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Isenishiki Kanjiro

· Juryo · Tomozuna stable · retired

Highest rankJuryo
StableTomozuna stable
FromMie-ken, Yokkaichi-shi
Born1929-10-18
Height177 cm
Weight92 kg
First tournamentMay 1949
Retired1958-09-01T00:00:00Z

What the name means

The ring name is written . Taken character by character:

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⚠️The characters , are left out above: we do not yet have a meaning for them that we are sure of, and we would rather show a gap than a guess.

These are the dictionary meanings of the characters, not a statement about why this particular name was chosen — that is the stablemaster’s business, and we do not guess at it. How ring names are put together →

Career record

Isenishiki Kanjiro has fought 55 recorded bouts, winning 23 and losing 32 — a winning rate of 41.8%.

How he wins

TechniqueJapaneseWinsShare
Frontal force out834.8%
Frontal crush out313.0%
Frontal push out28.7%
Underarm throw14.3%
Hand pull down14.3%
Beltless armthrow14.3%
Backward force down14.3%
Hooking inner thigh throw14.3%

Counted from his winning bouts in this database. English names follow NHK WORLD-JAPAN. All 87 techniques →

Most frequent opponents

OpponentBoutsWonLost
Akenoumi Shogoro422
Hideminato Tadashi422
Fukudayama Takehiro303
Takimiyama Nobuo312
Tachikaze Yoshitsune312
Otozaki Yujiro303
Ijuin Daihachi202
Fujinishiki Akira220

Recent tournaments

TournamentRankRecord
September 1958Juryo 24 East1–9–5
July 1958Juryo 19 West6–9
May 1958Juryo 15 East6–9
March 1958Juryo 21 East10–5

More detail

The Japanese side of this site carries seven pages on Isenishiki Kanjiro: tournament-by-tournament results, every bout he has fought, head-to-head records against all opponents, a breakdown of his winning techniques, a reading of his fighting style, and his records.

Isenishiki Kanjiro () — full record (Japanese)

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