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Daishoho Kiyohiro

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Daishoho Kiyohiro - 大翔鵬 清洋 (born August 18, 1994) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He made his debut in January 2013, and currently wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He reached the makuuchi division in March 2019. His highest rank as of 2025 is maegashira 9.

Early Life[]

Shijirbayar spent his childhood in Ulaanbaatar and was a good student, but was sent to Japan to study after his fourth grade year, with his mother wishing for him to get a better education. He transferred to Kashiwa City Daini Elementary School and at the time could not speak Japanese, but after three months he was able to speak conversational Japanese.[1]

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Shijirbayar in his fourth year of elementary school

During his fourth year of elementary school, Shijirbayar found out about sumo and took part in a local tournament. Although he lost, he earned the attention of many scouts. Shijirbayar attended Kashiwa Municipal Toyoshiki Junior High School, and joined the baseball club. Baseball was pretty much non-existent in Mongolia and Shijirbayar wanted to try it out.[2] In the end he went back to devote himself to sumo. After showing an aptitude for sumo, he was asked by fellow Mongolian rikishi Sensho to join Shikihide stable but chose to stay in school.[3]

After graduating junior high school, Shijirbayar attended Chiba Prefectural Nagareyama Minami High School and was classmates with future makuuchi wrestler Abi. In the New Year's Chiba Prefecture sumo tournament, Shijirbayar led his school to a team championship for the first time in 19 years.[4] In his second year he lost to future sekiwake Ichinojo in the national competition.[5] Shijirbayar would train with the Meiji University sumo club and would often beat the college students. In addition he graduated the top of his class academically.[1] In high school he was introduced to Oitekaze Oyakata who subsequently recruited him into Oitekaze stable.[6]

Career[]

Early Career[]

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Daishoho during his time in the unsalaried ranks

Shijirbayar made his debut in January 2013 under the ring name "Daishoho" (大翔鵬). His shikona of Daishoho was derived from his stablemaster, with the "ho" (鵬) kanji coming from yokozuna Taiho and Hakuho.[7] In his jonokuchi debut, Daishoho finished with a strong 6-1 record and in the next tournament, he finished with a perfect 7-0 record and took the jonidan championship as well. In his sandanme debut in September 2013, he finished with his first make-koshi of 2-5, but bounced back with a 6-1 and a 5-2 record which promoted him to makushita for the March 2014 tournament.[8]

Daishoho continued to impress in his makushita debut as he produced a 5-2 record then two consecutive 4-3 records which promoted him to makushita 18 for the September 2014 tournament. He suffered a make-koshi in this tournament, but would bounce back with two winning records, or kachi-koshi, which propelled him to makushita 10 in March 2015. He finished with a 3-4 record in March 2015, but recovered with three consecutive winning records which boosted him to makushita 2 for the November 2015 tournament. He was on the verge of sekitori status, and faced off against three juryo wrestlers, however, he finished with a 3-4 record and was demoted down to makushita 5. He would spend five more tournaments in makushita, and a 5-2 record at the top of makushita earned him a promotion to juryo for the November 2016 tournament.[8]

Juryo Career[]

He told reporters when his promotion was announced that he looked up to yokozuna Kakuryu as a role model, and that he simply hoped to get a kachi-koshi or winning record in his juryo debut.[7] However, in the event Daishoho fell short of that with a 5-10 record in November 2016, and he was immediately demoted back to makushita.[8]

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Daishoho prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2019)

Daishoho stayed in makushita for a year and was promoted back to juryo for the January 2018 tournament. Daishoho had a strong run in his juryo return and produced seven consecutive kachi-koshi and was promoted to makuuchi for the March 2019 tournament.[8]

Makuuchi Career[]

He became the 25th Mongolian to be promoted to makuuchi, and alongside Tomokaze and Terutsuyoshi it marked the first time since May 2013 that three wrestlers had made their top division debuts simultaneously.[9] Daishoho scored a 7-8 in his debut in March 2019, but luckily was not demoted and actually stayed in the exact same rank of maegashira 16 east for the following May 2019 tournament. He produced a 9-6 record and was promoted seven ranks to maegashira 9. However he suffered three straight losing records and was demoted back down to juryo in January 2020. In his first tournament back in juryo, he produced a 9-6 record, but then fell on a slump and produced two straight make-koshi. After three straight make-koshi in juryo, Daishoho was demoted to the unsalaried makushita division for November 2020. After three tournaments in makushita, he returned to juryo in May 2021.[8]

He had to withdraw from Day 13 of the July 2022 tournament after a COVID outbreak at Oitekaze stable. He returned to the top division in March 2023 after a four year hiatus in makuuchi. In August of the same year, he was the heaviest makuuchi wrestler at 198 kg (437 lb), just behind Mitoryu who was the heaviest active sekitori.[10]

Personal Life[]

  • Daishoho is married and has two sons. The marriage was on January 2019, with his first son born on January 2020 and the second one born on January 2022.[11]
  • Daishoho's favorite sumo wrestlers are Kakuryu and Asashoryu.[7] His favorite artist is Ed Sheeran, favorite food is meat, and his hobby is playing the video game Power Pros.[12]

Fighting Style[]

Daishoho's Fighting Style

Daishoho defeats Tochimusashi by yorikiri (force out)

Daishoho is a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His most common winning kimarite is yorikiri[13], or force out, and he uses a migi-yotsu grip on the mawashi or belt, with his right hand inside and left hand outside his opponent's arms.[12]

Record[]

Division Results[]

  • Total: 397-381-2/777 (69 basho)
  • Makuuchi: 53-82/135 (9 basho)
  • Juryo: 216-217-2/432 (29 basho)
  • Makushita: 102-73/175 (25 basho)
  • Sandanme: 13-8/21 (3 basho)
  • Jonidan: 7-0/7 (1 basho)
  • Jonokuchi: 6-1/7 (1 basho)

Championships[]

  • 1 Jonidan Championship

Shikona History[]

  • Daishoho Kiyohiro (2013.01 - )

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JSA Profile Pictures and Tegata[]

Career Overview[]

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