Maruyama Gondazaemon
Career. Maruyama went to Edo (now Tokyo) at the age of just 17, and was trained by . His height was 197 cm and his weight was 166 kg. He left Edo to fight in Osaka sumo. In Osaka, he debuted at west "ōzeki" in 1737. It is said that he lost only two bouts in his career. He is considered to have been a strong wrestler but it has not been proven that he was awarded a "yokozuna" license. In honor of him, the house of "Yoshida Tsukasa" allowed him to be their disciple from August 1749 but  this did not confer him the status of "yokozuna". However, there are tales told that he wore a black-and-white rope. Though it was not a traditional "shimenawa", Masahiko Nomi conjectured that it may have been related to the "shimenawa". Maruyama died in Nagasaki while an active sumo wrestler on November 14, 1749 possibly from dysentery. His grave lies in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. A statue of him stands in Yoneyama, Tome, Miyagi. It was not until over 150 years after his death that Maruyama was recognised as the third "yokozuna" by later "yokozuna" Jinmaku when he was compiling a  formal list for a monument. His life and career predate banzuke and tournament records, so no record of his rank and bouts exists.