Toyohibiki
| Toyohibiki Ryūta | |
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| 豊響 隆太 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Ryūta Kadomoto November 16, 1984 Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 185 kg (408 lb; 29.1 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Sakaigawa |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | January, 2005 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 2 (November, 2008) |
| Championships | 2 (Jūryō) 1 (Jonidan) |
| Special Prizes | Fighting Spirit (3) |
| Gold Stars | 1 (Hakuhō) |
| * Up to date as of Jan 22, 2012. | |
Toyohibiki Ryūta (born November 16, 1984 as Ryūta Kadomoto) is a sumo wrestler from Toyoura, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He turned professional in 2005, reaching the top division in July 2007. He has earned two special prizes for Fighting Spirit, and one gold star for a yokozuna upset. His highest rank has been maegashira 2. He wrestles for Sakaigawa stable. With the May 2014 promotion of Yoshikaze to komusubi he is now the longest serving makuuchi wrestler to have never earned a titled rank. His ring name roughly translates as "abundant echo".
Kadomoto became interested in sumo in his second year of primary school when he joined an area boys' sports club; also in the club was the future sumo star Hōmashō, three years his senior. Though he showed promise in sumo, preferring to stay local, he did not transfer to one of the more well-known high schools with a strong sumo program. While he was in the sumo club, the owner of Sakaigawa stable visited him with an eye to recruiting him, but did not like his attitude and dismissed him as a candidate. After high school he tried out various jobs such a shipyard work and truck driving. Eventually, however, a dialogue was opened again with Sakaigawa stable and he joined in January 2005. This was the same time that future ōzeki Gōeidō also joined the stable.
He made his professional debut in January 2005, initially fighting under his own surname of Kadamoto. He won the jonidan championship in his second full tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. He recorded only one make-koshi or losing score on his way to elite sekitori status, which he achieved two years after his debut, upon promotion to the jūryō division in January 2007. To mark the occasion he adopted his present ring name of Toyohibiki. The "toyo" part of his ring name came from the name of his home area of Toyoura (the same "toyo" also being the first character in his mother's name Toyomi) and the second part came from the name of his high school, Yamaguchi Hibiki. He won the jūryō championship in his debut tournament with a 10-5 record, and reached the top makuuchi division for the first time in July 2007.
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