Ushiomaru Motoyasu
| Ushiomaru Motoyasu | |
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| 潮丸 元康 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Motoyasu Sano May 11, 1978 Shizuoka, Japan |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 167 kg (368 lb) |
| Web presence | website |
| Career | |
| Stable | Azumazeki |
| Record | 482-448-51 |
| Debut | March 1994 |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 10 (November 2002) |
| Retired | May 2009 |
| Championships | 1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita) |
| * Up to date as of May 2009. | |
Ushiomaru Motoyasu (born May 11, 1978 as Motoyasu Sano) is a former sumo wrestler from Shizuoka, Japan. He began his professional career in 1994 and first reached the top division in 2002. His highest rank was maegashira 10. He retired in May 2009 to take over the Azumazeki stable.
Ushiomaru made his debut in March 1994, joining Azumazeki stable. He began using the fighting name of Takamisano, switching briefly to Tenfuku before adopting his current name in November 1995. In his early career in the lower ranks, he served as a tsukebito, or personal attendant, to yokozuna Akebono. After a long stint in the third makushita division, he reached sekitori status by winning promotion to the second jūryō division in January 2002. After winning the jūryō division title in July of that year with a 13-2 record, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division for the next tournament. He was injured during his second top division tournament and had to withdraw, resulting in demotion back to the second division. He struggled in 2005, losing sekitori status on two occasions, but then made something of a comeback, returning to the top division for four straight tournaments from November 2006 to May 2007.
He was one of the few high ranking sumo wrestlers from Shizuoka Prefecture, which has not supplied nearly as many new entrants as the colder northern parts of Japan such as Aomori and Hokkaidō. When he reached the top division in 2002 he was the first wrestler from Shizuoka Prefecture to do so since Katsunishiki, who spent just one tournament in makuuchi in January 1976. (He has since been followed by Katayama and Sagatsukasa.)
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