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(born February 4, 1948 as 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. == Career == 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. He suffered from a chronic liver problem throughout his career, and although he tried to keep it under control by changing his diet, it was a factor in his eventual retirement.〔 In September 1974 his 11th day match with Futagodake was declared a draw (''hikiwake''). This is the last draw in the top division to date. He won his first ''makuuchi'' tournament or ''yūshō'' in November 1975 and was promoted to ''ōzeki'' the following January. He lost a majority of bouts in the next two tournaments, resulting in an automatic demotion back to ''sekiwake'', but a good result of 10 wins to 5 losses in the next tournament was sufficient to restore him to ''ōzeki''. In May 1979 he was a runner-up for the fourth time, to Wakanohana with a 13-2 record. He followed that up with a superb 14-1 record in the following tournament, defeating Wakanohana, Kitanoumi and Wajima, only losing the championship in a playoff to Wajima on the final day. In September 1979 he was finally promoted to ''yokozuna''. The 97 tournaments it took him to do so is the slowest ever progress to sumo's top rank. His ''oyakata'' declared that he would be happy with just one more ''yūshō'' before Mienoumi's retirement.〔 In the event, Mienoumi won his second and third tournaments as ''yokozuna'', the latter with a perfect score, but after this had several absences due to injury and illness, fighting a full fifteen bouts in only four tournaments as ''yokozuna'', before retiring in November 1980. He has the lowest win-loss ratio of any post-war ''yokozuna''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mienoumi Tsuyoshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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