Nishinoumi Kajirō I (西ノ海 嘉治郎, February 19, 1855 – November 30, 1908) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sendai, Satsuma Province. He was the...

named Nishinoumi Kajirō: Nishinoumi Kajirō I (1855-1908) the 16th yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō II (1880-1931) the 25th yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō III (1890-1933)...

all promotion dates from the 4th yokozuna Tanikaze until the 16th Nishinoumi Kajirō I are in fact the date they were given a yokozuna licence by House...

(b. 1815) 1907 – Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854) 1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855) 1920 – Vladimir...

Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929) 1855 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908) 1859 – Svante...

by former yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I, the 16th yokozuna, who became the 7th Izutsu-oyakata. He was succeeded by Nishinoumi Kajirō II, the 25th yokozuna...

written on the banzuke for the first time due to the 16th yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I's insistence that his yokozuna status be recorded. In February 1909...

Umegatani Tōtarō I (梅ヶ谷 藤太郎, March 16, 1845 – May 15, 1928) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa...

Umegatani I 1871-3 1885-5 aYokozuna Ikazuchi died at 83, longest-lived yokozuna after retirement, helped build first Ryōgoku Kokugikan Nishinoumi Kajirō I 1882-1...

Konishiki Yasokichi I (小錦 八十吉, November 21, 1866 – October 22, 1914) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Musha District, Kazusa Province. He...

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...

Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971) 1890 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933) 1890 – Moa...

Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871) 1931 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880) 1940 – Isaac...

Yesenin, Russian poet, ex-husband of Isadora Duncan (December 27, 1925) Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese 25th yokozuna (January 27, 1931) Alberto Santos-Dumont...

ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) 1933 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890) 1934 – Marie...

1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author (d. 1955) 1880 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d. 1931) 1884 – Marcel...