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Wakatakamoto Wataru

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Wakatakamoto Wataru - 若隆元 渡 (born December 29, 1991) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima City, Fukushima. He made his debut in November 2009 and currently wrestles for Arashio stable. His highest rank as of 2025 is makushita 7.

Early Life[]

Wataru Onami was born on December 29, 1991, in Fukushima. Coming from a sumo wrestling family, he began sumo wrestling at the age of 9. Onami attended Gakuho Fukushima High School where he won the Fukushima Prefectural Tournament. He later joined Arashio stable while simultaneously attending school.[1]

Career[]

Onami made his professional debut in November 2009 and finished with a 6-1 record in his first tournament. He was promoted to sandanme in July 2010 and makushita in July 2012. In September 2016, he injured his left shoulder and had to undergo surgery.[2] He subsequently missed the November 2016 tournament and was demoted back down to sandanme in January 2017. In May 2017, he was given the shikona "Wakatakamoto" (若隆元). He reached a career-best makushita 7 in September 2018, but could only manage a 2-5 record. His two younger brothers would surpass him, with Wakatakakage reaching elite sekitori status in May 2018 and Wakamotoharu in March 2019.[3]

Family[]

The three Onami brothers are the grandchildren of former komusubi Wakabayama.[4] They were given their shikona or sumo names by Arashio stable's head coach Oyutaka, after the three sons of Mori Motonari in the well-known Japanese parable "Lesson of the three arrows" – Takamoto, Motoharu, and Takakage.[5] His younger brothers, Wakamotoharu and Wakatakakage are the 19th pair of brothers in sumo to both reach sekitori level. Wakatakakage, the youngest brother, has had by far the quickest rise up the rankings of the three.[6]

Fighting Style[]

Wakatakamoto's Fighting Style

Wakatakamoto defeats Wakaaoba by uwatenage (overarm throw)

Wakatakamoto is proficient in both yotsu-sumo (grappling) and oshi-sumo (pushing and thrusting) techniques. His most often used winning kimarite is oshidashi (push out), followed by yorikiri (force out) and hatakikomi (slap down). He also regularly employs uwatenage (overarm throw).[7]

Record[]

Division Results[]

  • Total: 326-276-35/602 (92 basho)
  • Makushita: 236-226-35/462 (71 basho)
  • Sandanme: 74-45/119 (17 basho)
  • Jonidan: 10-4/14 (2 basho)
  • Jonokuchi: 6-1/7 (1 basho)

Shikona History[]

  • Onami Wataru (2009.11 - 2017.03)
  • Wakatakamoto Wataru (2017.05 - )

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