Kyokutenzan Takeshi

Template:Short description Template:Template other Kyokutenzan Takeshi (born August 4, 1973 as Batmönkhiin Enkhbat, Template:Langx) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, one of the first Mongolians to join the sport in Japan. He did not manage to reach the top two divisions, but was regarded as a kind of mentor and father figure by younger Mongolian wrestlers who followed him, such as Hakuhō and Harumafuji. In 2005, he obtained Japanese citizenship, but he left sumo upon his retirement in November 2007, moving to Germany with his family to run a business.

Career

Kyokutenzan joined sumo in March 1992 at the same time as his more famous Mongolian colleagues Kyokushūzan and Kyokutenhō, part of the first group of Mongolians ever to join the sport professionally, but unlike them he never reached sekitori status. This was due partly to an inability to put on weight, and partly to injuries. Nevertheless, he served as a tsukebito, or personal attendant, to Kyokutenhō, and was an importance influence on other Mongolian rikishi. During his early days in sumo, when five of the six Mongolians in Ōshima stable ran away due to homesickness and the hardship of training, and sought refuge in the Mongolian embassy, Kyokutenzan was the only one who remained and he persuaded his countrymen to return. The importance of this action was recognized by Futagoyama Oyakata, the former ōzeki and father of Takanohana and Wakanohana, who commented that otherwise the subsequent line of successful Mongolian wrestlers in sumo might never have emerged.

During the January 2007 tournament Kyokutenzan attracted criticism over the amount of time he was spending in the two dressing rooms in which the wrestlers prepare for their bouts. He was interviewed by the Japan Sumo Association as part of their investigation of alleged match-fixing involving yokozuna Asashōryū. Kyokutenzan responded by saying he was just giving advice to Mongolian junior wrestlers, declaring, "I have never known of any match-fixing."

Kyokutenzan retired from professional sumo at the end of the 2007 Kyushu tournament. His retirement ceremony was held in December with Hakuhō and Asashōryū amongst the attendees as well as Kyokushūzan and Kyokutenhō. Kyuokutenzan moved to Germany with his wife, who he had married in July 2007, to start a business. His second child, a girl, was born in May 2008.

Career record

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Kyokutenzan Takeshi

Year	January Hatsu basho, Tokyo	March Haru basho, Osaka	May Natsu basho, Tokyo	July Nagoya basho, Nagoya	September Aki basho, Tokyo	November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
x	(Maezumo)	West JonokuchiTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
West JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4
East JonidanTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2
West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5
East SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2
East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6
East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 6–1	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4
West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 3–4	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 2–5	West SandanmeTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 5–2	East MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 4–3	West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber 1–6
West MakushitaTemplate:Ifnumber Retired 0–0–7	x	x	x	x	x
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers

External links

• Template:Goo Sumo