Asōfuji Seiya

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安壮富士清也
Asōfuji Seiya
Personal information

Birth name	Kiyotoshi Suginomori
Date of birth	January 17, 1976 (1976-01-17) (age 32)
Place of birth	Aomori
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	125 kg (280 lb)
Career*
Heya	Isegahama
Current rank	Juryo 13 West
Record	403-368-7
Debut	January 1994
Highest rank	Maegashira 13 (November 2006)
Yusho	1 (Jonidan)
* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Asōfuji Seiya (born January 17, 1976 as Kiyotoshi Suginomori) is a sumo wrestler from Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori, Japan. The highest rank he has reached is maegashira 13. He is the elder brother of Aminishiki.

1 Career
2 Top division record
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

Making his professional debut in January 1994, Asōfuji took a long time to climb up the rankings, mainly due to his relatively light weight (barely 100kg). He first reached the second highest jūryō division in September 2003 but lasted only one tournament before being demoted back to the third makushita division. He reappeared in the second division a year later and in November 2006 he finally made his top makuuchi division debut at the age of 30. In that tournament, there were three sets of brothers (Asofuji and Aminishiki, Kitazakura and Toyozakura, and Roho and Hakurozan) in the top division simultaneously for the first and only time in sumo history.

He fell back to the jūryō division in March 2007 and a 4-11 record in July sent him right to the bottom of the division. He held onto sekitori status with an 8-7 mark in September but could manage only five wins in January 2008 and fell back to makushita. He managed a 5-2 score in the March 2008 tournament which returned him immediately to the second division.

Asofuji was married in December 2006.

[edit] Top division record

Asōfuji Seiya ^[1]
	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2006	x	x	x	x	x	East Maegashira #13 6–9
2007	East Maegashira #15 4–11	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)	(Jūryō)
2008	(Jūryō)	(Makushita)	(Jūryō)	x	x	x
Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira