Gagamaru
| Gagamaru Masaru | |
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| 臥牙丸 勝 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Teimuraz Jugheli February 23, 1987 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 199 kg (439 lb; 31.3 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Kise→Kitanoumi→Kise |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | November 2005 |
| Highest rank | Komusubi (March, 2012) |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (2) |
| Gold Stars | 1 (Harumafuji) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 22, 2016. | |
Gagamaru Masaru (born 23 February 1987 as Teimuraz Jugheli, Georgian: თეიმურაზ ჯუღელი) is a professional sumo wrestler from Georgia. The third Georgian national after Kokkai and to make the top makuuchi division, he made his professional debut in November 2005, reaching the jūryō division in November 2009 and makuuchi in July 2010. Originally from Kise stable, he briefly competed for the Kitanoumi stable before moving back to the Kise stable after it was re-established. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has won two special prizes for Fighting Spirit and has been runner-up in one tournament.
Jugheli was born in Tbilisi, he originally trained in judo and sambo, winning national junior championships in both sports by the age of 16. Invited to train by the Georgian junior sumo team, he accompanied them to the 2005 World Junior Sumo Championships in Osaka. (Also on the team was the future Tochinoshin). He came third in the individual and second in the team competition. Staying in Japan after the tournament, he joined Kise stable and made his first professional appearance in November 2005.
He moved quickly through the lower divisions, reaching makushita one year later in November 2006. He had made plans to return home to visit his family, but his father was killed in a car accident. He was determined to honour his father's memory (and emulate his fellow Georgian wrestlers) by reaching sekitori status. This he achieved in September 2009 after winning the makushita division yūshō with a perfect 7-0 record. He paid tribute to his father at a press conference.
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