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the end of war when everyone in Japan was still struggling to get by each day, he happened to see an old woman with a heavy load over her back arriving from the countryside to sell her wares in the city. Kagamisato could not endure seeing her trying to walk while carrying such a heavy burden, so he went over to the old woman and offered to buy the whole load. Kagamisato fervently believed in his shisho, Futabayama, and in his sumo philosophy, the way of sumo-do. For Kagamisato, sumo was a way of life. It was more than winning and losing. Winning was not everything for him. There are rikishi who maintain as long as they are winning, no one can complain about their behavior. There are those who are working harder to establish their own supporters club than focusing on sumo. We have rikishi counting only on their win/ loss ratios to guarantee their next promotions. It is hard to believe that not so long ago we had in our midst a rikishi of such stature and integrity, that just as he displayed his honest sumo form on the dohyo, he paralleled this form in his own life in the same way – always straightforward and sincere. Home |
Kagamisato Kiyoji Born: Tonai, Sannohe-machi, Sannohe-gun, Aomori Prefecture Date: April 30, 1923 Real Name: Kiyoji Okuyama Shikona: Kagamisato Heya: Kumegawa → Futabayama → Tokitsukaze Dohyo debut: January 1941 Juryo debut: November 1945 Makuuchi debut: June 1947 Last Basho: January 1958 Highest rank: Yokozuna Total Makuuchi Basho: 38 Bashos Makuuchi Record: 360 wins, 163 losses, 28 kyujo Winning percentage: 0.688 Yusho: 4 times (Second - 5 times) Sansho Awards: Shukun-sho (1), Kanto-sho (1) Kinsho: 2 times (Maedayama, Azumafuji) Height; 174 cm Weight: 161 kg Favorite techniques: Migi-yotsu, Uwatenage, Yori Toshiyori name: Kagamisato → Kumegawa → Tatsutagawa → Tokitsukaze → Tatsutagawa → Hatachiyama Retired (mandatory from Kyokai): April 1988 Died: February 29, 2004 |
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