Ishiura
Ishiura (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese footballer {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Ishiura Masakatsu
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. He debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his ''makuuchi'' debut in November 2016. His highest rank has been ''maegashira'' 5, and he has one special prize for Fighting Spirit. He wrestles for Miyagino stable. Background Ishiura was born in Tottori, the principal city of Tottori Prefecture, which is the most sparsely-populated prefecture in Japan. He studied at Nihon University. He nearly gave up sumo and moved to Australia to study at an English language college in 2012. While there he won the Australian Open and Lightweight Sumo titles and while staying in Sydney was cast as an adversary for Wolverine in a new movie, but he withdrew from the role and decided to return to Japan and try professional sumo after being inspired by the success of some of his friends from his amateur days. At 23 he was at the upper end of the age limit to enter professional sumo and knew this was his last chance. As o ...
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