| 玉鷲一朗 Tamawashi Ichirō |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Batjaral Munkh-Orgil November 16, 1984 Ulan-Bator, Mongolia |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 149 kg (330 lb; 23.5 st) |
| Career | |
| Heya | Kataonami |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | January 2004 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 3 (January, 2011) |
| Yūshō | 1 (jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| * Career information is correct as of Nov 2011. | |
Tamawashi Ichirō (玉鷲一朗), born 16 November 1984 as Batjargal Munkh-Orgil, Mongolian: Батжаргалын Мөнх-Оргил, is a professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. He made his debut in January 2004 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2008. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. He wrestles for Kataonami stable.
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In Mongolia, Batjargal was working toward a career in the hotel industry, but was encouraged to come to Japan by his older sister who was studying there. On a visit to see his sister in Japan, they went to Ryōgoku where Tokyo's official tournaments are held. They happened to wander by Izutsu stable and had a chance to meet the up and coming Mongolian sumo wrestler for that stable, Kakuryū. They talked about the prospects of Batjargal joining a stable and Kakuryū put him in touch with former senior Mongolian sumo wrestler Kyokushūzan. Through this connection, he was recruited by the former sekiwake Tamanofuji and joined Kataonami stable in January 2004.
He made steady progress through the lower divisions, recording only one make-koshi on the way to the third highest makushita division in May 2005. He went up and down the division until taking the championship or yusho in September 2007 with a perfect 7-0 record, which sent him up the ranks to Makushita 2. A 4-3 record in the next tournament was enough to earn him promotion to the elite sekitori ranks for the January 2008 tournament.
After producing four consecutive kachi-koshi scores in the jūryō division, Tamawashi made his debut in the top makuuchi division in September 2008. A 4-11 record sent him back to jūryō but a 10-5 score in November returned him immediately to makuuchi. His first winning score in the top division in March 2009 saw him at his highest rank to date of maegashira 8 in the May 2009 tournament. However, he could only manage a 5-10 score at maegashira 11 in July, and was demoted back to jūryō, replaced by Masatsukasa. However, he responded by taking the jūryō division championship with an 11-4 record in September, which returned him immediately to the top division. In the November 2009 tournament he produced his best top division score so far of 10-5, which saw him promoted to maegashira 7 for the January 2010 tourney. Another kachi-koshi score of 8-7 saw him promoted to a new highest rank of maegashira 4. He was however unable to defeat any of his sanyaku opponents and had slipped back to maegashira 14 by July 2010. He responded with scores of 10-5 and 9-6 in the next two tournaments, earning him promotion to his highest rank to date of maegashira 3.
Tamawashi defeated Harumafuji in the January 2011 tournament, his first victory over an ozeki, but finished with a 5-10 record. The tournament ended on an embarrassing note for him when he injured his right arm by leaning against and breaking the window of a restaurant in Tokyo.[1] He had been on a night out drinking following the final day's action, and was given a stiff warning by the Sumo Association.[1] The injury did not affect his participation in the next tournament, which did not take place until May. Fighting only his fellow maegashira, he scored 7-8 but remained at the same rank for the next tournament.
Unusually for a Mongolian wrestler Tamawashi is an oshi-sumo specialist, who prefers pushing and thrusting techniques. His most common winning kimarite is overwhelmingly oshi-dashi (push out), which accounts for half his career wins. He is not comfortable fighting on the mawashi, winning only 15 bouts by yori-kiri (force out) in his career to date.[2]
| 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 |
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| 2004 | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #28 4–3 |
East Jonidan #105 6–1 |
West Jonidan #25 5–2 |
East Sandanme #87 2–5 |
East Jonidan #10 5–2 |
| 2005 | West Sandanme #74 5–2 |
East Sandanme #47 4–3 |
East Sandanme #34 6–1 |
East Makushita #51 3–4 |
West Sandanme #8 5–2 |
East Makushita #46 4–3 |
| 2006 | West Makushita #36 3–4 |
East Makushita #45 4–3 |
West Makushita #35 4–3 |
West Makushita #28 3–4 |
East Makushita #37 5–2 |
West Makushita #23 3–4 |
| 2007 | East Makushita #31 3–4 |
East Makushita #43 5–2 |
East Makushita #31 4–3 |
West Makushita #23 3–4 |
West Makushita #32 7–0 Champion |
West Makushita #2 4–3 |
| 2008 | West Jūryō #13 10–5 |
East Jūryō #7 9–6 |
East Jūryō #2 8–7 |
East Jūryō #1 9–6 |
East Maegashira #15 4–11 |
West Jūryō #4 10–5 |
| 2009 | East Maegashira #13 7–8 |
East Maegashira #13 9–6 |
West Maegashira #8 6–9 |
West Maegashira #11 5–10 |
East Jūryō #1 11–4 Champion |
East Maegashira #11 10–5 |
| 2010 | East Maegashira #7 8–7 |
East Maegashira #4 5–10 |
East Maegashira #7 3–12 |
East Maegashira #14 7–8 |
West Maegashira #14 10–5 |
East Maegashira #8 9–6 |
| 2011 | West Maegashira #3 5–10 |
East Maegashira #6 Tournament Cancelled 0–0–0 |
East Maegashira #6 7–8 |
East Maegashira #6 5–10 |
East Maegashira #10 6–9 |
East Maegashira #13 5–10 |
| 2012 | East Jūryō #1 – |
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| Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s) P=Playoff(s) |
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