Mitoryū Takayuki
Mitoryū Takayuki (Japanese: 水戸龍 聖之, born April 25, 1994 as Baasansuren Turbold (Mongolian: Баасансүрэнгийн Төрболд)) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He began his professional sumo career in 2017 at the age of twenty three. His highest rank to date has been Jūryō 4. He wrestles for the Nishikido stable.
| Mitoryū Takayuki | |
|---|---|
| 水戸龍 聖之 | |
 Mitoryū in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Baasansuren Turbold April 25, 1994 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 195 kg (430 lb; 30 st 10 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Nishikido |
| University | Nihon University |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | May, 2017 |
| Highest rank | Juryo 4 (January, 2020) |
| * Up to date as of May 4, 2020. | |
Early life and education
Growing up in Mongolia Turbold was a great athlete participating in many different sports like judo, basketball, darts, and speed skating. He was especially good at speed skating having the ability to win at the district level. For high school Turbold studied abroad in Japan at Tottori Johoku, this is where he started training in sumo. After graduating from high school he entered Nihon University and their sumo club. In his third year at the university he won the All-Japan Sumo Championship giving him the title of amateur Yokozuna (the first foreigner to do so). The following year he served as the club captain, and won the National Student Sumo Championship and giving him the title of Student Yokozuna (also the first foreigner to do so).
Career
After graduating from university Turbold entered Nishikido stable, recruited by former sekiwake Mitoizumi. His amateur success granted him Makushita tsukedashi status, allowing him skip the lower divisions and start at Makushita 15. He started his career with a makekoshi or losing record but quickly rebounded with three consecutive winning records. After this string of winning records he was given sekitori status by being promoted to the jūryō division. He was the first sekitori produced by his stable since its founding in 2002. He started off his jūryō debut with a winning 8–7, he followed this up with another winning record although he had to withdraw the last four days with he injury. The next tournament he was unable to achieve a winning record managing only a 6–9 record. He rebounded to with a 8–7 winning record the following tournament but suffered only his third losing record with a 7–8 finish. He rebounded yet again to get his highest winning record yet with a 9–6 finish.
Fighting style
Mitoryū is a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori kiri, or force out, and he uses a migi-yotsu grip on the mawashi or belt, with his right hand inside and left hand outside his opponent's arms.
Career record
| Year in sumo | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | x | x | Makushita tsukedashi #15 3–4 |
West Makushita #23 5–2 |
East Makushita #14 6–1 |
East Makushita #4 6–1 |
| 2018 | East Jūryō #13 8–7 |
West Jūryō #10 8–4–3 |
West Jūryō #9 6–9 |
West Jūryō #11 8–7 |
West Jūryō #10 7–8 |
East Jūryō #12 9–6 |
| 2019 | West Jūryō #9 6–9 |
East Jūryō #12 9–6 |
East Jūryō #9 7–8 |
East Jūryō #9 9–6 |
East Jūryō #6 6–9 |
West Jūryō #9 9–6 |
| 2020 | West Jūryō #4 6–9 |
East Jūryō #7 4–11 |
West Jūryō #14 Tournament Cancelled 0–0–0 |
x | x | x |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s) | ||||||
See also
- List of active sumo wrestlers
- List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers
- List of heaviest sumo wrestlers
References
External links
- Mitoryū Takayuki's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage