Tags: Sumo Wrestler, Wrestler.
Nishinoumi Kajirō I (西ノ海 嘉治郎 February 19 1855 – November 30 1908) was a sumo wrestler from Sendai Kagoshima Prefecture Japan. He was the sport’s 16th Yokozuna and the first to be officially listed as such on the banzuke ranking sheets an act which strengthened the prestige of yokozuna as the highest level of achievement in professional sumo.
