January 9, 1956 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi) Yusuf Turk beat Yoshinosato (Yusuf Turk won the right to take part in the tournament for the Japanese Light Heavyweight Title) (referee: Rikidozan) … Azumafuji beat Surugaumi … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Fujitayama … Rashomon beat Isao Yoshihara … Takeo Kaneko beat Teizo Watanabe … Tomio Miyajima beat Seishiro Sanada (Yoshidagawa) … Takeo Kaneko won a 9-man battle royal (the other entrants: Tomio Miyajima, Seishiro Sanada, Teizo Watanabe, Rashomon, Isao Yoshihara, Yonetaro Tanaka, Fujitayama, and Osamu Abe) Rikidozan visited Southeast Asia again and wrestled in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and India for a week. March 31, 1956 … Tokyo (Sumida) Yusuf Turk and Yoshinosato beat King Jack and Osamu Abe … Tomio Miyajima beat Toshiichi Higa … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama beat Takeo Kaneko … Masaaki Takemura beat Masayuki Era … Isao Yoshihara beat Seishiro Sanada … Masayuki Era won a battle royal April 2, 1956 … Sagamihara (Yokohama Engineer Depot) Yusuf Turk and Yoshinosato beat King Jack and Osamu Abe … Toshiichi Higa drew Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Masaaki Takemura beat Takeo Kaneko (cor) … Masayuki Era beat Fujitayama … Isao Yoshihara beat Seishiro Sanada April 24, 1956 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [first night] Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat King Jack … Toshiichi Higa beat Rashomon … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa … Takeo Kaneko beat Yoshidagawa April 25, 1956 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [second night] Rikidozan beat Mike Sharpe … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich (cor) … Ben Sharpe drew Azumafuji (both cor) … Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato … Tomio Miyajima drew Yusuf Turk … Yonetaro Tanaka drew King Jack … Isao Yoshihara beat Red Miller … Osamu Abe beat Fujitayama … Hiroshi Oyama drew Masaaki Takemura April 26, 1956 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) [third night] Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (The Sharpe Brothers retained the World Tag Team Title [San Francisco version]) (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Lucky Simunovich beat Surugaumi … Azumafuji beat King Jack … Yoshinosato drew Yusuf Turk (both cor) … Osamu Abe beat Red Miller … Rashomon beat Larry Jackson … Toshiichi Higa drew Tamanokawa … Takeo Kaneko beat Masaaki Takemura NOTE: King Jack, Red Miller (Harry Miller) and Larry Jackson belonged to U.S. Forces stationed in Japan and worked part-time for Rikidozan. April 28, 1956 … Shizuoka Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Lucky Simunovich drew Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe drew Yusuf Turk … Toshiichi Higa drew Takeo Kaneko … Tamanokawa drew Isao Yoshihara … Rashomon beat Hiroshi Oyama April 30, 1956 … Ise Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe drew Yoshinosato … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Rashomon … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara … Tamanokawa beat Yoshidagawa … Toshiichi Higa drew Hiroshi Oyama May 2, 1956 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Azumafuji (The Sharpe Brothers retained the World Tag Team Title (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Yusuf Turk beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Tamanokawa beat Osamu Abe (dq) … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Masaaki Takemura beat Takeo Kaneko … Yoshidagawa beat Hiroshi Oyama May 3, 1956 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan beat Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Ben Sharpe (dq) … Mike Sharpe drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Yoshinosato drew Yusuf Turk … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Tomio Miyajima … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura (both cor) … Rashomon drew Isao Yoshihara (both cor) … Takeo Kaneko drew Hiroshi Oyama May 4, 1956 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [third night] Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe (Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo won the World Tag Team Title) (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Tomio Miyajima … Masaaki Takemura beat Toshiichi Higa … Isao Yoshihara drew Tamanokawa May 5, 1956 … Himeji Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe (cor) … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich (cor) … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Tamanokawa … Toshiichi Higa beat Masaaki Takemura (dq) … Takeo Kaneko beat Yoshidagawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Oayama May 7, 1956 … Kobe (Oji Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe (dq) … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato … Tamanokawa beat Osamu Abe (dq) … Tomio Miyajima beat Rashomon … Masaaki Takemura beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Toshiichi Higa drew Takeo Kaneko … Isao Yoshihara beat Yoshidagawa May 8, 1956 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Lucky Simunovich drew Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato drew Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima beat Takeo Kaneko … Masaaki Takemura beat Toshiichi Higa … Isao Yoshihara drew Tamanokawa May 11, 1956 … Utsunomiya Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima beat Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko beat Masaaki Takemura … Hiroshi Oyama drew Yoshidagawa May 12, 1956 … Koriyama Rikidozan beat Lucky Simunovich (referee Mike Mazurki stopped the bout) … Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Fujitayama drew Hiroshi Oyama … Isao Yoshihara drew Masaaki Takemura May 13, 1956 … Akita Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tamanokawa … Masaaki Takemura beat Fujitayama … Takeo Kaneko beat Hiroshi Oyama May 14, 1955 … Morioka The show was postponed until the next day because of heavy rain. May 15, 1956 … Morioka Rikidozan beat Lucky Simunovich … Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tamanokawa … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko May 16, 1956 … Hakodate Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat Yoshinosato … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Toshiichi Higa beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tamanokawa drew Masaaki Takemura … Takeo Kaneko beat Fujitayama May 18, 1956 … Sapporo [first night] Rikidozan beat Mike Sharpe … Lucky Simunovich drew Kokichi Endo … Ben Sharpe drew Azumafuji … Yoshinosato drew Yusuf Turk …… Osamu Abe beat Surugaumi … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima beat Takeo Kaneko … Fujitayama drew Isao Yoshihara May 19, 1956 … Sapporo [second night] Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (The Sharpe Brothers regained the World Tag Team Title) (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Azumafuji drew Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Rashomon … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa … Tomio Miyajima drew Masaaki Takemura … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara … Hiroshi Oyama drew Yoshidagawa May 20, 1956 … Asahikawa Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Osamu Abe beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Tomio Miyajima beat Isao Yoshihara … Tamanokawa beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura … Fujitayama beat Yoshidagawa May 23, 1956 … Chiba Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tamanokawa … Tomio Miyajima drew Isao Yoshihara … Fujitayama drew Takeo Kaneko May 24, 1956 … Kawasaki Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe (dq) … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Yusuf Turk drew Yoshinosato (both cor) … Surugaumi beat Tamanokawa … Osamu Abe beat Red Miller … Masaaki Takemura beat Toshiichi Higa … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tony Alford … Tomio Miyajima beat King Jack … Isao Yoshihara beat Larry Jackson … Takeo Kaneko beat Fujitayama May 25, 1956 … Otsu Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Yusuf Turk drew Yoshinosato … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura … Tamanokawa beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima drew Isao Yoshihara … Fujitayama beat Takeo Kaneko … Hiroshi Oyama drew Yoshidagawa May 26, 1956 … Hiroshima Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat Osamu Abe … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Toshiichi Higa … Isao Yoshihara drew Takeo Kaneko … Tomio Miyajima beat Fujitayama … Hiroshi Oyama beat Yoshidagawa May 29, 1956 … Oita Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Tamanokawa beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Toshiichi Higa … Masaaki Takemura beat Takeo Kaneko … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Oyama May 30, 1956 … Kumamoto Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Osamu Abe … Tamanokawa beat Masaaki Takemura … Toshiichi Higa beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko beat Isao Yoshihara … Tomio Miyajima beat Fujitayama … Hiroshi Oyama drew Yoshidagawa May 31, 1956 … Kurume Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Masaaki Takemura drew Yusuf Turk … Toshiichi Higa drew Osamu Abe … Takeo Kaneko beat Tamanokawa … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Fujitayama … Isao Yoshihara drew Tomio Miyajima … Hiroshi Oyama drew Yoshidagawa June 2, 1956 … Fukuoka Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (The Sharpe Brothers retained the World Tag Team Title) (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima beat Isao Yoshihara … Osamu Abe drew Masaaki Takemura … Toshiichi Higa drew Tamanokawa … Fujitayama beat Takeo Kaneko … Hiroshi Oyama beat Yoshidagawa June 3, 1956 … Kokura [present-day Kitakyushu] Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji … Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Isao Yoshihara … Tomio Miyajima drew Toshiichi Higa … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Osamu Abe … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa … Fujitayama beat Yoshidagawa … Takeo Kaneko beat Hiroshi Oyama NOTE: Lucky Simunovich had intestinal trouble and Iron Mike Mazurki subbed for him. June 4, 1956 … Hagi Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Tomio Miyajima … Masaaki Takemura beat Osamu Abe … Tamanokawa beat Toshiichi Higa … Takeo Kaneko beat Fujitayama … Yoshidagawa beat Hiroshi Oyama June 6, 1956 … Yokohama Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Surugaumi beat Larry Jackson … Osamu Abe beat King Jack … Isao Yoshihara beat Red Miller … Tomio Miyajima beat Tamanokawa … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Takeo Kaneko June 7, 1956 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe drew Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (The Sharpe Brothers retained the World Tag Team Title) (referee: Mike Mazurki) … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tamanokawa … Tomio Miyajima drew Isao Yoshihara … Osamu Abe beat Red Miller … Toshiichi Higa drew Masaaki Takemura … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Larry Jackson … Fujitayama beat King Jack … Takeo Kaneko beat Yoshidagawa July 23, 1956 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Rikidozan drew Tom Rice … Mike Mazurki and Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi (cor) … Yusuf Turk drew Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Red Miller … Tomio Miyajima drew Isao Yoshihara ... Takeo Kaneko drew Masaaki Takemura … Rashomon beat Fujitayama July 25, 1956 … Hachinohe Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa … Takeo Kaneko beat Tomio Miyajima … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Masaaki Takemura … Isao Yoshihara drew Rashomon July 26, 1956 … Fukushima Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat Tomio Miyajima … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Rashomon … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara July 27, 1956 … Yamagata Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tamanokawa … Tomio Miyajima beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko … Masaaki Takemura drew Isao Yoshihara July 28, 1956 … Sakata Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Yusuf Turk beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Yoshinosato beat Masaaki Takemura … Tomio Miyajima beat Rashomon … Takeo Kaneko drew Tamanokawa July 31, 1956 … Toyama Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Tomio Miyajima beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Rashomon drew Masaaki Takemura … Tamanokawa drew Isao Yoshihara August 1, 1956 … Kanazawa Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Yoshinosato beat Masaaki Takemura … Yusuf Turk beat Rashomon … Isao Yoshihara beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima drew Tamanokawa August 2, 1956 … Wakayama Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tamanokawa … Rashomon beat Osamu Abe … Tomio Miyajima beat Takeo Kaneko … Masaaki Takemura drew Isao Yoshihara August 4, 1956 … Kyoto Rikidozan beat Tom Rice (dq) … Mike Mazurki and Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Masaaki Takemura beat Osamu Abe … Tamanokawa beat Rashomon … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara August 5, 1956 … Kashihara Rikidozan beat Tom Rice … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Lucky Simunovich … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat Takeo Kaneko … Osamu Abe beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tamanokawa drew Isao Yoshihara August 6, 1956 … Okayama RIkidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Yusuf Turk beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe beat Masaaki Takemura … Takeo Kaneko beat Rashomon … Isao Yoshihara beat Tomio Miyajima August 8, 1956 … Tokushima Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk drew Yoshinosato … Rashomon beat Osamu Abe … Tomio Miyajima beat Isao Yoshihara … Masaaki Takemura beat Takeo Kaneko August 9, 1956 … Marugame Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Masaaki Takemura … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara August 11, 1956 … Matsuyama Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice (dq) … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Surugaumi beat Rashomon … Yusuf Turk beat Masaaki Takemura … Isao Yoshihara beat Osamu Abe … Takeo Kaneko drew Tomio Miyajima August 13, 1956 … Omura Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich drew Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinoasato beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe beat Isao Yoshihara … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Tomio Miyajima drew Takeo Kaneko August 14, 1956 … Nakatsu Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Lucky Simunovich drew Azumafuji … Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Takeo Kaneko beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Masaaki Takemura drew Isao Yoshihara August 15, 1956 … Iizuka Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Rashomon … Yusuf Turk beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Yonenaro Tanaka August 16, 1956 … Omuta The show was postponed until the next day because of heavy rain. August 17, 1956 … Omuta Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Azumafuji August 18, 1956 … Yahata [presen-day Kitakyushu] Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Surugaumi drew Yusuf Turk … Rashomon beat Osamu Abe … Masaaki Takemura beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao Yoshihara August 19, 1956 … Shimonoseki Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Yusuf Turk drew Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Takeo Kaneko drew Masaaki Takemura August 20, 1956 … Yonago Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Masaaki Takemura beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon beat Takeo Kaneko … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Oyama … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Tomio Miyajima NOTE: It was announced that Rikidozan was out of action because of acute pneumonia. August 22, 1956 … Hiraoka [present-day Higashiosaka] Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Kokichi Endo beat Lucky Simunovich … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Masaaki Takemura beat Osamu Abe … Takeo Kaneko beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima drew Isao Yoshihara August 23, 1956 … Yokkaichi Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice (dq) … Azumafuji drew Lucky Simunovich … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Masaaki Takemura … Osamu Abe beat Takeo Kaneko … Tomio Miyajima beat Rashomon … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Isao Yoshihara August 24, 1956 … Hikone Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki and Tom Rice … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Masaaki Takemura … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Takeo Kaneko beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Rashomon … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Isao Yoshihara August 25, 1956 … Hamamatsu Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich (dq) … Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Surugaumi beat Masaaki Takemura … Osamu Abe beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Rashomon beat Isao Yoshihara … Tomio Miyajima beat Hiroshi Oyama August 26, 1956 … Maebashi Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Osamu Abe beat Masaaki Takemura … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Oyama August 27, 1956 … Yokohama (Nogeyama Park) Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich … Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Red Miller … Masaaki Takemura beat Larry Jackson … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tony Alford … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Oyama … Rashomon beat Yoshidagawa August 29, 1956 … Hiratsuka Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Masaaki Takemura … Osamu Abe beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Rashomon … Tomio Miyajima beat Yoshidagawa August 30, 1956 … Yokosuka The show was postponed until September 3. August 31, 1956 … Kawasaki Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki … Surugaumi beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Osamu Abe beat Masaaki Takemura … Tomio Miyajima beat Larry Jackson … Isao Yoshihara beat Red Miller … Rashomon beat Yoshidagawa September 1, 1956 … Tokyo (Denen Coliseum) Rikidozan beat Tom Rice (Rikidozan won the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title) … Lucky Simunovich beat Kokichi Endo … Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki … Surugaumi beat Masaaki Takemura … Toyonobori beat Yoshinosato … Osamu Abe beat Tomio Miyajima … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Yoshidagawa September 2, 1956 … Sendai, Miyagi Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Mike Mazurki … Toyonobori beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Tomio Miyajima … Osamu Abe beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara drew Masaaki Takemura … Hiroshi Oyama beat Yoshidagawa September 3, 1956 … Yokosuka Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo beat Tom Rice and Lucky Simunovich … Azumafuji beat Mike Mazurki … Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi … Toyonobori beat Osamu Abe … Red Miller beat Masaaki Takemura … Tomio Miyajima beat Tony Alford … King Jack beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Yoshidagawa October 15, 1956 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi) Tournament for the Japanese Light Heavyweight Title: [round 1] Hideo Higashi beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Tomio Miyajima … Kanji Higuchi beat Hiroshi Oyama … Takeo Kaneko beat Kazuo Ando … Yoshinosato beat Genji Umeda … Toshiichi Higa beat Noboru Ichikawa … Hakutozan beat Hajime Deguchi (Mr. Chin) … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Sanshiro Miyama [round 2] Isao Yoshihara beat Hideo Higashi … Kanji Higuchi beat Takeo Kaneko … Yoshinosato beat Toshiichi Higa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hakutozan Tournament for the Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title: [round 1] Surugaumi beat Jiro Yamazaki … Osamu Abe beat Takeo Hayanami … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Hiroyasu Kato … Daidozan beat Yonetaro Tanaka NOTE: Japan Wrestling Association called on other groups to participate in tournaments for weight-category national championships. All the three groups agreed: Toshio Yamaguchi’s group, Toa Pro Wrestling set up by Korean residents in Japan, and Asia Pro Wrestling set up by Kiyomigawa after their leader Masahiko Kimura went abroad. Probably Rikidozan wanted to unify the country weeding out the incompetent groups. October 23, 1956 … Tokyo (International Stadium) Tournament for the Japanese Light Heavyweight Title: [semi-finals] Yoshinosato beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Higuchi … Surugaumi beat Osamu Abe … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Daidozan … referee: Rikidozan [matches to determine the ranking] Kanji Higuchi drew Kiyotaka Otsubo [finals] Yoshinosato beat Isao Yoshihara … referee: Rikidozan Tournament for the Japanese Heavyweight Title: [round 1] Toyonobori beat Masaaki Takemura … Azumafuji beat Kaiichi Nagasawa … Toshio Yamaguchi beat Rashomon … Shiro Tsukikage (Kiyoharu Takagi) beat Kokichi Endo October 24, 1956 … Tokyo (International Stadium) Tournament for the Japanese Light Heavyweight Title: [matches to determine the ranking] Toshiichi Higa beat Takeo Kaneko … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Higuchi Tournament for the Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title: [matches to determine the ranking] Jiro Yamazaki beat Hiroyasu Kato … Daidozan beat Osamu Abe [finals] Surugaumi beat Michiaki Yoshimura Tournament for the Japanese Heavyweight Title: [semi-finals] Toshio Yamaguchi beat Shiro Tsukikage … Azumafuji beat Toyonobori [matches to determine the ranking] Toyonobori beat Shiro Tsukikage [finals] Azumafuji drew Toshio Yamaguchi (both cor) (referee: Rikidozan) November 23, 1956 … Itako Azumafuji vs. Masaaki Takemura and Yonetaro Tanaka (handicap match) … Osamu Abe vs. Toyonobori … Kaichi Nagasawa vs. Yoshinosato … Kazuaki Haga vs. Yoshidagawa … plus battle royal November 30, 1956 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) The finals of the tournament to get the right to challenge Rikidozan for his Japanese Heavyweight Title: Azumafuji beat Toshio Yamaguchi (referee: Rikidozan) … Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato (Surugaumi retained the Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title) … Toyonobori beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Daidozan drew Isao Yoshihara … Kaichi Nagasawa drew Shiro Tsukikage … Masaaki Takemura beat Jiro Yamazaki … Osamu Abe beat Takeo Hayanami … Hideo Higashi beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Genji Umeda beat Hiroyasu Kato … Yusuf Turk beat Yonetaro Tanaka Research by Haruo Yamaguchi - Updated December 17, 2018 |
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