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Kyokunankai Hiromitsu
Kyokunankai Hiromitsu (born 14 December 1977 as Hirokazu Ken) is a former sumo wrestler from Amagi, Kagoshima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1993 and reached the top division in September 2010. The 17 years it took him to reach the top division is the second slowest progress ever, in the history of professional sumo wrestling. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 16. He was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association, as a result of the 2011 match-fixing scandal. Career He joined Oshima stable from junior high school, having met in 1992 a wrestler at the stable, KyokudÅzan, who was from the nearby town of Tokunoshima. He made his professional debut in March 1993, fighting under his real surname of Ken. In May 1995 he adopted a formal ''shikona'' of Kyokunankai. Weighing less than , he rose slowly up the ranks, not reaching the third highest ''makushita'' division until 1999. It took him another six years to win his first '' yusho'' or tournament championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åshima Stable
was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in 1980 by former '' Åzeki'' Asahikuni, who branched off from Tatsunami stable. The head of Tatsunami stable opposed the setting up of the new stable, and did not speak to Åshima until Asahifuji was promoted to ''Åzeki'' in 1987. Åshima produced ten ''sekitori'', all of whom went on to reach the top ''makuuchi'' division. Åshima's senior wrestler in later years was the Mongolian born veteran KyokutenhÅ, who has Japanese citizenship and was seen as the successor to Åshima. However, after KyokutenhÅ indicated a desire to continue wrestling, the stable instead closed on 25 April 2012 when Åshima reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, with its wrestlers transferring to Tomozuna stable. Ring name conventions Most wrestlers' fighting names included the Chinese character "æ" meaning "sunrise", that can be read as either ''Asahi'' or ''Kyoku'', taken from the founding s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |