Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
Ichinojō Takashi (Japanese: 逸ノ城 駿, born 7 April 1993 as Altankhuyag Ichinnorov (Mongolian: Алтанхуягийн Ичинноров)) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Arkhangai. He is notable as being the second foreign-born wrestler, and the first of non-Japanese descent allowed to debut at an elevated rank in the third makushita division due to his amateur sumo success. In only his third professional tournament he took the second division jūryō championship. In his fifth professional tournament, his first in the top makuuchi division, he was the runner-up and promoted all the way to sekiwake, his highest rank to date. He was one of the heaviest rikishi in the top division as of September 2020.
1993Apr, 7
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