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Kyokujishi Masaru - 旭獅子 勝 (born May 3, 1974) is a former Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He made his debut in March 1992 and wrestled for Oshima stable. His highest rank was jonidan 59 and he retired in November 1992.

Early Life[]

Tumendemberel Losol was born on May 3, 1974, in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. In late 1991, a Japanese sumo training stable master, Oshima-oyakata (the former ozeki Asahikuni) went to Mongolia to recruit promising wrestlers for sumo. The young Losol noticed the advertisement and applied along with 120 others. He was selected and went to Japan with five others, including Kyukotenho and Kyokushuzan.

Career[]

He made his professional debut in March 1992 under the shikona "Kyokujishi" (旭獅子). In his first two tournaments he produced two winning records and was promoted to a career-high rank of jonidan 59 in September 1992.

Retirement from Sumo[]

After six months in sumo, due to cultural differences, language problems, and an extremely hard training regime, five of them including Kyokujishi ran away from the training stable to the Mongolian embassy. Even though three out of the five Mongolians that ran away were eventually persuaded back, Kyokujishi and Kyokusetsuzan did not return to the stable and their retirements were officially announced after the November 1992 tournament.

Fighting Style[]

Like many of his Mongolian compatriots, Kyokujishi was very technical in his sumo and won many bouts with trips and throws. However, his most common kimarite was still yorikiri, or the straightforward force out. Out of his 10 career wins, he employed 9 different kimarite which included many extremely rare moves such as nichonage (body drop throw) and tsuriotoshi (lifting body slam).

Record[]

Division Results[]

  • Total: 10-4-14/14 (5 basho)
  • Jonidan: 5-2-14/7 (3 basho)
  • Jonokuchi: 5-2/7 (1 basho)

Shikona History[]

  • Kyokujishi Masaru (1992.03 - 1992.11)

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