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wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He began his professional sumo career in 2017 at the age of twenty three. His highest rank to date has been '' maegashira'' 15. He wrestles for the Nishikido stable.

Early life and education

Growing up in Mongolia Turbold was a great athlete participating in many different sports like judo, basketball, darts, and speed skating. He was especially good at speed skating having the ability to win at the district level. For high school Turbold studied abroad in Japan at

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, this is where he started training in sumo. After graduating from high school he entered Nihon University and their sumo club. In his third year at the university he won the All-Japan Sumo Championship giving him the title of amateur ''Yokozuna'' (the first foreigner to do so). The following year he served as the club captain, and won the National Student Sumo Championship and giving him the title of Student Yokozuna (also the first foreigner to do so).

Career

After graduating from university Turbold entered Nishikido stable, recruited by former '' sekiwake'' Mitoizumi. His amateur success granted him '' makushita tsukedashi'' status, allowing him skip the lower divisions and start at ''Makushita'' 15. He started his career with a ''makekoshi'' or losing record but quickly rebounded with three consecutive winning records. After this string of winning records he was given ''sekitori'' status by being promoted to the '' jūryō'' division. He was the first ''sekitori'' produced by his stable since its founding in 2002. He started off his ''jūryō'' debut with a winning 8–7, he followed this up with another winning record although he had to withdraw the last four days with he injury. The next tournament he was unable to achieve a winning record managing only a 6–9 record. He rebounded to with a 8–7 winning record the following tournament but suffered only his third losing record with a 7–8 finish. He rebounded yet again to get a 9–6 finish. He reached ''jūryō'' 4 in January 2020. In July 2020 at the rank of ''jūryō'' 14 he produced a 10–5 record, losing a playoff for the '' yūshō'' or championship to

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. He won his first ''jūryō'' championship in July 2021 with a 12-3 record, and reached ''jūryō 1'' in the following September 2021 tournament, narrowly missing out on promotion to the top ''makuuchi'' division. He was forced to sit out the January 2022 tournament after a member of Nishikido stable tested positive for COVID-19. In September 2022 Mitoryū reached the top division for the first time at '' maegashira'' 16.

Fighting style

Mitoryū is a ''yotsu-sumo'' wrestler, preferring grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His most common winning '' kimarite'' is a straightforward ''yori kiri'', or force out, and he uses a ''migi-yotsu'' grip on the '' mawashi'' or belt, with his right hand inside and left hand outside his opponent's arms.

Career record

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