Shimizugawa Motokichi

Template:Short description Template:Template other was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki.

Career

Making his debut in January 1917, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1923 and made the fourth komusubi rank in January 1926, although he did not take part in that tournament. He competed in the maegashira ranks in 1927 but left the Japan Sumo Association temporarily and was not listed on the banzuke ranking sheets in the March and May 1928 tournaments. Returning in October 1928 he was listed at the bottom of the jūryō division and after winning two jūryō tournament titles he returned to the top division in 1930.

Shimizugawa was promoted to the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1932 but never made the highest yokozuna rank, despite winning a total of three top division tournament championships. He was overlooked for promotion while two men with inferior records to him, Musashiyama and Minanogawa, were both promoted to yokozuna instead. It has been suggested that this was because Shimizugawa belonged to a small stable, Hatachiyama, whereas Musashiyama and Minanogawa were both members of much larger and more influential stables (Dewanoumi and Takasago, respectively).

Retirement from sumo

After finishing as runner-up in the May 1937 tournament, his fifth runner-up performance, Shimizugawa announced his retirement. He remained in the sumo world as an elder under the name Oitekaze Oyakata, and was head coach of the Oitekaze stable. Among the wrestlers he produced was a komusubi to whom he gave his old shikona or fighting name, Shimizugawa Akio.

Career Record

• In 1927 Tokyo and Osaka sumo merged and four tournaments a year in Tokyo and other locations began to be held.

1917 (Maezumo) (Maezumo) 1918 East JonokuchiTemplate:Ifnumber
3–2
  East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber
4–1
  1919 West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber
3–1
1h
  East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber
4–1
  1920 West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber
4–1
  East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber
2–2
1h
  1921 East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber
3–1
1h
  East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber
3–1
1h
  1922 East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
2–1
2h
  West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
4–3
  1923 West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
2–7
1h
  East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
6–3
  1924 West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
4–5
1h
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
4–7
  1925 West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–3
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–2–1
1d
  1926 East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber
0–0–11
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
8–3
  Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

1927 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
3–8
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
3–8
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
0–0–11
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
0–0–11
  1928 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
0–0–11
  Left JSA Left JSA MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber
4–3
  1929 East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
8–3
  East JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
10–1
Champion
  West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
11–0
Champion
  West JūryōTemplate:Ifnumber
8–3
  1930 East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
6–5
  East MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
7–4
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
3–8
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
9–2
  1931 East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber
5–6
  East KomusubiTemplate:Ifnumber
4–7
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
10–1
  West MaegashiraTemplate:Ifnumber
6–5
  1932 West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber
8–0
  West SekiwakeTemplate:Ifnumber
8–2
  East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
10–1
  East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
9–2
  Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

1933 East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
5–6
  West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
7–4
  Not held 1934 West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
7–4
  West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
11–0
  Not held 1935 East ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
5–6
  West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
7–4
  Not held 1936 West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
4–7
  West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
6–5
  Not held 1937 West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
6–5
  West ŌzekiTemplate:Ifnumber
10–3
  Template:Ifnumber
Retired
– Template:Sumo record box end 1890-1929 *Shimizugawa was runner-up in his final tournament in May 1937

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of ōzeki