Kyokusetsuzan Eiji - 旭雪山 英二 (born May 5, 1973) is a former Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He made his debut in March 1992 and last wrestled for Oshima stable. His highest rank was jonidan 91 and he retired in November 1992.
Early Life[]
Munkhbold Sharaa was born on May 5, 1973, in Ulaanbaatar, 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 Sharaa happened to notice the advertisement and applied along with 120 others. He was selected and went to Japan with five others, including Kyokutenho and Kyokushuzan.
Career[]
He made his professional debut in March 1992 under the shikona "Kyokusetsuzan" (旭雪山). In his first two tournaments he produced two winning records and was promoted to a career-high rank of jonidan 91.
Retirement from Sumo[]
After six months in sumo, due to cultural differences, language problems, and an extremely hard training regime, five of them including Kyokusetsuzan 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, Kyokusetsuzan and Kyokujishi did not return to the stable and their retirements were officially announced after the November 1992 tournament.
After Retirement[]
According to his Facebook, he currently lives in Longmont, Colorado, and owns a freight shipping and trucking company.
Fighting Style[]
Like many of his Mongolian compatriots, Kyokusetsuzan was very technical in his sumo and won many bouts with trips and throws. His most common winning kimarite was ashitori, or leg pick. He never won a match by yorikiri (force out) which is the most common kimarite in sumo.
Record[]
Division Results[]
- Total: 9-5-14/14 (5 basho)
- Jonidan: 5-2-14/7 (3 basho)
- Jonokuchi: 4-3/7 (1 basho)
Shikona History[]
- Kyokusetsuzan Eiji (1992.03 - 1992.11)
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