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Sakaigawa Namiemon

境川浪右衛門
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Sakaigawa Namiemon (境川 浪右衛門; May 28, 1841 – September 16, 1887) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Katsushika District, Shimōsa Province. He was the sport's 14th yokozuna. Nicknamed "Tanikaze of the Meiji era", he's the only officially recognized yokozuna of the "yokozuna abuse era" following the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Source: “Sakaigawa Namiemon”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt