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{{short description|Japanese sumo wrestler}}
{{hatnote|In this Japanese [[shikona]] name, the surname is Unryū.}}
{{Infobox sumo wrestler
{{Infobox sumo wrestler
| native_name = 雲龍 久吉
| native_name = 雲龍 久吉
| name = Unryū Kyūkichi
| name = Unryū Kyūkichi
| image = Kunisada II Unryu 1864.jpg
| image = Kunisada II Unryu 1864.jpg
| caption = Woodblock print of Unryū by [[Utagawa Kunisada II]], 1864
| birth_name = Kyūkichi Shiozuka
| birth_name = Shiozuka Kyūkichi
| birth_date = 1822
| birth_date = 1822
| birth_place = [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka]], Japan
| birth_place = [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka|Yanagawa]], [[Chikugo Province|Chikugo]], [[Tokugawa shogunate|Japan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1890|6|15|1822|1|1}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1890|6|15|1822|1|1}}
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| height = 1.78 m
| weight = {{convert|135|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| weight = 135 kg
| heya = [[Oitekaze stable|Oitekaze]]
| heya = Jinmaku → [[Oitekaze Kitarō|Oitekaze]]
| rank =
| rank =
| record = 127-32-55<br />15draws-5holds(Makuuchi)
| record = 127-32-55<br />15draws-5holds(Makuuchi)
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| highestrank = Yokozuna (September 1861)
| highestrank = Yokozuna (September 1861)
| retireddate = February, 1865
| retireddate = February, 1865
| eldername = Oitekaze
| yushos = 7 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
| yushos = 7 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
| goldstars =
| goldstars =
| update = October 2007
| update = October 2007
}}
}}
'''Unryū Kyūkichi''' (雲龍 久吉, 1822 – June 15, 1890; aka Unryū Hisakichi) was a [[sumo]] wrestler from [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka|Yanagawa]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. He was the sport's 10th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|yokozuna]].
{{nihongo|'''Unryū Kyūkichi'''|雲龍 久吉||1822 – June 15, 1890; name also read as '''Unryū Hisakichi'''|lead=yes}} was a Japanese [[sumo]] wrestler from [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka|Yanagawa]], [[Chikugo Province]]. He was the sport's 10th ''[[Yokozuna (sumo)|yokozuna]]''. Although the name of the style of the ''yokozuna'' 's in-ring ceremony is named after him, the fact that he himself practiced this style is highly debated.


==Early life and career==
==Career==
He was born {{nihongo|'''Shiozuka Kyūkichi'''|塩塚 久吉}} in Yanagawa, [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], but would later change his name to {{nihongo|'''Satō Kitarō'''|佐藤 喜太郎}}. He lost his parents and grandmother in 1833<ref name="yomiuri">{{cite web|url=http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/magazine/katari/0712/kt_712_071215.htm|title=Unryū Kyūkichi, the yokozuna who left his mark on the ring-entering ceremony (Yanagawa, Fukuoka)|language=ja|publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|access-date=2008-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529013031/http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/magazine/katari/0712/kt_712_071215.htm|archive-date=2008-05-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> and had to work to help his three younger siblings.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/yokoduna/y02.html|title=Biographies of Yokozuna (4th to 13th)|language=Japanese|author=Atsuo Tsubota|accessdate=21 February 2023|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020305163731/http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/yokoduna/y02.html|archivedate=5 March 2002}}</ref> In 1841, a group from [[Edo]]-sumo, led by [[Oitekaze Kitarō|Oitekaze]] (an active ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]'' who was also a stablemaster), made a tour in [[Kyūshū]] to distract people after a period of famine. They went around and spotted the young man during an amateur tournament. Kyūkichi was reluctant to step into the ring, but Oitekaze was stunned by his ability to easily take over his opponents.<ref name="bio"/><br> He made his debut in by joining the Jinmaku stable in Osaka-sumo in the summer of 1845.<ref name="bio"/> He was given the ''[[shikona]]'', or ring name, of {{nihongo|'''Unryū Kyūkichi'''|雲龍 久吉}} and never changed it.<ref name="bio"/> He later after moved to [[Edo]] in 1847, after being recruited by Edo-sumo ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]'' Oitekaze Kitarō.<ref name="data">{{cite web|url=https://xn--psso2y7wo.jp/rikishiPro/senreki/3368|title=10th Yokozuna Unryū Kyūkichi - Time-Line|work=Ozumo database|language=ja|access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> There, he wrestled for the [[Yanagawa Domain]] and was promoted to the top ''[[makuuchi]]'' division in February 1852.<ref name="bio"/> He was a very good fighter, but at that time, the position in the [[banzuke|ranking]] was closer to a preferential treatment, so he did not receive promotions along his good performances. He won the equivalent of four consecutive tournaments. His wrestling is said to have been cautious and subdued.<ref name="bio"/> On the occasion of [[Matthew C. Perry]]'s visit to Japan, he had an opportunity to display his wrestling prowess in a tournament Perry and his military advisors attended.<ref name="yomiuri" />
He was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka. He lost his parents and grandmother in 1833.<ref name="yomiuri">{{cite web|url=http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/magazine/katari/0712/kt_712_071215.htm|script-title=ja:雲龍久吉…土俵入りに名残す横綱(福岡県柳川市)|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> He made his debut in Osaka sumo in May 1846. He moved to Edo in 1847. He was promoted to the top ''[[makuuchi]]'' division in February 1852.


==''Yokozuna''==
Unryū was a strong wrestler at the beginning of his career. He won four consecutive championships upon entering the top ''makuuchi'' division. On the occasion of [[Matthew C. Perry]]'s visit to Japan, he had an opportunity to display his wrestling prowess in a tournament Perry and his military advisors attended.<ref name="yomiuri" /> He was promoted to ''[[ōzeki]]'' in January 1858.
He was promoted to ''[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]'' in the January 1858 tournament, and was given a ''yokozuna'' license by the [[House of Yoshida Tsukasa|Yoshida family]] in the September 1861 tournament.<ref name="bio"/> As a ''yokozuna'' he was not known for his performance but rather his generosity, holding exhibition shows in his hometown and donating the proceeds to shrines, including a ''[[torii]]'' gate and lanterns. More than 10,000 spectators gathered, making the events the most successful since the founding of [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka]].<ref name="bio"/> In the top ''makuuchi'' division, he won 127 bouts and lost 32 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 79.9.

He was awarded a ''yokozuna'' licence in September 1861, but by that time he had already passed his peak and was unable to win a significant number of bouts after that. In the top ''makuuchi'' division, he won 127 bouts and lost 32 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 79.9.


==Retirement from sumo==
==Retirement from sumo==
He retired in February 1865 and took the name Oitekaze. He later led the [[Japan Sumo Association#History|Edo Sumo Association]] as its chairman, and he acquired a reputation for honesty. He continued to gift temples and notably gave their gates to the [[Ekō-in]] temple and the [[Asakusa Shrine]].<ref name="bio"/> It is said that it was under his mandate that the first three ''yokozuna'' in history ([[Akashi Shiganosuke]], [[Ayagawa Gorōji]] and [[Maruyama Gondazaemon]]) began to be considered as official wrestlers and no longer as myths of which we did not really know if they had existed.<ref name="data"/> He died on June 15, 1890.
[[File:Unryu Kyukichi.gif|150px|left|thumb|Unryū Kyūkichi as an elder]]
After his retirement in February 1865, he remained in the sumo world as an elder. He was the chairman (''fudegashira'') of Tokyo sumo in the early [[Meiji period]], and he acquired a reputation for honesty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sumo/profile/1/18520202.htm|script-title=ja:雲龍 久吉|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref>


==''Yokozuna'' in-ring ceremony==
The name of one style of ''yokozuna [[dohyō-iri]]'' (the ''yokozuna'' ring entering ceremony) came from him. His ritual dance was said to be beautiful but it isn't proven that he performed the ritual dance in the Unryū style. His style is said to have been imitated by [[Tachiyama Mineemon]],<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=The 11th Yokozuna Shiranui Koemon| publisher=Sumo Fan Magazine | url=http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_12/Rikishi_of_Old.htm| date=| accessdate=2007-10-10}}</ref> but Tachiyama's style is called ''shiranui'' style now. This was due to sumo scholar Kozo Hikoyama, who without researching properly, labelled Tachiyama's style as being that of [[Shiranui Koemon]], whereas it was in fact created by Unryū. Hikoyama was such an authority that noone contradicted him, and the Shiranui name has obtained.<ref>{{cite web|author=Castella, Stehane;Perran, Thierry|title=History and evolution of the tsuna since 1789|publisher=Le Monde Du Sumo|url=http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS14_tsuna.php?mag=mds&num=14|date=February 2006|accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>
[[File:Unryu Kyukichi.gif|150px|right|thumb|Unryū Kyūkichi as an elder]]
The name of one style of ''yokozuna [[dohyō-iri]]'' (the [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna ceremonies and traditions|''yokozuna'' ring-entering ceremony]]) came from him. His ritual choreography was said to be beautiful but it isn't proven that he performed the ritual movements in the Unryū-style. His style is said to have been imitated by [[Tachiyama Mineemon]]<ref>{{cite web | title=The 11th Yokozuna Shiranui Koemon| publisher=Sumo Fan Magazine | url=http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_12/Rikishi_of_Old.htm| access-date=2007-10-10}}</ref> but Tachiyama's style is called Shiranui-style now and Unryū is credited with inventing the Shiranui-style. The common theory is that the names of the Unryū and Shiranui styles were switched. This was due to sumo scholar Kozo Hikoyama, who without researching properly, labelled Tachiyama's style as being that of [[Shiranui Kōemon]], whereas it was in fact created by Unryū. Hikoyama was such an authority that no one contradicted him, and the Shiranui name has stuck.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Castella, Stehane |author2=Perran, Thierry |title=History and evolution of the tsuna since 1789|publisher=Le Monde Du Sumo|url=http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS14_tsuna.php?mag=mds&num=14|date=February 2006|access-date=2008-06-17}}</ref> Some believe that the Unryū and Shiranui ring-entering ceremonies were so beautiful that only the names were retained in later generations and that the names were switched because they were not thoroughly investigated when the style were officially named.<ref name="bio"/>
It has been determined in later years from nishiki-e and photographs, what styles Unryū and Shiranui actually performed with evidence like a nishiki-e of Unryū performing a ''yokozuna'' ring-entering with his arms extended just like the Shiranui-style<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sumo-nishikie.jp/sumo4/sumo04_11.html|title=Unryu Hisakichi, Yokozuna ring-entering ceremony, painting by Kunisada II|language=Japanese|work=Sumo nishiki-e collection|accessdate=21 February 2023|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710060020/http://www.sumo-nishikie.jp/sumo4/sumo04_11.html|archivedate=10 July 2003}}</ref> and a photograph of [[Shiranui Kōemon|Shiranui]] posing in the Unryū-style.<ref name="data"/>


== Top division record ==
== Top division record ==
*''The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.''
*''The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.''
{{Sumo record box start pre-1875|Unryu<ref>{{cite web | author= | title= Unryu Hisakichi Rikishi Information| publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=3368 | date= | accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author= | script-title=ja:大相撲優勝力士 | publisher=ja.wikipedia | language=Japanese | url=http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/大相撲優勝力士 | date= | accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref>}}
{{Sumo record box start pre-1875|Unryu<ref>{{cite web | title= Unryu Hisakichi Rikishi Information| publisher=Sumo Reference | url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=3368 | access-date=2007-10-05}}</ref>}}
{{Sumo record year start|1852}}
{{Sumo record year start|1852}}
{{Basho|m|7|e|8|0|1<br>1d<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|7|e|8|0|1<br />1d<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|3|e|7|1|1<br>1draw<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|3|e|7|1|1<br />1draw<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1853}}
{{Sumo record year start|1853}}
{{Basho|m|2|e|6|0|2<br>1d 1h<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|2|e|6|0|2<br />1d 1h<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|1|e|8|0|2<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|m|1|e|8|0|2<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1854}}
{{Sumo record year start|1854}}
{{Basho|k||e|3|3|1<br>3d}}
{{Basho|k||e|3|3|1<br />3d}}
{{Basho|k||e|5|1|1<br>2d 1h}}
{{Basho|k||e|5|1|1<br />2d 1h}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1855}}
{{Sumo record year start|1855}}
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{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1856}}
{{Sumo record year start|1856}}
{{Basho|k||e|4|1|4<br>1h}}
{{Basho|k||e|4|1|4<br />1h}}
{{Basho|s||e|9|0|1<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|s||e|9|0|1<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1857}}
{{Sumo record year start|1857}}
{{Basho|s||e|7|1}}
{{Basho|s||e|7|1}}
{{Basho|s||e|7|1|1<br>1h<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|s||e|7|1|1<br />1h<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1858}}
{{Sumo record year start|1858}}
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{{Sumo record year start|1859}}
{{Sumo record year start|1859}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|2|3}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|2|3}}
{{Basho|o||e|3|1|4<br>1d 1h}}
{{Basho|o||e|3|1|4<br />1d 1h}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1860}}
{{Sumo record year start|1860}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|2|1<br>2d}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|2|1<br />2d}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|1|1}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|1|1}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
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{{Sumo record year start|1862}}
{{Sumo record year start|1862}}
{{Basho|o||e|6|2|2}}
{{Basho|o||e|6|2|2}}
{{Basho|o||e|6|1|2<br>1d<br>Unofficial|y}}
{{Basho|o||e|6|1|2<br />1d<br />Unofficial|y}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1863}}
{{Sumo record year start|1863}}
{{Basho|o||e|4|3|3}}
{{Basho|o||e|4|3|3}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|1|1<br>2d}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|1|1<br />2d}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1864}}
{{Sumo record year start|1864}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|3|1<br>1d}}
{{Basho|o||e|5|3|1<br />1d}}
{{Basho|o||e|4|3|3}}
{{Basho|o||e|4|3|3}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year start|1865}}
{{Sumo record year start|1865}}
{{Basho|intai|rank=o|tozai=e|win=0|loss=0|absent=10}}
{{Basho|intai|rank=o|tozai=e|win=0|loss=0|absent=10}}
{{Basho}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record year end}}
{{Sumo record box end pre-1890}}
{{Sumo record box end pre-1890}}
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Commons category|Unryu Kyukichi}}
{{Commons category|Unryū Kyūkichi}}
*[[List of yokozuna]]
*[[List of yokozuna]]
*[[List of past sumo wrestlers]]
*[[List of past sumo wrestlers]]
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==References==
==References==
<span class="plainlinks">{{reflist}}</span>
{{reflist}}


{{Yokozuna box | previous = [[Hidenoyama Raigorō]] | number = 10th | active = 1861–1865 | next = [[Shiranui Kōemon]]}}
==External links==
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sumo/profile/1/18520202.htm Unryu Hisakichi tournament result]


{{Yokozuna box | previous = [[Hidenoyama Raigorō]] | number = 10th | active = 1861 - 1865 | next = [[Shiranui Kōemon]]}}

{{Persondata
| NAME = Unryu Kyukichi
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Japanese sumo wrestler
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1822-01-01
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka]], Japan
| DATE OF DEATH = 1890-06-15
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 29 July 2024

Unryū Kyūkichi
雲龍 久吉
Woodblock print of Unryū by Utagawa Kunisada II, 1864
Personal information
BornShiozuka Kyūkichi
1822
Yanagawa, Chikugo, Japan
DiedJune 15, 1890(1890-06-15) (aged 68)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight135 kg (298 lb)
Career
StableJinmaku → Oitekaze
Record127-32-55
15draws-5holds(Makuuchi)
DebutNovember, 1847
Highest rankYokozuna (September 1861)
RetiredFebruary, 1865
Elder nameOitekaze
Championships7 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
* Up to date as of October 2007.

Unryū Kyūkichi (Japanese: 雲龍 久吉, 1822 – June 15, 1890; name also read as Unryū Hisakichi) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Yanagawa, Chikugo Province. He was the sport's 10th yokozuna. Although the name of the style of the yokozuna 's in-ring ceremony is named after him, the fact that he himself practiced this style is highly debated.

Early life and career

[edit]

He was born Shiozuka Kyūkichi (塩塚 久吉) in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, but would later change his name to Satō Kitarō (佐藤 喜太郎). He lost his parents and grandmother in 1833[1] and had to work to help his three younger siblings.[2] In 1841, a group from Edo-sumo, led by Oitekaze (an active ōzeki who was also a stablemaster), made a tour in Kyūshū to distract people after a period of famine. They went around and spotted the young man during an amateur tournament. Kyūkichi was reluctant to step into the ring, but Oitekaze was stunned by his ability to easily take over his opponents.[2]
He made his debut in by joining the Jinmaku stable in Osaka-sumo in the summer of 1845.[2] He was given the shikona, or ring name, of Unryū Kyūkichi (雲龍 久吉) and never changed it.[2] He later after moved to Edo in 1847, after being recruited by Edo-sumo ōzeki Oitekaze Kitarō.[3] There, he wrestled for the Yanagawa Domain and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in February 1852.[2] He was a very good fighter, but at that time, the position in the ranking was closer to a preferential treatment, so he did not receive promotions along his good performances. He won the equivalent of four consecutive tournaments. His wrestling is said to have been cautious and subdued.[2] On the occasion of Matthew C. Perry's visit to Japan, he had an opportunity to display his wrestling prowess in a tournament Perry and his military advisors attended.[1]

Yokozuna

[edit]

He was promoted to ōzeki in the January 1858 tournament, and was given a yokozuna license by the Yoshida family in the September 1861 tournament.[2] As a yokozuna he was not known for his performance but rather his generosity, holding exhibition shows in his hometown and donating the proceeds to shrines, including a torii gate and lanterns. More than 10,000 spectators gathered, making the events the most successful since the founding of Yanagawa, Fukuoka.[2] In the top makuuchi division, he won 127 bouts and lost 32 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 79.9.

Retirement from sumo

[edit]

He retired in February 1865 and took the name Oitekaze. He later led the Edo Sumo Association as its chairman, and he acquired a reputation for honesty. He continued to gift temples and notably gave their gates to the Ekō-in temple and the Asakusa Shrine.[2] It is said that it was under his mandate that the first three yokozuna in history (Akashi Shiganosuke, Ayagawa Gorōji and Maruyama Gondazaemon) began to be considered as official wrestlers and no longer as myths of which we did not really know if they had existed.[3] He died on June 15, 1890.

Yokozuna in-ring ceremony

[edit]
Unryū Kyūkichi as an elder

The name of one style of yokozuna dohyō-iri (the yokozuna ring-entering ceremony) came from him. His ritual choreography was said to be beautiful but it isn't proven that he performed the ritual movements in the Unryū-style. His style is said to have been imitated by Tachiyama Mineemon[4] but Tachiyama's style is called Shiranui-style now and Unryū is credited with inventing the Shiranui-style. The common theory is that the names of the Unryū and Shiranui styles were switched. This was due to sumo scholar Kozo Hikoyama, who without researching properly, labelled Tachiyama's style as being that of Shiranui Kōemon, whereas it was in fact created by Unryū. Hikoyama was such an authority that no one contradicted him, and the Shiranui name has stuck.[5] Some believe that the Unryū and Shiranui ring-entering ceremonies were so beautiful that only the names were retained in later generations and that the names were switched because they were not thoroughly investigated when the style were officially named.[2] It has been determined in later years from nishiki-e and photographs, what styles Unryū and Shiranui actually performed with evidence like a nishiki-e of Unryū performing a yokozuna ring-entering with his arms extended just like the Shiranui-style[6] and a photograph of Shiranui posing in the Unryū-style.[3]

Top division record

[edit]
  • The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.
Unryu[7]
- Spring Winter
1852 East Maegashira #7
8–0–1
1d
Unofficial

 
East Maegashira #3
7–1–1
1draw
Unofficial

 
1853 East Maegashira #2
6–0–2
1d 1h
Unofficial

 
East Maegashira #1
8–0–2
Unofficial

 
1854 East Komusubi
3–3–1
3d

 
East Komusubi
5–1–1
2d 1h

 
1855 Called off due to fire Not held
1856 East Komusubi
4–1–4
1h

 
East Sekiwake
9–0–1
Unofficial

 
1857 East Sekiwake
7–1
 
East Sekiwake
7–1–1
1h
Unofficial

 
1858 East Ōzeki
5–2–3
 
Called off due to fire
1859 East Ōzeki
5–2–3
 
East Ōzeki
3–1–4
1d 1h

 
1860 East Ōzeki
5–2–1
2d

 
East Ōzeki
5–1–1
 
1861 East Ōzeki
3–1–6
 
East Ōzeki
7–2–1
 
1862 East Ōzeki
6–2–2
 
East Ōzeki
6–1–2
1d
Unofficial

 
1863 East Ōzeki
4–3–3
 
East Ōzeki
5–1–1
2d

 
1864 East Ōzeki
5–3–1
1d

 
East Ōzeki
4–3–3
 
1865 East Ōzeki
Retired
0–0–10
x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Key:   d=Draw(s) (引分);   h=Hold(s) (預り);   nr=no result recorded
Divisions: MakuuchiJūryōMakushitaSandanmeJonidanJonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: 
Yokozuna (not ranked as such on banzuke until 1890)
ŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament and the above unofficial championships are historically conferred. For more information see yūshō.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Unryū Kyūkichi, the yokozuna who left his mark on the ring-entering ceremony (Yanagawa, Fukuoka)" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Atsuo Tsubota. "Biographies of Yokozuna (4th to 13th)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "10th Yokozuna Unryū Kyūkichi - Time-Line". Ozumo database (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ "The 11th Yokozuna Shiranui Koemon". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  5. ^ Castella, Stehane; Perran, Thierry (February 2006). "History and evolution of the tsuna since 1789". Le Monde Du Sumo. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  6. ^ "Unryu Hisakichi, Yokozuna ring-entering ceremony, painting by Kunisada II". Sumo nishiki-e collection (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 July 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Unryu Hisakichi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-10-05.


Preceded by 10th Yokozuna
1861–1865
Succeeded by
Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can hold the title at once