Kashimanada Kiichi

Kashimanada Kiichi - 鹿嶋洋 起市 (born June 27, 1914 - May 5, 1947) was a Taiwanese-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Oarai, Ibaraki. He made his debut in May 1930 and wrestled for Kasugano stable. He reached the makuuchi division in May 1938 and has three kinboshi. His highest rank was maegashira 1 and he died while as an active wrestler in May 1947.

## **Early Life**

Kiichi Hisakatsu was born in Tainan, Taiwan, while Taiwan under Japanese rule. After graduating from an elementary school in Tainan, he moved to Tokyo in 1930. He briefly attended Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Namisho Senior High School before joining Kasugano stable.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

He made his professional debut in May 1930 and was given the shikona "Shintakayama" (新高山) before changing it to "Kashimanada" (鹿嶋洋) in 1934. He struggled in the second lowest jonidan division for many years before winning the jonidan yusho in May 1934. He was subsequently promoted to sandanme in January 1935 and makushita in January 1936. After two tournaments in makushita, he was promoted to juryo in January 1937 where produced solid results and he reached the makuuchi division in May 1938.

### **Makuuchi Career**

In his makuuchi debut, Kashimanada finished with a dominant 12-1 record and finished runner-up to Yokozuna Futabayama's 13-0 record. Kashimanada was seen as a new hope and one of the wrestlers who had a chance of ending Futabayama's infamous consecutive win streak. In the following January 1939 tournament, before Kashimanada could face Futabayama, then maegashira Akinoumi defeated Futabayama and ended his consecutive win streak at 69. Nevertheless, Kashimanada defeated Futabayama two days later to earn his first kinboshi. He finished with an 8-5 record and was promoted to a career-best maegashira 1 rank for the May 1939 tournament. He defeated yokozuna Minanogawa to earn his second kinboshi during this tournament, but finished with an overall 6-9 record. To make matters worse, he later injured his leg during training and could not capitalize on a promotion to the san'yaku ranks. In May 1940, he defeated Futabayama for a second time to earn his third and final kinboshi. His last career highlight was in June 1945 where he finished with a 6-1 record (the length of the tournament's were cut short due to the Second World War) and was runner-up to Bishuyama's 7-0 record.

## **Death**

On May 5, 1947, while on tour in Hiroshima prefecture, Kashimanada died of peritonitis. He was only 32 years old and still an active wrestler.

## **Fighting Style**

Kashimanada was a yotsu-sumo wrestler who prefers grappling to pushing and thrusting techniques. He favored a migi-yotsu (left hand outside, right hand inside) position when gripping his opponent's mawashi (belt). His most common kimarite were yoritaoshi (crush out) and yorikiri (force out).

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 164-139/303 (26 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 111-115/226 (17 basho)
* **Juryo:** 25-12/37 (3 basho)
* **Makushita:** 14-8/22 (2 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 8-4/12 (2 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 6-0/6 (1 basho)

### **Achievements**

* **Kinboshi:** 3 (2) Futabayama, (1) Minanogawa

## **Shikona History**

* Shintakayama (1930.05 - 1934.01)
* Kashimanada Kiichi (1934.05 - 1946.11)

## **Gallery**

Kashimanada poses with his kesho-mawashiAn undated photograph of Kashimanada with a dog
## **Sources**

* Kashimanada Kiichi Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Kashimanada Kiichi Rikishi Information