Shōtenrō Taishi
| Shōtenrō Taishi | |
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| 翔天狼大士 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Nyamsuren Dagdandorj January 31, 1982 Mongolia |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 166 kg (366 lb; 26.1 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Fujishima |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | March, 2001 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 2 (July, 2009) |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (1) |
| Gold Stars | 1 (Hakuhō) |
| * Up to date as of Feb 27, 2017. | |
Shōtenrō Taishi (born 31 January 1982 as Nyamsuren Dagdandorj) is a sumo wrestler from Khovd Province, Mongolia. He joined professional sumo in 2001 and was known as Musashiryū Taishi until 2007. He made the top makuuchi division for the first time in 2009 and his highest rank has been maegashira 2. He wrestles for Fujishima stable (formerly Musashigawa stable).
It has been reported that in his childhood in Ulan Bator he lived in the same apartment complex as future sumo contemporary Mōkonami, though they never met in person. As an amateur, Dagdandorj took third place in the open weight division in the Junior World Sumo Championships in 2000. He began his professional career in March 2001, at the same time as Hakuhō. He was given the shikona of Musashiryū, the prefix being a common one at Musashigawa stable.
His rise through the ranks was relatively smooth until he reached the third highest makushita division in January 2003, where an early injury put him out of action and dropped him back to the sandanme division. He continued to struggle with his own sumo and injuries in these two divisions for the next five years, changing his shikona to Shōtenrō in 2007 in a bid to improve his fortunes. When he finally found his stride again, his steady rise to the top division was a stark contrast to his previous struggles; he reached makuuchi after winning two consecutive jūryō division championships, only the third post-war wrestler after Kushimaumi and Miyabiyama to achieve this feat. All in all, it had taken him 48 tournaments from his professional debut to reach the top makuuchi division, the third slowest at the time amongst foreign born wrestlers. In July 2009 he was awarded the Fighting Spirit Prize for his record of eleven wins and four losses. In the September tournament he won his first kinboshi, becoming the first maegashira in a year to defeat Hakuhō, but could win only one other match. A 9-6 score in the following tournament in November seemed to steady him, but he suffered a surprising slump in January 2010 and a poor 3-12 record saw him demoted to jūryō. He returned to the top division for the July 2010 tournament, and after slipping back to jūryō in September won promotion again for November 2010.
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