Onosho Fumiya

Onosho Fumiya - 阿武咲 奎也 (born July 4, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakadomari, Aomori. He made his debut in January 2013 and currently wrestles for Onomatsu stable. He reached the makuuchi division in May 2017 and has four special prize as well as two kinboshi. His highest rank as of 2023 is komusubi.

## **Early Life**

Fumiya Utetsu was born in Nakadomari, a small town on the northern tip of Honshu. Growing up he enjoyed skiing and snowboarding. He became interested in sumo wrestling at the age of five after encouragement from his grandfather, and began to train at his local gym. In an interview with NHK he said, "I thought that wrestlers were cool".

Whilst attending Nakasato Elementary School, Nakasato Junior High School and Sanbongi Agricultural High School, he won numerous local and regional sumo tournaments. He had a rigorous training schedule where he would attempt 1000 jump rope and push hopes in hopes of gaining 5 kg a day. He was determined to join professional sumo, so he dropped out of high school and was able to get a slot into the Onomatsu stable with the help ex-juryo wrestler Furuichi.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

He made his debut in January 2013 under the shikona "Onosho". He quickly moved through the lower divisions with three consecutive 6-1 records. After two tournaments in sandanme and no losing records, Onosho earned promotion to the makushita division for the November 2013 tournament. In makushita, Onosho continued his strong performance and produced seven consecutive winning records to earn promotion to the juryo division for the January 2015 tournament. He had not suffered any make-koshi's prior to his juryo debut.

### **Juryo Career**

Onosho was 18 years and 5 months when he earned promotion to the juryo divison. Competing against more experienced opponents he made relatively little impact in his first juryo run but looked to be maintaining his place in the division before sustaining an injury in November 2015. A 5–10 record in March 2016 saw him relegated for the first time in his wrestling career. He rebounded by winning all seven of his bouts in makushita in May and was promoted back up to the second division despite losing in a play-off for the championship to Oyanagi. Over the next six tournaments, Onosho worked his way up the ranks of juryo and a 9–6 result in March 2017 clinched his promotion to the top division (makuuchi) for the first time.

### **Makuuchi Career**

In his first tournament in the top division Onosho was assigned the rank of maegashira 14. He recovered from an opening day defeat to Daishomaru to record a 10–5 result, with his defeated opponents including other promising young wrestlers such as Hokutofuji, Ishiura and Kagayaki, as well as more experienced foes such as Kaisei and Myogiryu. His efforts saw him being rewarded with the special prize for Fighting Spirit as well as promotion to maegashira 6 for the next tournament. In the following July tournament he was one of only two wrestlers to defeat the eventual runner-up Aoiyama, and he finished with another 10–5 record.

In September 2017 at the rank of maegashira 3 he earned a kinboshi by defeating the eventual yusho winner Harumafuji on his way to a second Fighting Spirit prize and a third 10–5 record. He thereby became the first rikishi since the 38th yokozuna Terukuni (and thus the first wrestler in the era of the six tournament system) to achieve double-digit records in each of his first three makuuchi tournaments. He was promoted to the san'yaku ranks at komusubi for the November 2017 tournament, becoming only the second wrestler ever from his stable after Wakakoyu in 2012 to achieve this. After losing six of his first seven bouts in November, he recovered in the second week of the tournament and secured his majority of wins on the final day. He withdrew from the January 2018 tournament on Day 10 with a posterior cruciate ligament injury to the right knee. The injury kept him out of the following tournament in March and saw him relegated to juryo.

In May, however, he returned to action and secured his promotion back to the top division as he won the juryo title with a 12–3 record. He won his third Fighting Spirit prize after an 11–4 record at maegashira 13 in November 2018. This performance saw him being promoted to east maegashira 6 for the next tournament in which he got an 8-7 score. He had an unremarkable 2019, not being able to mount a serious challenge for promotion back to sanyaku. In March 2020 he earned his second kinboshi by defeating Hakuho for the first time. He finished the tournament with a 9–6 record and the Outstanding Performance prize.

Onosho withdrew from the May 2022 tournament after fracturing his left rib in his Day 5 loss to Takakeisho. In the January 2023 tournament he led the field outright on Day 12 with ten wins and two losses. However he had a disappointing end to the tournament, losing his last three matches and missing out on the Fighting Spirit Prize on Day 15 after being disqualified for a hair-pull on Hoshoryu. In the March 2023 basho Onosho withdrew on Day 9 following injuries to both of his knees two days earlier.

## **Personal Life**

* Onosho is close friends with Tokushoryu and considers him to be a role model. He accompanied Onosho on a home trip back to Aomori. Onosho and Takakeisho are also close friends and they would usually hang out during lunch breaks. However, they are even bigger rivals on the dohyo and have competed against each other since elementary school. He is also close friends with former baseball player Shinji Sasaoka.
* Onosho is a good singer and often sings CHEMISTRY (Japanese band) songs during karaoke. Many critics and fans have stated that Onosho's singing skills is on the same tier as a professional.
* Onosho's hobbies include watching mixed martial arts and dramas.

## **Fighting Style**

Onosho has a preference for oshi techniques (pushing and thrusting) rather than grasping his opponent's mawashi or belt. His most common kimarite or winning move is oshidashi, the push-out. His style is regarded as aggressive, with him looking to move forward and finish the match as quickly as possible. However since his 2018 injury layoff he has sought to add more variety to his technique.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 444-384-36/824 (65 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 271-264-35/532 (38 basho)
* **Juryo:** 111-98-1/208 (14 basho)
* **Makushita:** 40-16/56 (8 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 10-4/14 (2 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)

### **Achievements**

* **Special Prizes:** Fighting Sprit Prize (3), Outstanding Performance Prize (1)
* **Kinboshi:** 2: (1) Hakuho, (1) Harumafuji

## **Gallery**

### **JSA Profile Pictures and Tegata**

Onosho Fumiya - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2022 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2019 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2018 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2017 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2016 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2015 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho Fumiya - 2015 (Retrieved from the JSA)Onosho's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Onosho gets measured upon joining professional sumo (c. 2014)Onosho ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2014)Onosho after promotion to Juryo (c. 2015)Onosho prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2015)Onosho during the Juryo dohyo-iri (c. 2016)Onosho after promotion to Makuuchi (c. 2017)Onosho defeats Tokushoryu (c. 2017)Onosho with his first of many sansho prizes (c. 2017)Onosho defeats Yokozuna Harumafuji (c. 2017)Onosho after promotion to Komusubi (c. 2017)Onosho defeats Daiamami (c. 2018)Onosho defeats Enho (c. 2019)Onosho defeats Yokozuna Hakuho (c. 2020)Onosho defeats Ozeki Takakeisho (c. 2021)Onosho prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2022)Onosho defeats Ozeki Shodai (c. 2022)Onosho defeats Tamawashi (c. 2023)
## **Sources**

* Onosho Fumiya Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Onosho Fumiya Rikishi Information