Niigiyama Tadashi

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Niigiyama Tadashi
新岐山 正
Personal information
BornTadashi Nagano
(1940-01-05)January 5, 1940
Gifu, Japan
DiedSeptember 5, 1986(1986-09-05) (aged 46)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight142 kg (313 lb; 22.4 st)
Career
StableTokitsukaze
Record229-205-43
DebutMarch, 1955
Highest rankMaegashira 11 (May, 1962)
RetiredMay, 1963
Championships2 (Jūryō)
1 (Makushita)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Niigiyama Tadashi (born Tadashi Nagano; January 5, 1940 - September 5, 1986) was a sumo wrestler from Gifu, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1955, and reached the top division in March 1961. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in May 1963.

Career record[]

  • The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.
Niigiyama Tadashi[1]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1955 x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #18
4–4
 		 Not held West Jonidan #92
3–5
 		 Not held
1956 East Jonidan #90
3–5
 		 West Jonidan #96
3–5
 		 East Jonidan #93
0–1–7
 		 Not held East Jonokuchi #2
5–3
 		 Not held
1957 East Jonidan #72
4–4
 		 West Jonidan #61
6–2
 		 East Jonidan #10
6–2
 		 Not held West Sandanme #70
3–5
 		 East Sandanme #76
5–3
 
1958 East Sandanme #62
7–1–P
 		 West Sandanme #21
5–3
 		 East Sandanme #12
4–4
 		 East Sandanme #9
0–0–8
 		 East Sandanme #30
5–3
 		 East Sandanme #20
3–5
 
1959 East Sandanme #29
5–3
 		 East Sandanme #16
7–1
 		 East Makushita #78
5–3
 		 West Makushita #65
6–2
 		 West Makushita #55
5–3
 		 East Makushita #44
8–0
Champion
 
1960 West Makushita #5
4–4
 		 West Makushita #1
5–3
 		 East Jūryō #17
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #16
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #16
12–3–P
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 
1961 West Jūryō #2
11–4–P
 		 East Maegashira #12
6–8–1
 		 West Maegashira #14
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #7
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #12
10–5
 
1962 West Jūryō #3
12–3
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #11
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #14
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 East Jūryō #8
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #18
10–5
 
1963 West Jūryō #6
1–9–5
 		 East Jūryō #18
4–11
 		 East Makushita #5
Retired
0–0–7
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

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. ^ "Niigiyama Tadashi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-17.


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