank (alongside Wakanohana) in 1956, after finishing as a runner-up to Kagamisato in the September 1955 tournament. He was an ōzeki for fifteen tournaments, although he lost the rank at the end of 1958. He retired in November 1961, and in his role as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association he became the head of Ōyama stable in January 1962 upon the death of his old stablemaster, ex-sekiwake Takanobori. He produced one sekitori, the maegashira Daihi, who retired in 1983. Shortly after Ōyama's death in April 1986 the stable was wound up and its two remaining wrestlers retired.

Pre-modern top division record

  • The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.
Matsunobori Shigeo
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1951 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #1
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #16
10–5
 
1952 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #4
9–6
★
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira
- New Year
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 Spring
Haru basho, Osaka		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1953 East Komusubi #1
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #3
10–5
 		 West Sekiwake #1
6–9
 
1954 West Maegashira #2
11–4
F★		 West Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #2
9–6
O		 East Sekiwake #2
9–6
 
1955 West Sekiwake #2
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #2
11–4
 		 East Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 East Sekiwake #1
13–2
O
1956 West Ōzeki #1
5–10
 		 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

Modern top division record

  • Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1957 West Ōzeki #1
9–6
 		 West Ōzeki #1
9–6
 		 East Ōzeki #2
8–7
 		 Not held East Ōzeki #2
6–9
 		 East Ōzeki #2
9–6
 
1958 East Ōzeki #2
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Ōzeki #1
6–9
 		 West Ōzeki #2
8–7
 		 West Ōzeki #2
5–10
 		 West Ōzeki #2
1–5–9
 		 West Ōzeki #2
6–9
 
1959 West Sekiwake #1
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #2
9–6
 		 East Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 
1960 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #11
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #6
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #7
4–11
 
1961 West Maegashira #15
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #11
Retired
4–11
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. Gunning, John (February 2006). "Sekiwake Takanobori. "The Raiden of Shinshu"". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. "Matsunobori Shigeo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 18 October 2012.


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