page_title: Ōsunaarashi Kintarō
section_title: Ring name
hierarchical_section_title: Ōsunaarashi Kintarō / Ring name
caption_attribution_description: English: Ōsunaarashi Kintarō at the 2014 May Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Canon EOS 60D + EF-S 55-250mm F4-5.6 IS
context_page_description: Ōsunaarashi Kintarō is a retired sumo wrestler from Egypt.
  He was the first pro sumo wrestler from the African continent.
  Ōsunaarashi, whose chosen ring name translates into English as "great sandstorm", rose quickly through the unsalaried ranks, gaining the interest of Japanese media and popularity among sumo fans. Ōsunaarashi was promoted to the top tier makuuchi division for the November 2013 tournament. He emerged victorious from his first two matches against yokozuna ranked wrestlers in July 2014. He dropped in rank after injury problems and was forced to retire in March 2018 after being involved in a traffic accident when he was driving without a valid license. After leaving sumo he signed with Rizin FF, a Japanese national mixed martial arts organization where he joined other former rikishi like Baruto Kaito and Akebono Tarō. His mixed martial arts debut was at Rizin 13.
context_section_description: Ōsunaarashi's ring name, beyond the sandstorm reference, is also taken from his surname Shalan, as the second and third characters, can also be pronounced 砂 ("sha," meaning "sand") and 嵐 ("ran," meaning "storm"), respectively. The first kanji of 大 (pronounced "ō" or "dai," meaning "big") comes from the ring name of his stablemaster, the former Dairyū. His second name of Kintarō was chosen for two reasons; because his stablemaster thought he should have a very Japanese-sounding name to offset the fact he was a foreigner and as a reference to the character from folklore, Kintarō, who was said to have been so strong as to wrestle bears and beat them.
caption: Ōsunaarashi in the May 2014 tournament
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