Sumo Wrestling Career
| 天龍 源一郎 Tenryū Genichiro |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Genichiro Shimada (1950-02-02) February 2, 1950 (age 62) Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 112 kg (250 lb) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Nishonoseki |
| Record | 393-355-0 |
| Debut | January, 1964 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 1 (January, 1974) |
| Retired | September, 1976 |
| Yūshō | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| * Career information is correct as of Sep. 2012. | |
As a sumo wrestler, Tenryu was ranked as a sekitori for 27 tournaments, 16 of them in the top makuuchi division. His highest rank was Maegashira 1. He retired from sumo in September 1976 at the early age of 26 after a dispute with the Japan Sumo Association over his transfer to a newly created training stable.
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