Kakuryū Rikisaburō

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Born
1985 (40 years old)
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Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia

Position
Fighter

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Asian

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1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight
156 kg (343 lb)

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Yokozuna (Retired)

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Kakuryū Rikisaburō (Japanese: 鶴竜力三郎, born August 10, 1985 as Mangaljalavyn Anand Mongolian: Мангалжалавын Ананд) is a Mongolian-born former professional sumo wrestler from Sükhbaatar Province. He was a member of the top makuuchi division from November 2006 until his retirement in March 2021, and was the 71st yokozuna in history.

He reached the third highest sekiwake rank in July 2009, and in March 2012 he secured promotion to the second highest rank of ōzeki after finishing runner-up to yokozuna Hakuhō and accumulating a total of 33 wins in his previous three tournaments. After scoring 14 wins against one loss in both of the first two tournaments of 2014, and claiming the yūshō in the second, he was promoted to yokozuna. He won his second tournament as a yokozuna, a playoff win over Terunofuji in September 2015, but did not win more than 12 bouts in a tournament at yokozuna rank until winning his third tournament in November 2016.

Injury problems meant that he was able to complete only one tournament in 2017 but he returned to fitness in 2018 and won his fourth and fifth championships in March and May. He won a sixth championship in July 2019. He has also been a runner-up on eight occasions. In 2020 he obtained Japanese citizenship. He announced his retirement on March 24, 2021.

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