Asasekiryū Tarō

Asasekiryū Tarō
朝赤龍 太郎
Personal information
Born Badarchiin Dashnyam
(1981-08-07) August 7, 1981
Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 148 kg (326 lb; 23.3 st)
Career
Stable Takasago, formerly Wakamatsu
Current rank see below
Debut January, 2000
Highest rank Sekiwake (September, 2007)
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Jonidan)
Special Prizes Outstanding Performance (1)
Fighting Spirit (1)
Technique (2)
* Up to date as of Apr 25, 2016.

Asasekiryū Tarō (born August 7, 1981 as Badarchiin Dashnyam, Mongolian: Бадарчийн Дашням, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia) is a sumo wrestler. He made his debut in January 2000, reaching the top division in March 2003. He has won four special prizes, and has spent a total of five tournaments to date in the titled san'yaku ranks. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake.

Early life and sumo background

Dashnyam was the second son of a successful Mongolian wrestler who achieved the same level as komusubi. From the ages of six to twelve he attended the Naadam festival, where he was also schooled in horse training. He did not continue his training, however, and in 1997 chose to accompany his friend, future yokozuna Asashōryū who was moving to Japan to attend high school. It was understood it was largely to keep his friend from becoming homesick. They were accepted by Meitoku Gijuku high school, known for its strong sumo program. They were seniors to later stars Kotoshōgiku and Tochiozan.

Career

After high school he followed his friend Asashōryū to Wakamatsu stable (now Takasago stable) and fought his first professional sumo bout in January 2000. Asasekiryū would later often served as a tachimochi or sword bearer during Asashōryū's dohyō-iri or ring entering ceremony. His shikona or fighting name literally means morning red dragon, very similar to Asashoryu's morning blue dragon (in both cases, the Asa character is taken from his stablemaster's fighting name of Asashio, who was a classmate at Kinki University of Asashoryu and Asasekiryu's high school sumo coach).

Asasekiryū won the tournament championship or yusho in the jonidan division in May 2000 with a perfect 7-0 record. He earned promotion to the jūryō (second division) in July 2002, and to the top makuuchi division in March 2003, following his 11-4 score which won the jūryō championship or yusho.

He made little impact in the top division until March 2004, when he won his first twelve bouts, including a defeat of ōzeki Kaiō. He finished as tournament runner-up with a 13-2 record and earned two special prizes for Technique and Outstanding Performance. In May 2006 he scored ten wins at maegashira 2 and won the Fighting Spirit prize. He was promoted to komusubi for the July 2006 tournament, but was forced to withdraw partway through this basho due to injury and had some mixed results after that.

In May 2007, fighting from the mid maegashira ranks, he produced an outstanding 12-3 record. This gave him runner-up honours once again, and his second Technique prize. In July 2007 Asasekiryū had his first chance to fight a yokozuna and earn a gold star when he met new Yokozuna Hakuhō, as sumo rules prevented him from being matched against his stablemate Asashōryū. He lost, but the eight wins he managed in this tournament at maegashira 1 were enough to earn him promotion to sekiwake for September, his highest rank to date. He held his rank in that tournament, but after a disappointing 3-12 score in November 2007, he was demoted back to the maegashira ranks for the January 2008 tournament.

Asasekiryū in May 2009

Asasekiryū produced two good performances in the first two tournaments of 2008. In January he scored ten wins and in March he defeated two ōzeki, and tournament runner-up Baruto to finish 8-7. This performance returned him to the titled san'yaku ranks for the May 2008 tournament, at komusubi. However he was unable to maintain his ranking, only scoring six wins against nine losses. He was again ranked at komusubi in September 2008, but turned in a poor 4-11 record. He became his stable's top rikishi in February 2010, following the retirement of Asashōryū. He continued to move up and down the division, reaching maegashira 1 in July 2010 but falling back to maegashira 9 by May 2011. In the May 2012 tournament, ranked at maegashira 14, he stood at only 3–7 after ten days, and although he rallied somewhat to finish on 6–9, this was not enough to prevent demotion back to juryo for the first time. He returned to makuuchi in September after just one tournament away, but then was injured on just the second day of the November 2012 tournament and had to withdraw, resulting in another demotion to jūryō. Since then he became somewhat of a second division regular, doing enough to maintain sekitori status while never achieving enough success for repromotion. A 10-5 record in July 2015 however, saw his promotion to makuuchi after a near three-year hiatus.

As of 2015 he is the only sekitori in Takasago stable.

Fighting style

Asasekiryu is a yotsu-sumo (grappling) wrestler, preferring a migi-yotsu (left hand outside, right hand inside) grip on his opponent's mawashi or belt. His most common winning technique is a straightforward yori-kiri or force out. He is also fond of throws, most often employing uwatenage (outer arm throw) and uwatedashinage (pulling outer arm throw).[1]

Family

His father was a Mongolian wrestler, holding a rank roughly equivalent to sumo's komusubi.

Career record

Asasekiryū Tarō[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2000 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #34
6–1
 		 East Jonidan #80
7–0–P
Champion
 		 East Sandanme #72
5–2
 		 East Sandanme #45
6–1
 		 East Makushita #56
4–3
 
2001 West Makushita #47
5–2
 		 West Makushita #32
3–4
 		 East Makushita #41
5–2
 		 East Makushita #27
6–1
 		 East Makushita #10
4–3
 		 East Makushita #7
3–4
 
2002 East Makushita #12
5–2
 		 East Makushita #6
5–2
 		 West Makushita #1
5–2
 		 West Jūryō #11
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #13
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #8
10–5
 
2003 West Jūryō #1
11–4–P
Champion
 		 East Maegashira #10
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #4
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #4
3–12
 
2004 East Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #12
13–2
OT		 East Maegashira #2
3–12
 		 West Maegashira #10
11–4
 		 East Maegashira #4
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #10
7–8
 
2005 East Maegashira #11
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #7
6–7–2
 		 East Maegashira #10
6–2–7
 		 West Maegashira #12
9–6
 
2006 West Maegashira #4
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #2
10–5
F		 East Komusubi #1
1–2–12
 		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
10–5
 
2007 East Maegashira #6
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #2
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #8
12–3
T		 West Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
8–7
 		 West Sekiwake #1
3–12
 
2008 West Maegashira #4
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #1
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #2
8–7
 		 West Komusubi #1
4–11
 		 East Maegashira #5
5–10
 
2009 East Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #12
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #6
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
8–7
 
2010 West Maegashira #8
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #11
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #4
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #1
4–11
 		 West Maegashira #6
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #2
6–9
 
2011 West Maegashira #5
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #9
Tournament Cancelled
0–0–0		 West Maegashira #9
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #9
6–9
 		 West Maegashira #12
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 
2012 East Maegashira #15
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #11
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #14
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #1
9–6
 		 East Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 West Maegashira #9
0–3–12
 
2013 West Jūryō #6
5–7–3
 		 West Jūryō #11
10–5
 		 East Jūryō #4
5–10
 		 East Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–9
 
2014 East Jūryō #7
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #4
6–9
 		 West Jūryō #6
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #7
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #7
9–6
 
2015 East Jūryō #2
5–10
 		 West Jūryō #5
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 East Jūryō #4
10–5
 		 East Maegashira #15
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #16
3–12
 
2016 East Jūryō #8
9–6
 		 East Jūryō #2
4–11
 		 West Jūryō #8
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 		 x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asasekiryu bouts by kimarite". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Asasekiryū Tarō Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

External links


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