Ryūō Noboru

Ryūō Noboru
龍皇 昇
Personal information
Born Erkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold
(1983-03-11) March 11, 1983
Mongolia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 147 kg (324 lb)
Career
Stable Miyagino
Record 340-322-11
Debut March, 2000
Highest rank Maegashira 8 (July, 2007)
Retired July, 2013
* Up to date as of July 2013.

Ryūō Noboru (born March 11, 1983 as Erkhem-Ochiryn Sanchirbold, Mongolian: Эрхэм-Очирын Санчирболд) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. His highest rank was maegashira 8.

Career

He joined sumo in March 2000, shortly before his 17th birthday, making him young by the standards of most foreign recruits. He took part in a seven way play-off for the title in the third makushita division in January 2003, but his progress was slowed by a neck injury that forced him to sit out the November 2003 tournament. After a year of steady progress he won promotion to the second highest jūryō division in July 2006. He entered the top makuuchi division in May 2007, producing a 10-5 record at maegashira 14. However he could manage only five wins in the next tournament and was demoted back to the second division after a 3-12 score in September 2007. An 8-7 mark at the rank of jūryō 2 in January 2008 was enough to return him to the top division but he could not manage a winning score and so was demoted once again. In May 2008 he turned in a disappointing 5-10 score at jūryō 5. In July he recovered from a poor 1-6 start to finish 8-7. However a 4-11 mark at jūryō 10 in November 2008 saw him fall back to the unsalaried makushita division for the January 2009 tournament. He withdrew from that tournament with an injury after recording only one win and two losses, and produced another losing score of 3-4 in March 2009. For the rest of his career, he remained firmly stuck in the mid-to-lower makushita ranks, without even coming close to a return to jūryō.

Ryūō was from the same stable as yokozuna Hakuhō, and as he was the only other wrestler with sekitori experience in the stable, he was Hakuhō's main training partner. After losing sekitori status he also served as the yokozuna's personal attendant or tsukebito. In September 2010 he was rebuked by the Japan Sumo Association for visiting the locker room of Hakuhō's opponent, Aran, prior to the match.[1]

Fighting style

Unlike most of his Mongolian compatriots, Ryūō specialised in pushing rather than throwing techniques and he was noted for his strong tachi-ai, or opening charge at the beginning of matches. Like many pusher-thrusters, however, he was vulnerable to throws by opponents more skilled on the mawashi if he was unable to win in the first few seconds.

Career record

Ryūō Noboru[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2000 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #13
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #134
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #54
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #29
5–2
 
2001 West Sandanme #94
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #77
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #60
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #73
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #41
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #27
3–4
 
2002 West Sandanme #45
4–3
 		 West Sandanme #30
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #52
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #27
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #51
5–2
 
2003 West Makushita #33
6–1–P
 		 East Makushita #13
2–5
 		 West Makushita #30
2–5
 		 West Makushita #44
5–2
 		 West Makushita #26
5–2
 		 West Makushita #15
0–0–7
 
2004 West Makushita #55
5–2
 		 East Makushita #34
5–2
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 East Makushita #17
5–2
 		 East Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #6
3–4
 
2005 West Makushita #10
4–3
 		 West Makushita #8
2–5
 		 East Makushita #18
4–3
 		 East Makushita #13
3–4
 		 East Makushita #17
4–3
 		 West Makushita #14
4–3
 
2006 East Makushita #9
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
4–3
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 		 West Jūryō #14
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #8
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 
2007 East Jūryō #7
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #14
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #8
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #13
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 
2008 West Jūryō #2
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #16
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #5
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #11
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #10
4–11
 
2009 East Makushita #4
1–2–4
 		 East Makushita #26
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
2–5
 		 East Makushita #51
4–3
 		 East Makushita #43
4–3
 		 West Makushita #35
5–2
 
2010 West Makushita #24
2–5
 		 West Makushita #38
6–1
 		 East Makushita #14
3–4
 		 West Makushita #25
2–5
 		 West Makushita #40
5–2
 		 East Makushita #26
4–3
 
2011 West Makushita #22
3–4
 		 West Makushita #31
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 West Makushita #31
4–3
 		 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #28
4–3
 		 East Makushita #23
4–3
 
2012 West Makushita #18
1–6
 		 West Makushita #40
5–2
 		 West Makushita #30
3–4
 		 East Makushita #37
4–3
 		 West Makushita #30
5–2
 		 West Makushita #18
2–5
 
2013 East Makushita #28
3–4
 		 East Makushita #35
2–5
 		 East Sandanme #2
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #14
Retired
2–5
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kyodo sports news summary". Yahoo News. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ryūō Noboru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-09.


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