Chiyotairyū
| Chiyotairyū Hidemasa | |
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| 千代大龍 秀政 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Hidemasa Meigetsuin November 14, 1988 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 167 kg (368 lb; 26.3 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Kokonoe |
| University | Nippon Sport Science University |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | May, 2011 |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (Sep, 2014) |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) |
| Special Prizes | 1 (Technique) |
| Gold Stars | 2 (Harumafuji) |
| * Up to date as of Mar 26, 2017. | |
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa (born 14 November 1988 as Hidemasa Meigetsuin) is a professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. A former amateur champion at university, he made his professional debut in May 2011, as a makushita tsukedashi recruit and reached the top division in May 2012. He earned his first gold star or kinboshi by defeating yokozuna Harumafuji in the March 2013 tournament. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has one special prize, for Technique. He wrestles for Kokonoe stable.
Meigetsuin went to junior high school and high school in Adachi, Tokyo. He attended the martial arts department of Nippon Sport Science University. He became a university yokozuna upon winning the 2010 national college individual sumo championship, and admitted that he got "really big-headed" after this triumph. Meigetsuin was also not a diligent trainer at university, avoiding traditional sumo training exercises and just doing muscular training instead.
Upon graduating, he joined former yokozuna Chiyonofuji's stable on January 24, 2011. However, his tournament debut was delayed because the March tournament was cancelled in the wake of the match-fixing scandal gripping the world of sumo at the time. During this time, due to the uncertainty about the future of sumo, he considered quitting to become a teacher, but he decided in the end it was better to continue. He participated in the following technical examination tournament in May. Because of his university success he was allowed to make his debut at the rank of makushita 15. He did not fare well in this tournament and after three consecutive losses he withdrew from the tournament due to a right lower thigh inflammation. It was the first time since World War II that a makushita tsukedashi wrestler had withdrawn from his debut tournament, and he was criticized by some commentators for ducking a challenge. He admitted to shedding tears at the comments from his hospital bed. Fighting back from falling to makushita 46 in the following July tournament, he posted two consecutive 6-1 records, and then a 4-3 record in the November 2011 tournament to achieve promotion to the salaried jūryō ranks.
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