Ryūō Noboru

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Ryūō Noboru
Personal information

Birth name	Erkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold
Date of birth	March 11, 1983 (1983-03-11) (age 25)
Place of birth	Mongolia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	147 kg (320 lb)
Career*
Heya	Miyagino
Current rank	Juryo 5
Record	233-199-7
Debut	March, 2000
Highest rank	Maegashira 8 (July, 2007)
* Career information is correct as of May 2008.

Ryūō Noboru (born March 11, 1983 as Erkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold, Mongolian: Эрхэм-Очирын Санчирболд) is a professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. His highest rank has been maegashira 8.

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

[edit] Career

He joined sumo in March 2000, shortly before his 17th birthday, making him young by the standards of most foreign recruits. He took part in a seven way play-off for the title in the third makushita division in January 2003, but his progress was slowed by a neck injury that forced him to sit out the November 2003 tournament. After a year of steady progress he won promotion to the second highest jūryō division in July 2006. He entered the top makuuchi division in May 2007, producing a 10-5 record at maegashira 14. However he could manage only five wins in the next tournament and was demoted back to the second division after a 3-12 score in September 2007. An 8-7 mark at the rank of Jūryō 2 in January 2008 was enough to return him to the top division but he could not manage a winning score and so was demoted once again. In May 2008 he turned in a disappointing 5-10 score at Jūryō 5.

Ryūō is from the same stable as Yokozuna Hakuhō, and as he is the only other sekitori in the stable, he is Hakuhō's main training partner.

Unlike most of his Mongolian compatriots, he specialises in pushing rather than throwing techniques and he is noted for his strong tachi-ai, or opening charge at the beginning of matches. Like many pusher-thrusters, however, he is vulnerable to throws by opponents more skilled on the mawashi if he is unable to win in the first few seconds.

[edit] Top division record

Ryūō Noboru ^[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
2007	x	x	East Maegashira #14 10–5	West Maegashira #8 5–10	East Maegashira #13 3–12	(Jūryō)
2008	(Jūryō)	West Maegashira #16 5–10	(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