[sumo] Jumonji - king of the lower maegashira?

[Jezz]

A quick visit to the Nihon Kyokai site, and going to the relevant
who's who page, would allow you to discover that his highest rank to
date has been Maegashira 6 (it does not specify whether East or West).

The link is:-
 <http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/rikishi_128.html>

Jejima

On 10/10/06, Walker, Jay CTR NHRC <Walker at nhrc.navy.mil> wrote:
> I was walking past the Kokugikan one evening in May 2001 and noticed the
> banner of the then-young Jumonji, and speculated how successful he might be
> in staying in makunouchi - hardly a given at the time.
>
> Recently I thought about that night and how in retrospect Jumonji has
> achieved a pretty decent career in the top division.  But that's the
> operative phrase, "pretty decent".  It seems that for someone who has been
> around so long, he hasn't had a truly memorable basho that I can recall.
>
> A little time looking at the details seemed to indicate that Jumonji has had
> more bashos (33) in the top division without having ever reached a rank of
> Maegashira 5 or higher than anyone else in sumo history.  Can any of the
> historians out there confirm this as an absolute fact?
>
> J-Dubya
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