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Kagamisato Kiyoji (鏡里 喜代治, April 30, 1923 – February 29, 2004) was a sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 42nd ''yokozuna''. ==Career== He was born Kiyoji Okuyama in a small fishing village in Sannohe District. He came from a poor family as his father had died when he was very young, and he had to support his mother when his older siblings left the house. He was already large as a teenager and soon spotted by a wrestler named Kagamiiwa and invited to join sumo.〔 More interested in basketball, and with his mother also reluctant, the young Okuyama initially refused, but after his family was provided with financial assistance he eventually travelled to Tokyo to repay Kagamiiwa's kindness.〔 In the summer of 1940, he joined the now retired Kagamiiwa's Kumegawa stable. He made his professional debut in January 1941 and was given the ''shikona'' or sumo name of Kagamisato. When the great ''yokozuna'' Futabayama Sadaji established his own stable, Kagamisato followed his stablemaster there, and it was later renamed Tokitsukaze stable. He was promoted to the top ''makuuchi'' division in June 1947. In October 1949 he defeated two ''yokozuna'' and produced a fine 12–3 score, also becoming the first wrestler to win two special prizes in the same tournament. He was promoted from the ''maegashira'' ranks to ''sekiwake'', third from the top. He reached the second highest ''ōzeki'' rank just four tournaments after that. Having been a runner-up on four previous occasions, he reached the top ''yokozuna'' rank after finally winning his first top division championship in January 1953. There had been four ''yokozuna'' competing in that tournament, but all had performed badly, with Terukuni announcing his retirement. Keen to have a strong ''yokozuna'', the Japan Sumo Association overrode the initial objections of the Yokozuna Deliberation Committee and promoted him.〔 During his ''yokozuna'' career he won three more tournament titles, all with 14–1 scores, but also had some less impressive results. A somewhat reserved figure, he was perhaps less popular with the public than some of his higher profile ''yokozuna'' rivals such as Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I.〔 He also had a difficult relationship with the press.〔 In the January 1958 tournament, his rival Yoshibayama Junnosuke retired from being an active sumo wrestler. Kagamisato announced that if he failed to win at least ten bouts, he too would retire.〔 He finished 9–6 and kept his word by announcing his retirement on the final day. He had had a chronic knee problem for many years and felt he had reached his physical limit.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kagamisato Kiyoji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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