Asashio Tarō II | |
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朝潮 太郎 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Chokichi Komota April 19, 1879 Saijō, Ehime Prefecture Japan |
Died | April 30, 1962 | (aged 83)
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 113 kg (249 lb; 17.8 st) |
Career | |
Stable | Takasago |
Record | 111-67-66-26d-7h |
Debut | May 1901 |
Highest rank | Ōzeki (January 1915) |
Retired | May 1919 |
Elder name | Takasago |
Asashio Tarō ( Japanese: 朝潮 太郎, born Chokichi Komota (薦田 長吉), April 19, 1879 – April 30, 1962) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He is the second wrestler to bear the shikona, or ring name, Asashio. He became the stablemaster of Takasago stable in 1915 while still active, and continued to run the stable after his retirement in 1919 until 1941, when he passed on the Takasago elder share to then ōzeki Maedayama. He died in 1962 at the age of 82.
Asashio was born in
Saijō in the
Ehime Prefecture. At the age of 20, it is said he had the strength to lift a load nearly three times his body weight, and was expected to become a sumo wrestler.
[1] He entered the
Takasago stable and became the protege of
coach Sanoyama (former ōzeki
Asashio). He entered his first tournament in 1901 under the
shikona, or ring name, Asaarashi (朝嵐) but was later given the name Asashio (朝潮), the former ring name of his mentor, when he was promoted to sekiwake.
[2]
He was a popular wrestler because he had the appearance of an ancient
samurai and a sportsman attitude in the ring. He was so strong with his right hand grip that he earned the nickname Migisashi Gomangoku (右差し五万石), 'right-hand grip worth fifty thousand
koku'.
[2]
On the ninth day of the 1914 Summer tournament, he fought the unbeaten yokozuna
Tachiyama. After a heated battle, Asashio collapsed on his torso and had to be placed under medical observation. Therefore the bout ended on a
hold costing the tournament to Tachiyama. This match was highly regarded and Asashio was promoted to ōzeki after the tournament.
[2] As a makuuchi wrestler, Asashio had a record of 98 victories, 64 losses, 25 draws and 7 holds in twenty-six tournaments (including ten as ōzeki).
In 1913, he had a dispute with another apprentice Ayagawa (綾川) over who should succeed former sekiwake Takamiyama as stablemaster. The dispute ended up in court, but Asashio won the case and assumed the
elder name Takasago under a two-name license, allowing him to run the stable and participate to tournaments as a wrestler.
After retiring from the ring, he devoted himself to running
his stable as the third generation Takasago. He trained yokozuna
Minanogawa and
Maedayama. In 1929 Akutsugawa, a former wrestler and coach at Takasago stable, encouraged
Minanogawa to join his newly established
Sadogatake stable.
[3] However Asashio did not want his promising
rikishi to leave the stable and even proposed to change Minanogawa's shikona to his own of Asashio to obligate him to stay. Eventually a compromise was worked out and Minanogawa divided his time between the two stables.
[3]
Asashio also became a director of the
Japan Sumo Association, but submitted his resignation in 1932 after taking responsibility for the
Shunjuen Incident.
[2] In December 1941, he handed over his stable and title to Maedayama. In 1950, at Maedayama's
retirement ceremony, he made the final cut in the
ōichōmage as a former stablemaster. Asashio died April 30 , 1961 at the age of 82.
A stone monument was erected in the premises of the Omachi's Saijō shrine, in his hometown of
Saijō, Ehime.
[1]
- | Spring | Summer | ||||
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1906 | East Jūryō #8 6–1 1d | East Jūryō #1 7–2 |
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1907 | West Maegashira #8 4–4–1 1d |
West Maegashira #5 4–2–1 3d |
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1908 | West Maegashira #2 4–3–1 1d-1h |
West Maegashira #1 5–3–1 1d |
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1909 | East Komusubi #1 3–4–1 1d-1h | East Komusubi #1 5–3 2d |
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1910 | East Komusubi #1 4–3 2d-2h | East Sekiwake #1 6–2 2d |
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1911 | East Sekiwake #1 2–6 2d | East Maegashira #3 3–7 |
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1912 | West Maegashira #11 6–2 2d | East Maegashira #1 6–1 3d |
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1913 | East Sekiwake #1 3–3–4 | West Maegashira #1 5–3 2d |
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1914 | West Sekiwake #1 6–3–1 | East Sekiwake #1 4–2 1d-3h |
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1915 | East Ōzeki #2 0–1–8 1d | West Ōzeki #2 7–1–2 |
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1916 | Sat out | West Ōzeki #2 5–1–4 |
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1917 | East Ōzeki #1 0–1–9 | East Ōzeki #2 6–3 1d |
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1918 | Sat out | East Ōzeki #3 6–2–1 1h |
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1919 | West Ōzeki #1 3–2–5 | West Ōzeki #2 Retired 1–2–7 |
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Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions Key:d=
Draw(s) (引分); h=
Hold(s) (預り) |
Asashio Tarō II | |
---|---|
朝潮 太郎 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Chokichi Komota April 19, 1879 Saijō, Ehime Prefecture Japan |
Died | April 30, 1962 | (aged 83)
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 113 kg (249 lb; 17.8 st) |
Career | |
Stable | Takasago |
Record | 111-67-66-26d-7h |
Debut | May 1901 |
Highest rank | Ōzeki (January 1915) |
Retired | May 1919 |
Elder name | Takasago |
Asashio Tarō ( Japanese: 朝潮 太郎, born Chokichi Komota (薦田 長吉), April 19, 1879 – April 30, 1962) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He is the second wrestler to bear the shikona, or ring name, Asashio. He became the stablemaster of Takasago stable in 1915 while still active, and continued to run the stable after his retirement in 1919 until 1941, when he passed on the Takasago elder share to then ōzeki Maedayama. He died in 1962 at the age of 82.
Asashio was born in
Saijō in the
Ehime Prefecture. At the age of 20, it is said he had the strength to lift a load nearly three times his body weight, and was expected to become a sumo wrestler.
[1] He entered the
Takasago stable and became the protege of
coach Sanoyama (former ōzeki
Asashio). He entered his first tournament in 1901 under the
shikona, or ring name, Asaarashi (朝嵐) but was later given the name Asashio (朝潮), the former ring name of his mentor, when he was promoted to sekiwake.
[2]
He was a popular wrestler because he had the appearance of an ancient
samurai and a sportsman attitude in the ring. He was so strong with his right hand grip that he earned the nickname Migisashi Gomangoku (右差し五万石), 'right-hand grip worth fifty thousand
koku'.
[2]
On the ninth day of the 1914 Summer tournament, he fought the unbeaten yokozuna
Tachiyama. After a heated battle, Asashio collapsed on his torso and had to be placed under medical observation. Therefore the bout ended on a
hold costing the tournament to Tachiyama. This match was highly regarded and Asashio was promoted to ōzeki after the tournament.
[2] As a makuuchi wrestler, Asashio had a record of 98 victories, 64 losses, 25 draws and 7 holds in twenty-six tournaments (including ten as ōzeki).
In 1913, he had a dispute with another apprentice Ayagawa (綾川) over who should succeed former sekiwake Takamiyama as stablemaster. The dispute ended up in court, but Asashio won the case and assumed the
elder name Takasago under a two-name license, allowing him to run the stable and participate to tournaments as a wrestler.
After retiring from the ring, he devoted himself to running
his stable as the third generation Takasago. He trained yokozuna
Minanogawa and
Maedayama. In 1929 Akutsugawa, a former wrestler and coach at Takasago stable, encouraged
Minanogawa to join his newly established
Sadogatake stable.
[3] However Asashio did not want his promising
rikishi to leave the stable and even proposed to change Minanogawa's shikona to his own of Asashio to obligate him to stay. Eventually a compromise was worked out and Minanogawa divided his time between the two stables.
[3]
Asashio also became a director of the
Japan Sumo Association, but submitted his resignation in 1932 after taking responsibility for the
Shunjuen Incident.
[2] In December 1941, he handed over his stable and title to Maedayama. In 1950, at Maedayama's
retirement ceremony, he made the final cut in the
ōichōmage as a former stablemaster. Asashio died April 30 , 1961 at the age of 82.
A stone monument was erected in the premises of the Omachi's Saijō shrine, in his hometown of
Saijō, Ehime.
[1]
- | Spring | Summer | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1906 | East Jūryō #8 6–1 1d | East Jūryō #1 7–2 |
||||
1907 | West Maegashira #8 4–4–1 1d |
West Maegashira #5 4–2–1 3d |
||||
1908 | West Maegashira #2 4–3–1 1d-1h |
West Maegashira #1 5–3–1 1d |
||||
1909 | East Komusubi #1 3–4–1 1d-1h | East Komusubi #1 5–3 2d |
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1910 | East Komusubi #1 4–3 2d-2h | East Sekiwake #1 6–2 2d |
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1911 | East Sekiwake #1 2–6 2d | East Maegashira #3 3–7 |
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1912 | West Maegashira #11 6–2 2d | East Maegashira #1 6–1 3d |
||||
1913 | East Sekiwake #1 3–3–4 | West Maegashira #1 5–3 2d |
||||
1914 | West Sekiwake #1 6–3–1 | East Sekiwake #1 4–2 1d-3h |
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1915 | East Ōzeki #2 0–1–8 1d | West Ōzeki #2 7–1–2 |
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1916 | Sat out | West Ōzeki #2 5–1–4 |
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1917 | East Ōzeki #1 0–1–9 | East Ōzeki #2 6–3 1d |
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1918 | Sat out | East Ōzeki #3 6–2–1 1h |
||||
1919 | West Ōzeki #1 3–2–5 | West Ōzeki #2 Retired 1–2–7 |
||||
Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions Key:d=
Draw(s) (引分); h=
Hold(s) (預り) |