Konishiki Yasokichi I (小錦 八十吉, November 21, 1866 – October 22, 1914) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Musha District, Kazusa Province.

[1] His father asked professional wrestler Takamiyama Sogoro (高見山宗五郎), who had come to Sakura on a tour in 1881, to initiate his son into the sport in Takasago stable.

[2] At first, Iwai was unable to endure the rigorous training and ran away to his parents' house a couple of times, but with his father's encouragement, he decided to rejoin in 1883 and took up the name Konishiki (小錦).

[1] Konishiki earned the nickname of "Kurueru shirozō" (狂える白象, 'raging white elephant') because of his soft, fair-skinned body and ability to get off his feet.

[1] It is said that his results were so weak because, around the time of his promotion to yokozuna, his stablemaster (former sekiwake Takamiyama Sōgorō [ja]) suffered an illness, and so Konishiki took care of him.

Konishiki's great hobby was reading novels and he continued to have a good relationship with the younger wrestlers who replaced him at the top of sumo.