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Tachiyama Mineemon was a sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 22nd ''yokozuna''. He was well known for his extreme strength and skill. He won 99 out of 100 matches from 1909 to 1916 (not counting draws), and also won eleven top division tournament championships (two of them unofficial). ==Career== Tachiyama joined Tomozuna stable at the insistence of Taisuke Itagaki and Tsugumichi Saigo. However, he was so strong that most of the wrestlers in the stable were unable to practice with him. Therefore, Hitachiyama Taniemon became his practical coach. He was promoted to ''yokozuna'' in February 1911. His most feared skill was ''tsuki'', or pushing. On the 3rd day of June 1910 tournament, Tachiyama's thrusts caused ''komusubi'' Kohitachi Yoshitaro to fly over spectators where he fell in the fourth row of seats. Kohitachi was wounded and left the tournament. Tachiyama is reported to have waved a shell weighing with one arm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=ja:太刀山 峯右エ門 )〕 He was, however, good on the ''mawashi'' as well. Much taller and stronger than his contemporaries, Tachiyama never had a losing record ''(make-koshi)'' in his eighteen-year career, and whilst at the ''yokozuna'' rank lost only three bouts.〔 He once won 43 bouts in a row, lost one to Nishinoumi Kajirō II, then won another 56 in a row.〔 If he had not lost that match (which he later admitted was deliberate, to help out his rival ''yokozuna'' who was struggling at the time),〔 he would have set an all-time record of 100 consecutive wins. As it stands, his second streak of 56 bouts, which began on the 9th day of the January 1912 tournament, is the fifth best in history after Futabayama, Tanikaze, Hakuho and Umegatani I.〔 His run ended on the 8th day of May 1916 tournament, when he was finally defeated by Tochigiyama Moriya. On the final day of January 1917 tournament, he was defeated by Ōnishiki Uichirō. Tochigiyama and Ōnishiki were pupils of Hitachiyama. After this second loss, he retired. In 1917, he said to wrestlers, "I will give you one bale of rice if you can walk around the ''dohyō'' shouldering me." A boy, who had not made his debut in professional sumo yet, acceded to his request. He failed at the first attempt but achieved at the second attempt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=ja:玉錦 三右エ門 )〕 After about 15 years, the boy became ''yokozuna'' Tamanishiki San'emon. His style of ''yokozuna dohyō-iri'' (ring-entering ceremony) came to be known as ''Shiranui'' after it was imitated by later ''yokozuna'' Haguroyama. However, he insisted that his style was Unryū Kyūkichi's. His sheer strength and physical presence drew comparisons with Raiden Tameemon, but also meant he was perhaps less popular with the general public than his predecessors Hitachiyama and Umegatani II. After retiring from active competition he was briefly an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Azumazeki, but he left the sumo world in May 1919. In 1937 he became the first ''yokozuna'' to perform a ''kanreki dohyō-iri'', or '60th year ring entrance ceremony' to commemorate his years as ''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「Tachiyama Mineemon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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