Tenryū Saburō, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tenryū Saburō

Sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1903

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1989

Profession: rikishi, calligrapher

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Tenryū Saburō

  • Tenryu Saburo, (November 1, 1903 – August 20, 1989) born Saburo Wakuta in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was a professional sumo wrestler with the Dewanoumi stable.
  • As the ringleader of the "Shunjuen Incident", in which many wrestlers went on strike, he left the Japan Sumo Association in 1932.
  • With the other striking wrestlers, he created the "Rishiki group for a Great Japan", wishing to reform the system he described as "feudal" and to increase his earnings.
  • Because of financial difficulties, the group dissolved in 1937. In 1939, he invited teachers of Japanese martial arts to Manchuria.
  • He discovered the Aiki-Budo of Morihei Ueshiba and became his student the same day. In 1957, the reforms Saburo had supported were implemented, and he was invited to talk as a witness.

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