Matsunobori Shigeo

Matsunobori Shigeo
松登 晟郎
Personal information
Born	Fukutarō Nagai (1924-07-20)July 20, 1924 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Died
Height
Weight	154 kg (340 lb)
Career
Stable	Oyama
Record	469-442-29
Debut	January 1941
Highest rank	Ōzeki (January 1956)
Retired	November 1961
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (2) Fighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars	2 (Haguroyama, Chiyonoyama)
* Up to date as of December 2009.

Matsunobori Shigeo (20 July 1924 - 21 April 1986) was a sumo wrestler from Matsudo Chiba, Japan. He fought for the now defunct Oyama stable, joining in 1941. He reached the top makuuchi division in 1951 and made the second highest ōzeki rank (alongside Wakanohana) in 1956, after finishing as a runner-up to Kagamisato in the September 1955 tournament. He was an ōzeki for fifteen tournaments, although he lost the rank at the end of 1958. He retired in November 1961, and in his role as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association he became the head of Oyama stable. He produced one sekitori, the maegashira Daihi, who retired in 1983. Upon Oyama's death in 1986 the stable was wound up and its two remaining wrestlers retired.

Pre-modern top division record

• The New Year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953.

Matsunobori Shigeo

-	Spring Haru basho, Tokyo	Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo	Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo
1951	East Jūryō #3 8–7	West Jūryō #1 11–4	East Maegashira #16 10–5
1952	East Maegashira #7 7–8	West Maegashira #8 8–7	East Maegashira #4 9–6 ★
-	New Year Hatsu basho, Tokyo	Spring Haru basho, Osaka	Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo	Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo
1953	East Komusubi #1 9–6	East Komusubi #1 6–9	East Maegashira #3 10–5	West Sekiwake #1 6–9
1954	West Maegashira #2 11–4 F★	West Sekiwake #1 8–7	East Sekiwake #2 9–6 O	East Sekiwake #2 9–6
1955	West Sekiwake #2 8–7	West Sekiwake #2 11–4	East Sekiwake #1 8–7	East Sekiwake #1 13–2 O
1956	West Ōzeki #1 5–10	East Ōzeki #2 9–6	East Ōzeki #2 9–6	East Ōzeki #2 9–6
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

Modern top division record

• Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.

Year in sumo	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1957	West Ōzeki #1 9–6	West Ōzeki #1 9–6	East Ōzeki #2 8–7	Not held	East Ōzeki #2 6–9	East Ōzeki #2 9–6
1958	East Ōzeki #2 0–0–15	West Ōzeki #1 6–9	West Ōzeki #2 8–7	West Ōzeki #2 5–10	West Ōzeki #2 1–5–9	West Ōzeki #2 6–9
1959	West Sekiwake #1 3–12	West Maegashira #2 9–6	East Komusubi #1 6–9	East Maegashira #1 5–10	West Maegashira #5 6–9	East Maegashira #10 8–7
1960	East Maegashira #7 7–8	West Maegashira #8 6–9	West Maegashira #11 7–8	West Maegashira #11 8–7	West Maegashira #6 7–8	West Maegashira #7 4–11
1961	West Maegashira #15 10–5	East Maegashira #9 7–8	West Maegashira #9 8–7	West Maegashira #7 7–8	West Maegashira #6 5–10	East Maegashira #11 Retired 4–11
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers