Wakatenryū Yuzo

Wakatenryū Yuzo
若天龍 裕三
Personal information
Born Tatsuo Nakagawa
(1940-01-01) January 1, 1940
Kyōto, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 106 kg (234 lb)
Career
Stable Hanakago
Record 533-493-2
Debut March, 1955
Highest rank Maegashira 1 (November, 1965)
Retired July, 1969
Championships 2 (Jūryō)
Gold Stars 1 (Tochinoumi)
* Up to date as of Sep. 2012.

Wakatenryū Yuzo (born 1 January 1940 as Tatsuo Nakagawa) is a former sumo wrestler from Kyōto, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1955 and reached the top division in September 1961. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in July 1969.

Career record

Wakatenryū Yuzo[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 Shinjo
21
 
East Jonidan #77
44
 
Not held East Jonidan #67
44
 
Not held
1956 East Jonidan #57
44
 
West Jonidan #55
53
 
West Jonidan #30
71P
 
Not held West Sandanme #86
53
 
Not held
1957 East Sandanme #65
35
 
East Sandanme #69
62
 
West Sandanme #33
62
 
Not held West Sandanme #9
53
 
West Makushita #75
53
 
1958 East Makushita #70
53
 
West Makushita #61
62
 
West Makushita #48
62
 
West Makushita #30
35
 
West Makushita #37
53
 
West Makushita #25
53
 
1959 East Makushita #18
53
 
East Makushita #13
53
 
East Makushita #9
53
 
West Makushita #5
71P
 
East Makushita #1
35
 
East Makushita #5
35
 
1960 West Makushita #10
44
 
East Makushita #8
62
 
East Makushita #3
44
 
East Makushita #2
61
 
West Jūryō #19
105
 
West Jūryō #12
69
 
1961 East Jūryō #16
87
 
East Jūryō #13
96
 
East Jūryō #7
96
 
West Jūryō #3
114
 
West Maegashira #11
87
 
East Maegashira #9
78
 
1962 West Maegashira #10
213
 
East Jūryō #2
510
 
East Jūryō #8
96
 
West Jūryō #2
510
 
East Jūryō #7
123
Champion

 
West Jūryō #1
78
 
1963 East Jūryō #2
105
 
East Maegashira #15
411
 
East Jūryō #6
69
 
East Jūryō #12
96
 
West Jūryō #6
96
 
West Jūryō #3
69
 
1964 West Jūryō #5
132P
Champion

 
East Maegashira #14
87
 
East Maegashira #11
78
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
West Maegashira #9
87
 
East Maegashira #8
69
 
1965 East Maegashira #11
78
 
East Maegashira #12
87
 
West Maegashira #7
96
 
West Maegashira #4
87
 
East Maegashira #4
96
 
East Maegashira #1
510
1966 West Maegashira #6
96
 
West Maegashira #4
510
 
West Maegashira #7
87
 
West Maegashira #5
510
 
West Maegashira #7
96
 
East Maegashira #3
0132
 
1967 East Maegashira #15
87
 
West Maegashira #13
69
 
East Jūryō #5
87
 
West Jūryō #3
69
 
West Jūryō #7
96
 
East Jūryō #4
114
 
1968 West Maegashira #10
87
 
East Maegashira #9
87
 
East Maegashira #8
69
 
West Maegashira #10
69
 
East Jūryō #2
96
 
West Maegashira #12
87
 
1969 West Maegashira #10
510
 
West Jūryō #1
510
 
East Jūryō #8
69
 
West Jūryō #11
Retired
690
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. "Wakatenryū Yuzo Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-17.


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