Ryūō Noboru

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Ryūō Noboru
龍皇 昇
Personal information
BornErkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold
(1983-03-11) March 11, 1983 (age 41)
Mongolia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight147 kg (324 lb)
Career
StableMiyagino
Record340-322-11
DebutMarch, 2000
Highest rankMaegashira 8 (July, 2007)
RetiredJuly, 2013
* Up to date as of July 2013.

Ryūō Noboru (born March 11, 1983, as Erkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold,

maegashira
8.

Career

He joined sumo in March 2000, shortly before his 17th birthday, making him young by the standards of most foreign recruits. He took part in a seven way play-off for the title in the third

losing score
of 3-4 in March 2009. For the rest of his career, he remained firmly stuck in the mid-to-lower makushita ranks, without even coming close to a return to jūryō.

Ryūō was from the same stable as

tsukebito. In September 2010 he was rebuked by the Japan Sumo Association for visiting the locker room of Hakuhō's opponent, Aran, prior to the match.[1]

Retirement from sumo

Ryūō retired from sumo in July 2013. His

danpatsu-shiki was held on September 1, 2013. He was presented with a specially-made “kantosho” trophy by Hakuhō to make up for the fact that he missed out on the Fighting Spirit Award in his top division debut despite ten wins. He has maintained his connection with Hakuhō by working as his personal manager, and marrying the daughter of Hakuhō’s aunt.[2]

In August 2023, he opened a chankonabe restaurant called "Chanko Dining Ryū". The restaurant specializes in repurposing wrestlers from Miyagino stable and chanko recipes prepared during the Hakuhō era.[3]

Fighting style

Unlike most of his Mongolian compatriots, Ryūō specialised in pushing rather than throwing techniques and he was noted for his strong tachi-ai, or opening charge at the beginning of matches. Like many pusher-thrusters, however, he was vulnerable to throws by opponents more skilled on the mawashi if he was unable to win in the first few seconds.

Career record

Ryūō Noboru[4]
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2000 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #13
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #134
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #54
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #29
5–2
 
2001 West Sandanme #94
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #77
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #60
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #73
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #41
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #27
3–4
 
2002 West Sandanme #45
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #30
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #52
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #27
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #51
5–2
 
2003 West Makushita #33
6–1–P
 		 East Makushita #13
2–5
 		 West Makushita #30
2–5
 		 West Makushita #44
5–2
 		 West Makushita #26
5–2
 		 West Makushita #15
0–0–7
 
2004 West Makushita #55
5–2
 		 East Makushita #34
5–2
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 East Makushita #17
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #6
3–4
 
2005 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #8
2–5
 		 East Makushita #18
4–3
 		 East Makushita #13
3–4
 		 East Makushita #17
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 
2006 East Makushita #9
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #14
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 
2007 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 
2008 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #16
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #10
4–11
 
2009 East Makushita #4
1–2–4
 		 East Makushita #26
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
2–5
 		 East Makushita #51
4–3
 		 East Makushita #43
4–3
 		 West Makushita #35
5–2
 
2010 West Makushita #24
2–5
 		 West Makushita #38
6–1
 		 East Makushita #14
3–4
 		 West Makushita #25
2–5
 		 West Makushita #40
5–2
 		 East Makushita #26
4–3
 
2011 West Makushita #22
3–4
 		 West Makushita #31
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 West Makushita #31
4–3
 		 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #28
4–3
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 
2012 West Makushita #18
1–6
 		 West Makushita #40
5–2
 		 West Makushita #30
3–4
 		 East Makushita #37
4–3
 		 West Makushita #30
5–2
 		 West Makushita #18
2–5
 
2013 East Makushita #28
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #2
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #14
Retired
2–5		 x x
Record given as wins–losses–absencies    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Playoff
(s)
Divisions:
Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: 
Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kyodo sports news summary". Yahoo News. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ "所さんのそこんトコロＳ—马头琴制作". Bilibili (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "元幕内・龍皇「ちゃんこDining龍」を錦糸町で開業　弟弟子・白鵬との秘蔵写真など店内に展示". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Ryūō Noboru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.

External links

  • Ryūō Noboru's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
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