Ichinojō Takashi

逸 ノ 城 駿
Ichinojō Takashi

Personal data
real name	Altankhuyag Ichinnorow
Born	April 7, 1993
place of birth	Arkhangai, Mongolia
size	1.92 m
Weight	207 kg
Career
Heya	Minato
rank	Maegashira 1
Career record	93-56 57-48 (makuuchi)
debut	November 2013
Highest rank	Sekiwake (November 2014)
Tournament victories	1 (Jūryō)
Status: Aki-Basho 2015.

Ichinojō Takashi ( Japanese 逸 ノ 城 駿 ; born April 7, 1993 in Archangai-Aimag as Altankhuyag Ichinnorow ) is a Mongolian sumo wrestler in the Japanese Makuuchi division.

youth

Ichinnorow attended Johoku High School in Tottori , where he first trained in judo. The school's sumo coach then convinced him to switch to sumo. There he quickly achieved successes such as winning five amateur tournaments. In 2013 he also won a national amateur sumo tournament and got the title of amateur yokozuna .

Beginning of the sumo career

Then he became a member of the Minato-beya stable. Due to his success in amateur sumo, he was immediately allowed to compete in the Makushita division under his ring name Ichinojō in January 2014 . He made his debut with a record of 6-1 and defeated among others the later Maegashira Amuru. By another 6-1 in March he was promoted to the second highest division ( Jūryō ). In this tournament he was able to win against some fighters with Jūryō experience.

Career as a sekitori

In his Jūryō debut Ichinojō reached an 11-4 and thus a four-man playoff for the tournament victory. The other three rikishi were Kotoyūki, Seirō and Kagamio, all of whom he had previously lost to. In the semi-finals of the playoff Ichinojō won over Kotoyūki and met in the final on his compatriot Kagamio, who at that time already had makuuchi experience. Ichinojō also won this fight and thus his first yusho in professional sumo. In July 2014 he convinced with a 13-2. On the last day he lost to the former Komusubi Tochinoshin , who also had a 13-2 record. In the yusho playoff Tochinoshin was able to prevail again against Ichinojō. In the next tournament Ichinojō was allowed to debut as Maegashira 10 in the Makuuchi Division and intervened there in the race for the tournament victory. After 13 days he was 12-1, but lost on day 14 to the eventual overall winner Yokozuna Hakuhō and ended the basho with a record of 13-2. He defeated in this tournament, among others, the Ōzeki Kisenosato and Gōeidō and Yokozuna Kakuryū . In addition to the Jun-Yusho and his first Kinboshi , he was awarded the Shukun-shō and the Kantō-shō. Surprisingly, he defeated both Yokozuna Kakuryū and Ōzeki Kisenosato using the Hatakikomi technique by jumping aside after the Tachi-ai . Ichinojō was immediately promoted to the rank of Sekiwake after the tournament . The San'yaku debut in November 2014 ended for him on a tight kachi-koshi (8-7). So he was able to defend his rank at first. In January 2015, however, the first make-koshi of his career followed (6-9), which is why he had to leave the San'yaku ranks again for the time being. He returned in March with a 9-6 and also received his second Kinboshi for a win over Yokozuna Harumafuji . At the Natsu Basho 2015 he started as komusubi , beat yokozuna Hakuhō on the first day of the tournament and also achieved a kachi-koshi in the end. His Sekiwake comeback in Nagoya ended with a clear make-koshi (4-11).

In 2016 Ichinojo was less successful when facing high-level opponents. A highlight in this phase was his win against Harumafuji, which earned him his 3rd Kinboshi (gold star, price for winning a maegashira against a yokozuna). In September he had to stay away from the Aki Basho in Tokyo due to an injury, he injured his back at a regional tournament on August 25, 2016. It was the first time that Ichinojo had to cancel.

In 2017 Ichinojo won 4 kachi-koshi (Japanese 勝 ち 越 し, positive victory records), but was unsuccessful against opponents in the san'yaku ranks. At the end of the year he was able to improve his performance significantly with a 10-5 victory record in the Kyushu Basho in Fukuoka, where he also won his 4th Kinboshi. On the 8th day of the competition he defeated Yokozuna Kisenosato.

In 2018 he started with the rank of Maegashira 1 West and was able to complete the Hatsu Basho (Tokyo) in February with a kachi-kochi of 10-5. In addition, he won his 5th Kinboshi there by another victory over Yokozuna Kisenosato. Due to the success he was promoted to the rank of Komosubi 1 East, as which he started in the March tournament of Osaka.

Combat Statistics

year	Hatsu basho (January) Tokyo	Haru basho (March) Osaka	Natsu basho (May) Tokyo	Nagoya basho (July) Nagoya	Aki basho (September) Tokyo	Kyushu basho (November) Fukuoka
2013						Maezumo 0-0-2
2014	Makushita 15 TD 6-1	Makushita 3 West 6-1	Juryo 10 West 11-4 Y	Juryo 3 West 13-2 D	Maegashira 10 East 13-2 yrs	Sekiwake 1 West 8-7
2015	Sekiwake 1 West 6-9	Maegashira 1 West 9-6	Komusubi 1 West 8-7	Sekiwake 1 West 4-11	Maegashira 4 East 9-6	Maegashira 1 East 6-9
2016	Maegashira 3 East 2-13	Maegashira 11 East 11-4	Maegashira 2 West 5-10	Maegashira 7 East 9-6	Maegashira 3 West 0-0-15	Maegashira 13 West 7-8
2017	Maegashira 13 West 11-4	Maegashira 7 East 6-9	Maegashira 9 East 8-7	Maegashira 6 East 7-8	Maegashira 6 East 8-7	Maegashira 4 West 10-5
2018	Maegashira 1 West 10-5	Komosubi 1 East -

Oddities

The first three encounters between Ichinojō and Terunofuji were of extraordinary length. The fights of the Kyushu Basho 2014 (2 minutes and 12 seconds), Hatsu Basho 2015 (4 minutes and 48 seconds) and Haru Basho 2015 (3 minutes and 54 seconds) lasted a total of just under 11 minutes. In both January and March a drinking break was ordered after about three minutes.

Ichinojō fought in his second tournament in the Makuuchi Division already in the rank of Sekiwake and thus holds a record.

Web links

• Info page of the Japanese Sumo Association
• Profile on Sumo Reference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ichinojo wins Kinboshi against Harumafuji
2. ↑ Ichinojo tournament canceled due to injury
3. ↑ Detailed reports of the competition days
4. ↑ Ichinojo wins Kinboshi when defeating Yokozuna Kisenosato
5. ↑ Ichinojo defeats Yokozuna Kisenosato again
6. ↑ Rikishi Profile - Ichinojo Takashi - Nihon Sumo Kyokai Official Grand Sumo Home Page In: sumo.or.jp , accessed on March 20, 2018.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ichinojō is the family name, Takashi the first name.