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). 

 

Wajima Collectors Album
Card Pack
Banzuke/Numerical Checklist Card #1: Yokozuna Wajima
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