Tagaryū Shōji

Tagaryū Shōji (Japanese: 多賀竜 昇司, born February 15, 1958) is a former sumo wrestler from Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

At the September 1984 tournament, the last to be held at the Kuramae Kokugikan, Tagaryū was ranked maegashira 12 and knew that another make-koshi would leave him in danger of demotion from makuuchi altogether.

Tagaryū started excellently, and the end of the middle day saw him the only wrestler with an eight-win clean sheet.

When Konishiki fell to Kotokaze on the final day, Tagaryū's subsequent loss to Asashio was immaterial.

His son Shōta, born in 1986, is a wrestler at the stable under the ring name Ryūsei, although he has not got higher than the makushita division.

In February 2010 Kagamiyama was elected to the Sumo Association's board of Directors and he also serves as a ringside judge.

[4] Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi