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Toyonishiki Kiichiro (3 February 1920 – 26 September 1998) was a Japanese-American sumo wrestler who joined the sport shortly before World War II. He was one of the first foreign-born wrestlers to reach the top ''makuuchi'' division. ==Career== He was born as Harley Ozaki in Pierce, Colorado, although he was to list Chikujo, Fukuoka as his birthplace on the ''banzuke'' ranking sheets. He joined Dewanoumi stable in January 1938. He had been introduced to the stable by a relative during a visit to Japan. Initially he knew nothing about sumo, assuming that the sand covered clay ''dohyō'' was made of concrete.〔 He was the fifth Japanese-American in sumo and the first to reach elite ''sekitori'' status.〔 He never had a losing score in his eight years in sumo.〔 He was promoted to the second ''jūryō'' division in January 1943 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 1944. He scored six wins against four losses, but this was to be his last tournament before being drafted into the Japanese army.〔 He still had American citizenship and had really wanted to fight for the United States, but as he could not return to the US he agreed to change his citizenship at the urging of the Japan Sumo Association.〔 He adopted the Japanese name of Kiichiro Ozaki. He survived the war but decided not to return to sumo, believing he could make a better living as an interpreter.〔 He regained his US citizenship and in his later years ran a ''ryokan'' (inn) in Tokyo with his wife.〔 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「Toyonishiki Kiichiro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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