Furanshisu Manabu - 冨蘭志壽 学 (born August 4, 1998) is a Filipino professional sumo wrestler from Santa Cruz, Laguna. He made his debut in March 2016 and currently wrestles for Shikihide stable. His highest rank as of 2025 is sandanme 52.
Early Life[]
Teodoro Francis Robert Valles was born on August 4, 1998, in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines. He moved to Japan for his third year of elementary school and was raised in Fussa, Tokyo. Up until junior high school, Valles practiced judo and even won a district tournament. In 2016, his father called Shikihide stable and asked if his son could join the stable due to his son's love for the sport. Valles was accepted into the stable as the stable is known for its open-door policy.[1]
Career[]
He made his professional debut in March 2016 and was given the shikona "Furanshisu" (冨蘭志壽), which is meant to sound like his name Francis. In his first tournament Furanshisu posted a strong 5-2 record and was immediately promoted to jonidan. Initially, he struggled in jonidan, but after a stellar 6-1 record in July 2017, he earned promotion to the sandanme division for the following tournament. He could only produce two wins in his sandanme debut and was regulated back down to jonidan. He remained in jonidan for the next two years where he produced mixed results. He was promoted back to sandanme in September 2019, but was demoted back down to jonidan for one tournament. He returned to sandanme in January 2020 and has mainly remained in the division. In July 2021 he withdrew for the first time on the fourth day of the tournament.[2]
Personal Life[]
- Furanshisu is trilingual, fluent in Japanese, Tagalog, and English.[1]
Fighting Style[]
Furanshisu defeats Daiseiryu by uwatenage (overarm throw)
Furanshisu is a yotsu-sumo wrestler who prefers grappling to pushing and thrusting techniques. He won most of his bouts with a straightforward yorikiri, or force out. He is also fond of employing oshidashi (push out), uwatenage (overarm throw) and shitatenage (underarm throw).[3]
Record[]
Division Results[]
- Total: 170-173-7/342 (51 basho)
- Sandanme: 57-78-5/134 (20 basho)
- Jonidan: 108-93-2/201 (29 basho)
- Jonokuchi: 5-2/7 (1 basho)
Shikona History[]
- Furanshisu Manabu (2016.03 - 2021.01)
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