Mitsuneyama Hokoku - Pre-modern Top Division Record

Pre-modern Top Division Record

  • Through most of the 1940s only two tournaments were held a year and only one tournament was held in 1946. The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka tournament in 1953.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Mitsuneyama Hokoku
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1944 West Maegashira #12
11–4
 East Maegashira #4
7–3
★★		 East Maegashira #1
6–4
★
1945 Not held West Komusubi
1–6
 West Maegashira #6
3–7
1946 Not held Not held West Maegashira #10
11–2
1947 Not held East Komusubi
4–5–1
 East Maegashira #2
8–3
★
1948 Not held West Komusubi
7–4
 East Sekiwake
4–7
1949 East Maegashira #2
9–4
O★		 West Komusubi
6–8–1
 West Maegashira #1
8–7
1950 West Sekiwake
3–6–6
 East Maegashira #2
8–7
★		 East Komusubi
11–4
1951 East Sekiwake
13–2
O		 East Sekiwake
7–8
 East Sekiwake
11–4
O
1952 East Sekiwake
8–7
 West Sekiwake
11–4
O		 East Sekiwake
6–9
- New Year
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 Spring
Haru basho, Osaka		 Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1953 East Komusubi
10–5
 East Sekiwake
11–4
F		 East Sekiwake
12–3
O		 East Ōzeki
8–7
1954 East Ōzeki
10–5
 East Ōzeki
12–3
 East Ōzeki
10–5
 West Ōzeki
5–10
1955 East Ōzeki
9–6
 East Ōzeki
3–7–5
 West Ōzeki
6–9
 East Sekiwake
0–0–15
1956 East Maegashira #2
4–11
 West Maegashira #6
5–10
 East Maegashira #13
9–6
 West Maegashira #10
10–5
F
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

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