While training with the nihon universities sumo team he. ōzeki july 2018 championships. Fighting spirit 6 outstanding performance 2 technique 3 gold stars. In june this year levan was granted the title of the honorary citizen of mtskheta for his achievements in sumo. 569 479 931042 85 basho in makuuchi. He managed to place joint third in the open weight division a feat that looks even.
Tochinoshin victory and defeat sumo kyushu basho all 15 bouts. Look at how lean yokozuna hakuho is at the same height. 2 harumafuji kisenosato up to date as of may 4 2020. 192 cm 162 kg. They hover around 350 lbs tochinoshin a little more hakuho a little less. Debut march 2006 juryo debut january 2008 makuuchi debut may 2008 sanyaku debut july 2010 ozeki promotion july 2018 highest rank ozeki.
452 453 55899 65 basho 1 yusho 4 jun yusho 3 gino sho 2 shukun sho 6 kanto sho 2 kinboshi. 178 kg 392 lb. 191 m 6 ft 3 in weight. Tochinoshin was born levan gorgadze in the city of mtskheta in 1987. The july 2019 basho is upon us and some of the best sumo wrestlers around the world are ready to buckle down and make their way through the tournament. Well for one hes 6 4 so theres a lot more room to spread out the weight.
At this years summer grand sumo tournament tochinoshin standing at 191 centimeters and weighing 169 kilograms faced each of his opponents head on without cunningly shifting his starting posture. In this tournament is the return of tochinoshin tsuyoshi. By weight both tochinoshin and hakuho are mid weight wrestlers. 35 43 2775 7 basho as sekiwake. As a teenager the young georgian practiced the soviet martial art of sambo and was a national level judo fighter. By the early 2000s he took up amateur sumo and competed in several junior and world championships.
Tochinoshin is coming off a ten win performance and a controversial match with asanoyama last may. Tochinoshins wedding in japan related stories. Element tv 75132 views. 41 24 1064 5 basho 1 jun yusho 1 gino sho 1 shukun sho 1 kanto sho. 1 makuuchi 3 jūryō 2 makushita. Tochinoshins wedding in japan tochinoshin is a holder of ōzeki title the second highest rank in sumo.
Tochinoshin finally lifted the emperors cup on sunday 12 tumultuous years after joining the sumo world. Due to his positive balance on the tournament 87 he maintains the title.
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