Niigiyama Tadashi

Niigiyama Tadashi
新岐山 正
Personal information
Born Tadashi Nagano
(1940-01-05)January 5, 1940
Gifu, Japan
Died September 5, 1986(1986-09-05) (aged 46)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 142 kg (313 lb; 22.4 st)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record 229-205-43
Debut March, 1955
Highest rank Maegashira 11 (May, 1962)
Retired May, 1963
Championships 2 (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

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 Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); 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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