Tamagaki Gakunosuke

Tamagaki Gakunosuke
玉垣 額之助
Personal information
Born	Tanaka Kisaku 1784 Minamitakaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Died	August 29, 1824(1824-08-29) (aged 40)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Career
Stable	Tamagaki
Record	119-27-62 13draws-1hold-14noresults (Makuuchi)
Debut	October 1806
Highest rank	Ōzeki (November 1814)
Championships	4 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
Last updated: July 2008

Tamagaki Gakunosuke IV (1784 – August 29, 1824) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Minamitakaki, Nagasaki, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki .

Career

He made a professional debut in 1806 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in 1810. In April 1814, he was ranked at maegashira 1, but in the very next November 1814 tournament, he was ranked at ōzeki. The reason was that the banzuke (the sumo wrestlers' hierarchy) was changed to that based on real ability.

In June 1823, Tamagaki and Kashiwado were awarded yokozuna licences by the Gojo family. However, after Kashiwado rejected the licence, he also rejected his. In the next year, he died while being an active wrestler.

In the top makuuchi division, he achieved the best record in only four tournaments, but his win ratio finally reached .815. Rival Kashiwado won 16 tournaments, but he recorded the win ratio .810.

Top division record

• The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.

Tamagaki ^[1]

-	Spring	Winter
1810	x	WestMaegashira#6 6–2–1 1nr
1811	WestMaegashira#6 5–3 2nr	WestMaegashira#5 3–1–2 4d
1812	WestMaegashira#5 4–0 1d Unofficial	WestMaegashira#4 6–2 2d
1813	WestMaegashira#1 5–1–2 2d	WestKomusubi 3–1–3 3d
1814	WestMaegashira#1 Sat out due to injury 0–0–10	WestŌzeki 7–1–1 1h Unofficial
1815	Not enrolled	Sat out
1816	WestŌzeki 5–2 1nr	WestŌzeki 7–0–1 1d 1nr
1817	WestŌzeki 5–2–3	WestŌzeki 6–2–2
1818	WestŌzeki 7–0–2 1nr Unofficial	WestŌzeki 6–1–2 1nr
1819	WestŌzeki 5–1–3 1nr	WestŌzeki 3–0–6 1nr
1820	WestŌzeki 5–1	WestŌzeki 7–1–1 1nr Unofficial
1821	WestŌzeki 6–1–2 1nr	Not enrolled
1822	Not enrolled	WestŌzeki 6–2–1 1nr
1823	WestŌzeki 3–1–2 1nr	WestŌzeki 4–2–3 1nr
1824	WestŌzeki 0–0–10	x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Key:   d=Draw(s) (引分);   h=Hold(s) (預り);   nr=no result recorded Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks:  Yokozuna (not ranked as such on banzuke until 1890) Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament, and the unofficial championships above are historically conferred. For more information, see yūshō.

See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• Glossary of sumo terms

References

1. "Tamagaki Gakunosuke Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference.

External links

• (in Japanese) Tamagaki Gakunosuke Tournament results Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine