Myogiryu Yasunari

妙 義龍 泰 成
Myōgiryū Yasunari

Personal data
real name	Miyamoto Yasunari
Born	October 22, 1986
place of birth	Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
size	1.87 m
Weight	151 kg
Career
Heya	Sakaigawa
rank	Sekiwake
Career record	251-172-59 183-151-26 (makuuchi)
debut	May 2009
Highest rank	Sekiwake (September 2012)
Tournament victories	2 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita)
Status: Aki-Basho 2015.

Myōgiryū Yasunari ( Japanese 妙 義龍 泰 成 ; born October 22, 1986 in Takasago in Hyōgo Prefecture ), actually Miyamoto Yasunari ( 宮本 泰 成 ), is a sumo wrestler in the Japanese Makuuchi division.

Beginning of the sumo career

In May 2009 Miyamoto made his debut in professional sumo. Since he won a national amateur sumo tournament the year before, he was immediately allowed to compete in the Makushita division. His first four tournaments, he completed all of them with a 5-2 record and thus managed the quick promotion to the second highest division Jūryō . He then took the ring name Myogiryu. On his Jūryō debut in January 2010, he suffered a serious injury to his left knee on the second day and therefore had to end the tournament early. He also had to cancel the next tournaments due to this injury. In September 2010, Myogiryu , who had now slipped into the Sandanme division, made his comeback. He convinced with a 7-0 record, but in the end lost the playoff for the tournament victory against Chiyozakura. When he returned to the makushita division, he won the first yusho of his career. Although he lost his first fight, his 6-1 record was enough in the end for participation in a six-man playoff for the title, in which he prevailed as the lowest-ranking of the six. In the following tournament in January 2011 he remained unbeaten for six days before losing to the eventual overall winner Matsutani (today: Shōhōzan) on the last day. By another Kachi-koshi in May 2011 Myogiryu managed to rise again to the Jūryō division.

Career as a sekitori

In Jūryō he then convinced with an 11-4 record, which resulted in a yusho playoff against the then only 20-year-old Jūryō 1 Masunoyama. Myōgiryū won this playoff and won his first yusho in Jūryō. He celebrated this success a second time in September 2011 when he put down a sovereign 13-2. After two Jūryō-Yusho in a row, he rose to the Makuuchi division. On his makuuchi debut, Myogiryu managed a 10-5 and thus the jump into the upper maegashira ranks. In January 2012 he put a 9-6, for which he received the Ginō-shō . This time it was not enough for a promotion to the San'yaku ranks. From May to September 2012, Myōgiryū won the Ginō-shō three times in a row. During this period he made his debut as Komusubi and then as Sekiwake . In May 2012 he defeated a total of four Ōzeki ( Kakuryū , Kisenosato , Harumafuji and Kotoshōgiku ). In January 2013 he had lost his sekiwake rank again, but defeated yokozuna Hakuhō as maegashira 1 on the third day of the tournament and received his first kinboshi for it . At the Natsu Basho 2013, a second Kinboshi was added after defeating Yokozuna Harumafuji . Myōgiryū finished the basho with a strong 11-4 record and was then rewarded with his 5th Ginō-shō and a brief return to the Sekiwake rank. In January 2014, an injury threw him back to Maegashira 10th . With an 11-4 in July 2014, however, he became a sekiwake again . He then had to take a break from a tournament due to an injury. Both in November 2014 and in January 2015 he scored a 9-6 as maegashira , which enabled him to celebrate his sanyaku comeback in March . He finished the 2015 Natsu Basho in the rank of sekiwake with a make-koshi of 7-8. In July, a close 8-7 followed, which is why he returned to the Sekiwake rank in September and was able to defend it successfully this time with another kachi-koshi .

Combat Statistics

year	Hatsu (January)	Haru (March)	Natsu (May)	Nagoya (July)	Aki (September)	Kyushu (November)
2009			Makushita 15 TD 5-2	Makushita 7 West 5-2	Makushita 2 West 5-2	Makushita 1 West 5-2
2010	Juryo 14 East 1-2-12	Makushita 14 East 0-0-7	Makushita 54 West 0-0-7	Sandanme 34 West 0-0-7	Sandanme 94 W 7-0 D	Makushita 58 East 6-1 Y
2011	Makushita 26 West 6-1	called off	Makushita 8 East 4-3	Juryo 12 West 11-4 Y	Juryo 3 East 13-2 Y	Maegashira 11 W 10-5
2012	Maegashira 5 East 9-6	Maegashira 1 East 7-8	Maegashira 2 East 9-6	Komusubi 1 East 8-7	Sekiwake 1 East 10-5	Sekiwake 1 East 6-9
2013	Maegashira 1 West 7-8	Maegashira 2 West 8-7	Maegashira 1 East 11-4	Sekiwake 1 East 8-7	Sekiwake 1 East 6-9	Maegashira 1 East 8-7
2014	Komusubi 1 East 0-4-11	Maegashira 10 East 8-7	Maegashira 8 East 8-7	Maegashira 6 West 11-4	Sekiwake 1 East 0-0-15	Maegashira 11 East 9-6
2015	Maegashira 8 East 9-6	Komusubi 1 West 8-7	Sekiwake 1 West 7-8	Komusubi 1 West 8-7	Sekiwake 1 West 8-7

Web links

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

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