Komagatake Kuniriki

[1] He wrestled for Izutsu stable and achieved the rank of ōzeki before dying while as an active wrestler in April 1914.

Born on December 13, 1880, in Miyagi Prefecture, he was introduced to sumo by Izutsu (yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō) when a group led by Konishiki and Asashio Tarō came on a tour in his hometown in 1897.

On April 11, 1914, while on a tour in Ibaraki Prefecture, he stopped at a liquor store and drank cheap fermented sake, resulting in intestinal perforation and cerebral hemorrhage.

A life-size panel is dedicated to Komagatake in the premises of the Wakuya castle, in Miyagi Prefecture.

[5] Key:d=Draw(s) (引分);   h=Hold(s) (預り) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi