Takarafuji
| Takarafuji Daisuke | |
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| 宝富士 大輔 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Daisuke Sugiyama February 18, 1987 Nakadomari, Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 162 kg (357 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Isegahama |
| University | Kinki University |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | January, 2009 |
| Highest rank | Sekiwake (Sept, 2016) |
| Championships | 1 (Sandanme) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (1) |
| Gold Stars | 2 (Kakuryū, Hakuhō) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 22, 2017. | |
Takarafuji Daisuke (宝富士 大輔?) (born February 18, 1987 as Daisuke Sugiyama) is a sumo wrestler from Nakadomari, Aomori, Japan. He is a sandanme division champion. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake.
From the third grade of elementary school, Sugiyama began practicing at a sumo dōjō near his home and began participating in national amateur sumo tournaments in junior high school. This exposure soon had him being scouted by several sumo stables. He chose to first finish high school and went on to university. He graduated from Kinki University in Osaka.
Upon his graduation, the former yokozuna Asahifuji, who had previously attended the same high school and university as Sugiyama, invited him to join Isegahama stable of which Asahifuji was head coach. Sugiyama's professional sumo career began in January 2009. He took the ring name of Takarafuji from the beginning, following the practice at Isegahama of wrestlers taking a ring name at the beginning rather than waiting for a promotion opportunity as most stables do. He advanced quickly through the lower ranks. He narrowly lost the jonokuchi championship in his debut, losing in a playoff. He then posted an impressive 6-1 in his jonidan division debut in the next tournament. In the following July 2009 tournament, he won the sandanme division championship with a perfect record and a playoff win. His progress slowed only slightly on entering the tougher makushita division. Through to July 2010 he posted only one losing tournament, and was promoted to the jūryō second division in September 2010. His promotion from makushita 2 to jūryō 12 was higher than normal due to seven other wrestlers being suspended for gambling on baseball. Regardless of being put at a higher rank than his record had yet warranted, he excelled, posting four consecutive winning records and advancing to the top-tier makuuchi division in July 2011 at maegashira 10.
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