Terunofuji
| Terunofuji Haruo | |
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| 照ノ富士 春雄 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Gantulga Ganerdene November 29, 1991 Ulan-Bator, Mongolia |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 178 kg (392 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Magaki→Isegahama |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | January, 2011 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (July, 2015) |
| Championships | 1 (Makuuchi) 1 (Jūryō) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (3) Outstanding Performance (1) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 22, 2017. | |
Terunofuji Haruo (born 29 November 1991 as Gantulga Ganerdene) is a sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. He entered sumo in January 2011, and took the second division jūryō championship in his debut as a sekitori in September 2013. He took the top division championship in May 2015, only 25 tournaments after his professional debut, which is third behind the renowned Asashōryū and Takanohana's 23 tournaments. This earned him promotion to sumo's second highest rank of ōzeki. He has one top division championship, in addition has been runner-up in two other tournaments, and has four special prizes for Fighting Spirit and Outstanding Performance. He has been kadoban at the rank of ozeki four times in his career. He wrestles for Isegahama stable.
In childhood, Ganerdene was coached in judo by the father of yokozuna Hakuhō, but, his coach saw in him a predisposition for sumo and helped arrange for him to move to Japan as a student at Tottori Johoku High School to join its well-known sumo program. This was the same high school sumo program that current sekitori Ichinojō would also join after him. As a third year student, Ganerdene's team took the championship at a national inter-high school sumo tournament.
Upon graduating, he chose to turn professional and joined Magaki stable. He entered the ring in the same tournament as soon to be well-known Chiyotairyū and Jōkōryū. Upon entering he was given the ring name of Wakamishō. From his first pro tournament in July 2011 he excelled, posting only three losses in three tournaments and spending only one tournament in each of the lower divisions of jonokuchi, jonidan and sandanme. In his sandanme tournament in November 2011, he had a perfect 7-0 record and participated in a playoff for the championship, which he lost to the aforementioned Jōkōryū, then still known as Sakumayama. From his third division makushita debut in January 2012, he had three consecutive 5-2 records before posting two consecutive losing tournaments in July and September 2012, the only two of his career up to that point. He bounced back from this in the following November tournament, garnering a 4-3 record. For the next four tournaments his success continued and he never had more than two losses in any tournament. During the period, his stable closed, and he transferred to Isegahama stable. This change did little to disrupt his sumo, and at Isegahama he was able to practice with many higher ranked wrestlers to improve his technique. His 6-1 record at makushita 4 in July 2013 was enough to earn him promotion to the salaried ranks of jūryō in September 2013.
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