1979 Amada Seal (Sticker) Collection
Description: In 1979 the Amada Corporation printed this set of 94 seals (Japanase term for stickers) and 4 collectors albums each depicting one of the current Yokozuna. The albums and stickers reflect the 1979 Kyushu Basho all the way down to the Juryo ranks and subsequently have all four Yokozuna of the time represented: the 54th Yokozuna Wajima, the 55th Yokozuna Kitanoumi, the 56th Yokozuna Wakanohana and the 57th Yokozuna Mienoumi. This set also include Maegashira Takamiyama(aka Jesse Kuhaulua) the first foreigner to win a yusho, the up and coming 58th Yokozuna Chiyonofuji as a Maegashira ranked rikishi and the up and coming 59th Yokozuna Takanosato as a Sekiwake ranked rikishi. The 4 collectors albums each have one of the Yokozuna depicted on the cover with the Kitanoumi cover being the hardest to find. Kids would buy packs of these cards with 2-3 random seals inserted inside. On some of these randomly inserted seals would be a winner stamp that kids could redeem at the store they bought it at for a collectors album. Kids could opt to peel the back off the seals and then insert them in the album and try to fill the album up, much like how the Panini stickers and albums were. Unused seals are difficult to find on the market, but some seals are definitely harder to find than others. Unused albums are really hard to find.
Company: Amada Availability: Scarce
Card Size: 2.25" X 3.25" Card Material: Thin, Paper Stock
# of Cards: 94 Packaging: Multicard Packs
Key Cards: 55th Yokozuna Kitanoumi, Sekiwake Takanosato, Maegashira Takamiyama, Maegashira Chiyonofuji
Winner Stamp Description: Red writing on the back indicating a free card album.
Front Design: Rikishi standing in their kesho mawashi or in various stages of their pre-bout warmup. No shikona appears on the front or back.
Back Design: A generic back with a number indicating which card it is(#1-#94).
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#1: Yokozuna Wajima |
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| Rank | Shikona | Number |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 1 |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 2 |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 3 |
| Yokozuna | Kitanoumi | 4 |
| Yokozuna | Kitanoumi | 5 |
| Yokozuna | Kitanoumi | 6 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 7 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 8 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 9 |
| Yokozuna | Mienoumi | 10 |
| Yokozuna | Mienoumi | 11 |
| Yokozuna | Mienoumi | 12 |
| Yokozuna | Kitanoumi | 13 |
| Yokozuna | Kitanoumi | 14 |
| Yokozuna | Mienoumi | 15 |
| Yokozuna | Mienoumi | 16 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 17 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 18 |
| Yokozuna | Wakanohana | 19 |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 20 |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 21 |
| Yokozuna | Wajima | 22 |
| Ozeki | Takanohana | 23 |
| Ozeki | Takanohana | 24 |
| Ozeki | Takanohana | 25 |
| Sekiwake | Takanosato | 26 |
| Sekiwake | Takanosato | 27 |
| Sekiwake | Masuiyama | 28 |
| Sekiwake | Masuiyama | 29 |
| Komusubi | Tamanofuji | 30 |
| Komusubi | Tamanofuji | 31 |
| Komusubi | Dewanohana | 32 |
| Komusubi | Dewanohana | 33 |
| Komusubi | Dewanohana | 34 |
| Maegashira | Tochiakagi | 35 |
| Maegashira | Amanoyama | 36 |
| Maegashira | Kaiki | 37 |
| Maegashira | Kaiki | 38 |
| Maegashira | Aobajo | 39 |
| Maegashira | Aobajo | 40 |
| Maegashira | Takamiyama | 41 |
| Maegashira | Takamiyama | 42 |
| Maegashira | Takamiyama | 43 |
| Maegashira | Hoo | 44 |
| Maegashira | Hoo | 45 |
| Maegashira | Asashio | 46 |
| Maegashira | Futatsuru | 47 |
| Maegashira | Futatsuru | 48 |
| Maegashira | Zaonishiki | 49 |
| Maegashira | Misugiiso | 50 |
| Maegashira | Misugiiso | 51 |
| Maegashira | Kotowaka | 52 |
| Maegashira | Masudayama | 53 |
| Maegashira | Masudayama | 54 |
| Maegashira | Ozutsu | 55 |
| Maegashira | Aobayama | 56 |
| Maegashira | Aobayama | 57 |
| Maegashira | Aobayama | 58 |
| Maegashira | Washuyama | 59 |
| Maegashira | Kurohime | 60 |
| Maegashira | Kurohime | 61 |
| Maegashira | Fujizakura | 62 |
| Maegashira | Fujizakura | 63 |
| Maegashira | Fujizakura | 64 |
| Maegashira | Chiyonofuji | 65 |
| Maegashira | Chiyonofuji | 66 |
| Maegashira | Arase | 67 |
| Maegashira | Arase | 68 |
| Maegashira | Yutakayama | 69 |
| Maegashira | Yutakayama | 70 |
| Maegashira | Kurama | 71 |
| Maegashira | Kurama | 72 |
| Maegashira | Terunoyama | 73 |
| Maegashira | Terunoyama | 74 |
| Maegashira | Tochihikari | 75 |
| Maegashira | Tochihikari | 76 |
| Maegashira | Kagetora | 77 |
| Juryo | Kirinji | 78 |
| Juryo | Kirinji | 79 |
| Juryo | Wakajishi | 80 |
| Juryo | Wakajishi | 81 |
| Juryo | Oshio | 82 |
| Juryo | Daio | 83 |
| Juryo | Daio | 84 |
| Juryo | Onishiki | 85 |
| Juryo | Kotokaze | 86 |
| Juryo | Kotokaze | 87 |
| Juryo | Kotonofuji | 88 |
| Juryo | Tamakiyama | 89 |
| Juryo | Tamakiyama | 90 |
| Juryo | Taniarashi | 91 |
| Juryo | Banryuyama | 92 |
| Juryo | Banryuyama | 93 |
| Juryo | Kotogatake | 94 |