Shōnannoumi Momotarō
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. Wrestling for Takadagawa stable, he made his professional debut in March 2014, and became ''sekitori'' when he reached the ''jūryō'' division in January 2023. He was promoted to sumo's Makuuchi, top division in July 2023. His highest rank has been ''Makuuchi#Maegashira, maegashira'' 5. Early life and sumo background Shōnannoumi has no background in sumo, but rather in baseball, a sport he played at Ōiso Elementary School and on the baseball team at Ōiso Junior High School. His family is also linked with the sports, his father being a local baseball coach. He first had a negative impression of sumo wrestlers but changed his mind after seeing ''Yokozuna'' Chiyonofuji. His motivation to join sumo came from visiting Takadagawa stable when he was in junior high school in Ōiso, Kanagawa prefecture, Kanagawa. In his third year of junior high school, he began to receive invitations from strong high school ba ...
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Shikona
A is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The tradition of ring names in sumo dates back to the Edo period, where they were used as a means to attract customers and hide the identities of the ''rikishi''. Like standard Japanese names, a ''shikona'' consists of a surname and a personal, or given name, and the full name is written surname first. However, the personal name is rarely used outside formal or ceremonial occasions. Thus, the former ''yokozuna'' is usually referred to as simply ''Asashōryū''. When addressing a sumo wrestler of the ''makuuchi'' or ''jūryō'' divisions, the suffix is used instead of the usual . The given name is often, but not always, the wrestler's original name, and may be changed at the whim of the individual wrestler. Foreign wrestlers always adopt a new, Japanese given name. Often, on first joining professional sumo, a wrestler's ''shikona'' is the same as his family name. As a wrestler rises through the ranks of sumo, he is expected to change his ''shi ...
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