Mitsuneyama
| Mitsuneyama Hōkoku | |
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| 三根山 宝國 | |
With the Emperor's Cup in 1954
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Tōichi Shimamura February 7, 1922 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | August 15, 1989 (aged 67) |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 150 kg (330 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Takashima |
| Record | 479-389-35 |
| Debut | May 1937 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (September 1953) |
| Retired | January 1960 |
| Championships | 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Sandanme) |
| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (5) Fighting Spirit (2) |
| Gold Stars | 9 Terukuni (3) Kagamisato (2) Akinoumi Maedayama Azumafuji Chiyonoyama |
| * Up to date as of December 2009. | |
Mitsuneyama Hokoku, real name Toichi Shimamura (7 February 1922 – 15 August 1989) was a sumo wrestler from Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan who won the top division yusho or tournament championship in 1954. His highest rank was ozeki and he earned nine kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna when ranked as a maegashira, and seven special prizes. After his retirement in 1960 he was the head coach of Takashima stable.
He began his professional career in 1937, joining Takashima stable, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1944. He earned nine kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna whilst ranked as a maegashira, and seven sanshō or special prizes. In 1953, at the age of 31, he was promoted to the second highest rank of ōzeki, after 16 tournaments in the lower sanyaku ranks (ten at sekiwake, six at komusubi. Three tournaments later he took his only top division yūshō or tournament championship, with a 12-3 record. At 32 years and one month he is the fifth oldest first time yusho winner since World War II, behind Kyokutenho, Tamanoumi, Yoshibayama and Takatoriki. He lost the ōzeki rank in 1955, largely due to injuries. He carried on fighting in the maegashira ranks until January 1960 when he retired at the age of nearly 38.
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