Yanagawa Nobuyuki

柳川 信 行
Yanagawa Nobuyuki

Personal data
real name	Nobuyuki Yanagawa
Born	22nd January 1974
place of birth	Kochi
size	1.79 m
Weight	190 kg
Career
Heya	Mihogaseki
rank	Makushita
Career record	333-338-24
debut	January 1996
Highest rank	Jūryō
As of November 19, 2009.

Yanagawa Nobuyuki ( Japanese 柳川 信 行 , actually: Masutsuyoshi Nobuyuki ( 増 健 亘 志 ); born January 22, 1974 in Kōchi , Kōchi Prefecture ) is a Japanese sumo wrestler . He belongs to the Mihogaseki- beya .

Yanagawa Nobuyuki started sumo in elementary school. During his studies he won a university championship. In 1996 he became a professional sumo wrestler. In 1998 he rose for the first time to Jūryō wrestler. Yanagawa was the first wrestler in the Jūryō division in 2003 to lose a bout to the Tsukihiza , introduced in 2001 . In 2004 he was demoted to the Makushita Division.

Web links

• Info page at the Japanese Sumo Association ( Memento from July 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yanagawa is the family name, Nobuyuki the first name.