Kyokushūzan Noboru
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| Birth name | Davaagiin Batbayar | |
| Date of birth | March 8, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Weight | 141 kg (310 lb) | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Oshima | |
| Record | 560-600-2 | |
| Debut | March, 1992 | |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (March, 1997) | |
| Retired | November, 2006 | |
| Yusho | 2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
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| Special Prizes | Outstanding Performance (1) Fighting Spirit (2) Technique (2) |
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| Gold stars | 5 (Akebono, Asashōryū, Musashimaru, Wakanohana (2)) |
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* Career information is correct as of July 2007. |
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Kyokushūzan Noboru (born March 8, 1973 as Davaagiin Batbayar (Mongolian: Даваагийн Батбаяр) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) is a former professional sumo wrestler. He was the first wrestler from Mongolia to reach sumo's top makuuchi division.
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[edit] Career
In 1991, a Japanese sumo training stable master, Ōshima-oyakata (the former ōzeki Asahikuni) went to Mongolia to recruit young wrestlers. From 170 wrestlers, Davaagiin Batbayar was selected and went to Japan with five others, the first Mongolians to join sumo. However six months later, due to cultural differences, language problems, and extremely hard training, five of them including Kyokushūzan ran away from the training stable to the Mongolian embassy. He was eventually persuaded to return by his stablemaster.
In March 1995, he was promoted to the jūryō division, and in September 1996 to the top makuuchi division, where he gained great popularity due to his variety of techniques. After the promotion to the top division, he was never demoted to lower divisions. After his single appearance as a komusubi in March 1997 he was ranked as a maegashira for 58 tournaments in a row, a record in the sumo world.
As he succeeded on the ring, his popularity in Mongolia soared. Also, as he has contributed much to his country by establishing several foundations for the welfare of the youth and sick people, he is now regarded as one of the heroes of the country. In April 2004, he started to study in Waseda University in Japan. This is partly because the Mongolian president advised him to study while in Japan for his future.
In November 13, 2006, he announced his retirement. At the time this was thought to be because of a heart problem. Kyokushūzan's danpatsu-shiki, the official retirement ceremony where the retired rikishi's topknot is cut off, took place at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan on June 2, 2007. It subsequently emerged that Kyokushūzan was the victim of an attempted extortion by gangsters, linked to the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate.[1] Kyokushūzan told police that if it were not for this incident, he would not have retired.[1]
He now hopes to be a politician in Mongolia. He has announced that will running for election to the Mongolian parliament in June 2008.
[edit] Top division record
| January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
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| 1996 | x | x | x | x | East Maegashira #15 9–6 |
West Maegashira #7 8–7 |
| 1997 | West Maegashira #3 9–6 T |
West Komusubi 4–11 |
West Maegashira #4 2–13 ★ |
West Maegashira #11 9–6 |
West Maegashira #3 3–12 |
West Maegashira #8 9–6 |
| 1998 | East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #7 4–11 |
West Maegashira #13 9–6 |
West Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #5 4–11 |
East Maegashira #12 8–7 |
| 1999 | West Maegashira #8 9–6 |
East Maegashira #3 7–8 ★ |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #7 9–6 |
East Maegashira #2 7–8 |
East Maegashira #3 5–10 |
| 2000 | East Maegashira #6 8–7 |
West Maegashira #1 5–10 ★ |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #8 5–10 |
East Maegashira #14 9–6 |
East Maegashira #3 4–11 |
| 2001 | East Maegashira #10 8–7 |
West Maegashira #5 1–12–2 |
East Maegashira #15 11–4 |
East Maegashira #5 7–8 |
East Maegashira #6 6–9 |
East Maegashira #9 10–5 |
| 2002 | East Maegashira #1 6–9 ★ |
West Maegashira #3 2–13 |
East Maegashira #10 10–5 T |
West Maegashira #2 1–14 |
West Maegashira #11 9–6 |
East Maegashira #5 7–8 |
| 2003 | West Maegashira #6 7–8 |
West Maegashira #7 10–5 |
East Maegashira #3 8–7 O★ |
East Maegashira #2 4–11 |
East Maegashira #8 8–7 |
West Maegashira #5 8–7 |
| 2004 | West Maegashira #2 8–7 |
West Maegashira #1 4–11 |
West Maegashira #7 9–6 |
West Maegashira #3 3–12 |
West Maegashira #10 11–4 |
West Maegashira #4 2–13 |
| 2005 | West Maegashira #10 9–6 |
East Maegashira #6 5–10 |
West Maegashira #9 12–3 F |
West Maegashira #1 5–10 |
West Maegashira #4 4–11 |
East Maegashira #10 7–8 |
| 2006 | West Maegashira #11 7–8 |
East Maegashira #13 11–4 F |
East Maegashira #5 9–6 |
West Maegashira #1 3–12 |
East Maegashira #8 6–9 |
East Maegashira #10 0–2–retired |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Men attempting to extort Kyokushuzan arrested. Japan TimesOnline (2007-07-26). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
