Ōnoshō Fumiya

Ōnoshō Fumiya
阿武咲 奎也
Personal information
Born Fumiya Utetsu
(1996-07-04) July 4, 1996
Nakadomari, Aomori, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 148 kg (326 lb)
Career
Stable Onomatsu
Current rank see below
Debut January, 2013
Highest rank Maegashira 6 (July, 2017)
Special Prizes Fighting Spirit (1)
* Up to date as of July 23, 2017.

Ōnoshō Fumiya (阿武咲 奎也, born July 4, 1996 as Fumiya Utetsu) is a professional sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his top makuuchi debut in May 2017. His highest rank has been maegashira 6, and he has one special prize for Fighting Spirit. He wrestles for Ōnomatsu stable.

Background

Fumiya Utetsu was born in Nakadomari, a small town on the northern tip of Honshu. He became interested in sumo wrestling at the age of five after encouragement from his grandfather, and began to train at his local gym.[1] In an interview with NHK he said, "I thought that wrestlers were cool".[2] Whilst attending Nakasato Elementary School, Nakasato Junior High School and Sanbongi Agricultural High School, he won numerous local and regional sumo tournaments. Apart from sumo he was a keen participant in skiing and snowboarding. In November 2012 he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in sumo.[3][4]

He joined the Ōnomatsu stable and adopted the ring name (shikona) of Ōnoshō.

Career

Early career

Ōnoshō made his professional debut at the age of sixteen in the Osaka tournament in March 2013. He quickly moved through the lower divisions and reached the third highest makushita division in November of the same year. Seven consecutive winning records (kachi-koshi) saw him promoted to the second division (jūryō) in January 2015. Competing against more experienced opponents he made relatively little impact in his first jūryō run but looked to be maintaining his place in the division before sustaining an injury in November 2015. A 5-10 record in March 2016 saw him relegated for the first time in his wrestling career. He rebounded by winning all seven of his bouts in makushita in May and was promoted back up to the second division despite losing in a play-off for the championship to Oyanagi. Over the next six tournaments, Ōnoshō worked his way up the ranks of jūryō and a 9-6 result in March 2017 clinched his promotion to the top division (makuuchi) for the first time.[5]

Makuuchi career

In his first tournment in the top division Ōnoshō was assigned the rank of maegashira 14. He recovered from an opening day defeat to Daishomaru to record a 10-5 result, with his defeated opponents including other promising young wrestlers such as Hokutofuji, Ishiura and Kagayaki, as well as more experienced foes such as Kaisei and Myogiryu. His efforts saw him being rewarded with the special prize for Fighting Spirit as well as promotion to maegashira 6 for the next tournament.[6] In the following July tournament he was one of only two wrestlers to defeat the eventual runner-up Aoiyama,[7] and he finished with another 10–5 record.

Fighting style

Ōnoshō has a preference for oshi techniques (pushing and thrusting) rather than grasping his opponent's mawashi or belt. His most common kimarite or winning move is oshidashi, the push-out.[8]

Career record

Ōnoshō Fumiya[9]
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
2013 (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #7
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #17
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #55
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #54
5–2
 
2014 East Makushita #34
4–3
 		 East Makushita #28
5–2
 		 East Makushita #16
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
4–3
 		 East Makushita #8
5–2
 		 East Makushita #3
5–2
 
2015 East Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #10
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #8
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #9
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
4–10–1
 
2016 East Jūryō #14
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #12
5–10
 		 West Makushita #3
7–0–P
 		 East Jūryō #12
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #12
11–4
 		 East Jūryō #4
7–8
 
2017 West Jūryō #5
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #2
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
10–5
F		 West Maegashira #6
10–5
 		 x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up 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. ↑ 「まずは十両」　国体Ｖ・打越君が阿武松部屋入門　青森 朝日新聞デジタル 2012年12月17日（2013年11月8日閲覧）
  2. ↑ 阿武咲の新十両紹介 阿武松おかみさんのブログ 2015/1/14(水) 午後 10:19
  3. ↑ 三農高で活躍　打越が阿武松部屋入門 デーリー東北新聞社 2012年12月18日（2013年11月8日閲覧）
  4. ↑ 大相撲初場所:多彩な１６人全員合格　新弟子検査 毎日.jp 2012年12月27日（2013年11月8日閲覧）
  5. ↑ "Sumo: Kisenosato looks to stay on roll at summer tourney". Kyodo News. 1 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sumo: Hakuho outlasts Harumafuji to finish with perfect record". Kyodo News. 27 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sumo: Unbeaten Hakuho moves one win shy of Chiyonofuji win mark". Kyodo News. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "日本相撲協会公式サイト". 日本相撲協会公式サイト.
  9. ↑ "Onosho Fumya Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference.


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