Aran Hakutora
| 阿覧欧虎 Aran Hakutora |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Aran Gabaraev January 31, 1984 Vladikavkaz, Russia |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 141 kg (311 lb; 22.2 st) |
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| Stable | Mihogaseki |
| Record | 263-258 |
| Debut | January 2007 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (September, 2010) |
| Retired | October 2013 |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (2) |
| * Up to date as of Feb 2, 2015. | |
Aran Hakutora (Japanese 阿覧・欧虎 born January 31, 1984 as Ала́н Габара́ев Alan Gabaraev) is a Russian former sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in January 2007 and made the top division in a record eleven tournaments. The highest rank he reached was sekiwake. He was runner-up in consecutive tournaments in May and July 2010 and earned two sanshō or special prizes for Fighting Spirit. He wrestled for Mihogaseki stable.
Aran was born in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, the same area as Rohō and Hakurozan. He began as an amateur wrestler, winning the Russian National Junior Championships. In October 2006 he won the open division of the World Amateur Sumo Championships held in Saitama, Japan, defeating Ichihara. In December of that year, he joined Mihogaseki stable. Sumo rules allow only one foreigner per stable, and the departure of Baruto to the newly formed Onoe stable created an opening for him.
He made his professional debut in January 2007, alongside Yamamotoyama. Although he was able to win only 2 out of 5 bouts in maezumo, he won the jonokuchi division championship in the next tournament with a perfect 7-0 record, and reached the second highest jūryō division after one and a half years in July 2008. He became the fourth Russian sekitori, after Rohō, Hakurozan, and Wakanohō. (Following the dismissal of these three for cannabis use, Aran was the only Russian left.) He made the top makuuchi division just two tournaments later in November 2008, after winning the jūryō division championship with a 12-3 record. The 11 tournaments it took him to reach makuuchi from his professional debut equalled the all-time record held by Kotoōshū, now broken by Jōkōryū.
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