Byambajav Ulambayaryn

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大翔地　健太
Daishochi Kenta
Personal information
Born Byambajav Ulambayar
(1984-11-24) November 24, 1984
Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Weight 152 kg (335 lb)
Career
Record 95-66-14
Debut July, 2001
Highest rank Makushita 15 (March, 2005)
Retired September, 2005
Championships 1 (Jonokuchi)
* Career information is correct as of May 2013.

Byambajav Ulambayar (born 24 November 1984) is an amateur sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. He is a two-time winner of the Sumo World Championships, in 2006 and 2007. He is 6'1" tall, weighing 350 lb. He was featured as a sumo wrestler in the film "Ocean's 13" (2007). He has also entered in over 100 matches winning all gold medals, in Japan, Mongolia, Thailand, USA, Italy, Germany, and more. He also featured as a model for the Subaru car company. In February 2013, he was featured on the American television show King of the Nerds.

In September 2009 he won in the +115 kg and overall category at the US Open Championship held in California.[1]

He was formerly a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) who competed under the shikona of Daishochi. He was a member of Shibatayama stable from July 2001 until September 2005, reaching a highest rank of makushita 15.[2]

Professional sumo career record

Daishochi Kenta[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
2001 x x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #46
6–1–PPP
Champion
 		 East Jonidan #73
6–1
 
2002 West Jonidan #3
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #68
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #87
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #69
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #39
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #23
3–4
 
2003 West Sandanme #39
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #57
6–1
 		 East Sandanme #6
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #16
6–1
 		 East Makushita #37
5–2
 		 West Makushita #26
1–6
 
2004 West Makushita #48
6–1
 		 East Makushita #20
2–5
 		 West Makushita #37
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #2
6–1
 		 West Makushita #29
4–3
 		 East Makushita #24
4–3
 
2005 East Makushita #19
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
3–4
 		 West Makushita #20
4–3
 		 West Makushita #15
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Makushita #55
Retired
0–0–7		 x
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)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mongolian Sumo Wrestler Grabs Gold in US Open Championship". UB Post. 6 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Daishochi Kenta Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 

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