Asasekiryū Tarō

朝 赤龍 太郎
Asasekiryū Tarō

Personal data
real name	Badartschiin Daschnjam
Born	7th August 1981
place of birth	Ulan Bator, Mongolia
size	1.85 m
Weight	145 kg
Career
Heya	Takasago
rank	Jūryō
Career record	608-579-36 400-422-33 (makuuchi)
debut	January 2000
Highest rank	Sekiwake
Tournament victories	1 (Jūryō) 1 (Jonidan)
As of: Hatsu Basho 2015.

Asasekiryū Tarō ( Japanese 朝 赤龍 太郎 ; born Badartschiin Daschnjam , Mongolian Бадарчийн Дашням ; born August 7, 1981 in Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia ) is a sumo wrestler .

The Mongolian wrestler came to Japan as a teenager in 1997 . After his first professional sumo fights in January 2000, he reached the second highest sumo league, the Jūryo division, in July 2002 . In March 2003 he rose to the Makuuchi Division, the highest league in Japanese professional sumo. In July 2006 he reached the rank of komusubi , which he could not keep due to an injury and poor results. After a strong performance in 2007, he reached back in September the sanyaku -Ränge, this time the rank of sekiwake . After a 3-12 make-koshi in November of the same year, he was immediately relegated to the maegashira ranks.

Web links

• Info page of the Japanese Sumo Association

Mongolian name: As is customary in Mongolia, in this article the patronymic is in the genitive case before the proper name. Thus Badartsch is the patronymic , Daschnjam the proper name. The person is addressed with their proper name.