Endō Shōta
| Endō Shōta | |
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| 遠藤 聖大 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Shōta Endō October 19, 1990 Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 150 kg (330 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Oitekaze |
| University | Nihon University |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | March, 2013 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 1 (March, 2014) |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (1) |
| Gold Stars | 2 (Kakuryū) (Hakuhō) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 22, 2017. | |
Endō Shōta (遠藤 聖大?), (born October 19, 1990) is a professional sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in March 2013, making the top makuuchi division that September. His highest rank has been maegashira 1, and he has two special prizes for Fighting Spirit and Technique, and two gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was runner-up in the September 2016 tournament. He wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He is extremely popular with Japanese sumo fans and has been regarded as one of the most promising home-grown wrestlers in sumo.
Endō first began trying out sumo in his primary school years largely to please his father. He did not like sumo at first, but as time went on he became inspired by the spirit and technique of then yokozuna Asashōryū. He began trying out more techniques and came to love sumo. In his second year of junior high school, he participated in a Kanazawa area sumo competition, where he won the team championship as well as beating the future Tochinosato in a playoff to take the individual championship. In high school, he participated in several team and individual competitions, taking two separate championships. Upon graduation he entered Nihon University as an economics major. From his fourth year he was captain of the sumo team. That year he also took two major national championship titles becoming both the amateur sumo yokozuna as well as the National Athletic Championship yokozuna. Despite of his great success at sumo thus far, it was a difficult decision for Endō whether or not to go professional, because he had a dream of becoming a teacher.
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