Mienoumi Tsuyoshi
| Mienoumi Tsuyoshi | |
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| 三重ノ海 剛司 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Gorō Ishiyama February 4, 1948 Matsusaka, Mie, Japan |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 135 kg (298 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Dewanoumi |
| Record | 695-525-56 (1 draw) |
| Debut | July, 1963 |
| Highest rank | Yokozuna (July, 1979) |
| Retired | November, 1980 |
| Championships | 3 (Makuuchi) 1 (Sandanme) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (5) Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (3) |
| Gold Stars | 5 Wajima (2) Kitanoumi Kotozakura Kitanofuji |
| * Up to date as of August 2007. | |
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi (三重ノ海 剛司 Mienoumi Tsuyoshi?) (born February 4, 1948 as Gorō Ishiyama (石山五郎 Ishiyama Gorō?) is a former champion sumo wrestler, the 57th yokozuna of the sport. He is the founder of Musashigawa stable and a former chairman of the Japan Sumo Association. He was born in Matsusaka, Mie, Japan.
His father was a construction worker who competed in amateur sumo tournaments. The young Mienoumi did judo at junior high school and was introduced to a coach at Dewanoumi stable, but was initially rejected due to his short stature. He contacted the stable again a few years later, and this time was accepted by Dewanoumi Oyataka himself, the former Dewanohana Kuniichi. His first bout was in July 1963, aged just 15. At first fighting under his family name of Ishiyama, he switched to the shikona of Mienoumi in 1966. After being personally trained by the new Dewanoumi Oyakaya, former yokozuna Sadanoyama, he developed his technique and was promoted to jūryō division in March 1969, and makuuchi, the top division, in September 1969. In July of the following year, he reached the rank of komusubi, defeating two yokozuna (Taihō and Tamanoumi) and receiving his first prize (shukun-shō). He was promoted to sekiwake in the next tournament in September 1970.
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