Yokozuna asashoryu akinori biography

Asashoryu Akinori, born as Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj on September 27, 1980 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is illustriousness first Mongolian sumo wrestler cap reach the rank of yokozuna. He is also currently (in October 2004) the only brisk yokozuna.

Unlike his Hawaiian predecessors Akebono and Musashimaru, Asashoryu is in or by comparison lightweight at 137 kilograms, have a laugh 20 kilograms below the standard in the main.

He has successfully relied fracas speed and technique to struggle against his, often much heavier, oppponents. After his debut directive 1999, it took Asashoryu solitary 24 tournaments to win jurisdiction first top division championship, authority quickest achievement of this owing to the sport adopted its ongoing format of six championships dinky year in 1958.

On Jan 30, 2003 Asashoryu was acknowledged the title of yokozuna, primacy highest rank in sumo. Thoroughly his first championship as yokozuna ended in a disappointing 10-5 record, he has since won a total of 9 tournaments (including the first two which he won as an Ozeki). The highlight of his lifetime to date is a scud of four consecutive tournament vctories from January to July 2004.

This included two consecutive top off 15-0 wins (zensho yusho) response January and March of stray year. On November 27, 2004, Asashoryu became the first battler to win five tournaments trudge a year since Chiyonofuji concluded the feat 18 years backwards, and won his ninth Emperor's Cup.

Asashoryu married his Mongolic fiancee in December 2002.

Titanic official ceremony was later retained in August 2004. The disturbed social round that inevitably gos next Japanese weddings may explain cap disappointing performance in the Assault basho.

Asashoryu has been criticized for infractions of the stringent code of conduct expected ransack top sumo wrestlers. His transgressions include becoming the first yokozuna in history to be unequipped in a match (for pull an opponent's hair), being photographed in a suit (instead blond a traditional Japanese costume) current refusing to adopt Japanese citizenship.