Oshoryu Kenta

Oshoryu Kenta - 欧勝竜 健汰 (born April 22, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Higashiosaka, Osaka. He made his debut in May 2019 and currently wrestles for Naruto stable. His highest rank as of 2023 is makushita 7.

## **Early Life**

At the age of 3, Motobayashi admired Yokozuna Takanohana and started sumo wrestling at a local dojo in Higashiosaka. During his fifth year at elementary school, he reached the final 16 in the National Wanpaku Sumo Championship and the All Japan Elementary School Sumo Tournament.

    Motobayashi than attended Wakae Junior High School where he finished top 16 at the National Prefectural Junior High School Sumo Tournament during his second year with the school. He than went on to attend Kinki University Senior High School where he achieved strong results on the national level. After graduating, he received many offers from different sumo stables but he opted to continue his amateur career at the university level. Motobayashi enrolled at Kinki University's Department of Business Administration and was also teammates with Midorifuji and Nishikifuji. During his time in college, Motobayashi won a total of nine titles, however, he failed to qualify for special dispensation after a subpar fourth year. Nevertheless, he opted to go pro after graduating and joined Naruto stable because he had been in contact with Naruto Oyakata (former ozeki Kotooshu) ever since his time in elementary school.

## **Career**

Motobyashi had an extremely impressive start, winning the jonokuchi, jonidan, and sandanme championships with perfect 7-0 records. He reached the rank of makushita 14 by just his fifth professional tournament in January 2020. On the seventh day of the January 2020 tournament, Motobayashi lost to Kotodaigo which ended his consecutive wins streak from entry into sumo at 24 wins, the 4th best as of 2023. In the following March 2020 tournament he was given the shikona "Oshoryu" (欧勝竜) and was promoted to a career-best makushita 7 in January 2021. However, on the seventh day of the January 2021 tournament, Oshoryu learned that his Kinki University Sumo Club mentor, Katsuhito Ito, had died suddenly. Subsequently, Oshoryu's sumo progression has since stalled.

## **Fighting Style**

Oshoryu is an oshi-sumo wrestler who prefers pushing and thrusting techniques to fighting on the mawashi. His most common kimarite used is a straightforward oshidashi, or push out.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 100-55-27/154 (27 basho)
* **Makushita:** 66-54-20/119 (20 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 13-1-7/14 (3 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 14-0/14 (2 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 7-0/7 (1 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Sandanme** Championship (November 2019)
* 1 **Jonidan** Championship (September 2019)
* 1 **Jonokuchi** Championship (July 2019)

### **Achievements**

* **Record:** **4th** most consecutive wins from entry into sumo (24 wins)

## **Shikona History**

* Motobayashi Kenji (2019.05 - 2020.01)
* Oshoryu Kenta (2020.03 - )

## **Gallery**

Oshoryu gets recruited into Naruto Stable (c. 2019)Oshoryu gets measured upon joining sumo (c. 2019)Oshoryu as one of the many Naruto Stable recruits (c. 2019)Oshoryu wins the Jonokuchi Yusho (c. 2019)Oshoryu wins the Jonidan Yusho (c. 2019)Oshoryu wins the Sandanme Yusho (c. 2019)Oshoryu wins his 23rd consecutive bout (c. 2020)Oshoryu suffers his first loss ever in professional sumo (c. 2020)Oshoryu prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2020)
## **Sources**

* Oshoryu Kenta Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Oshoryu Kenta Rikishi Information