Daishoho Kiyohiro

Daishoho Kiyohiro - 大翔鵬 清洋 (born August 18, 1994) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He made his debut in January 2013, and currently wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He reached the makuuchi division in March, 2019. His highest rank as of 2023 is maegashira 9.

## **Early Life**

Shijirbayar spent his childhood in Ulan-Bator and was a good student, but was sent to Japan to study after his fourth grade year, with his mother wishing for him to get a better education. He transferred to Kashiwa City Daini Elementary School and couldn't speak Japanese, but after 3 months he was able to speak conversational Japanese.

Shijirbayar found out about sumo in his fourth year of elementary school and participated in a local tournament. Although he lost, he earned the attention of many scouts. Shijirbayar attended Kashiwa Municipal Toyoshiki Junior High School, and joined the baseball club. There was no such thing as baseball in Mongolia and Shijirbayar wanted to try it out. In the end he went back to devote himself to sumo. After showing an aptitude for sumo, he was asked by fellow Mongolian rikishi Sensho to join Shikihide stable but chose to stay in school.

After graduating junior high school, Shijirbayar attended Chiba Prefectural Nagareyama Minami High School and was classmates with future makuuchi wrestler Abi. In the new year's Chiba Prefecture sumo tournament, Shijirbayar led his school to a team championship for the first time in 19 years. In his second year he lost to future sekiwake Ichinojo in the national competition. Shijirbayar would train with the Meiji University sumo club and would often beat the college students. In addition he graduated the top of his class academically. In high school he was introduced to Oitekaze Oyakata who then took him into Oitekaze stable

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

Shijirbayar made his debut in January 2013 under the ring name Daishoho. His shikona of Daishoho was derived from his stablemaster, with the ho kanji coming from yokozuna Taiho and Hakuho. In his jonokuchi debut, Daishoho finished with a strong 6-1 record and in the next tournament, he finished with a perfect 7-0 record and the jonidan championship. In his sandanme debut, he finished with his first make-koshi of 2-5, but bounced back with a 6-1 and a 5-2 record which promoted him to makushita.

Daishoho continued to impress in his makushita debut. He produced a 5-2 record then two consecutive 4-3 records which promoted him to makushita 18 in the September 2014 tournament. He suffered a make-koshi, but would bounce back with two winning records, or kachi-koshi, which propelled him to makushita 10. He finished with a 3-4 record, but recovered with three consecutive winning records which propelled him to makushita 2. He was on the verge of sekitori status, and faced off against three juryo wrestlers. However he produced a 3-4 record and was demoted down to makushita 5. He would spend 5 more tournaments in makushita, and a 5-2 record at the top of makushita earned him a promotion to juryo.

### **Juryo Career**

He told reporters when his promotion was announced that he looked up to yokozuna Kakuryu as a role model, and that he simply hoped to get a kachi-koshi or winning record in his juryo debut. However, in the event Daishoho fell short of that with a 5-10 record in November 2016, and he was immediately demoted back to makushita.

Daishoho stayed in makushita for a year and was promoted back to juryo for the January 2018 tournament. Daishoho had a strong run in his juryo return and produced seven consecutive kachi-koshi and was promoted to makuuchi for the March 2019 tournament.

### **Makuuchi Career**

Daishoho scored a 7-8 in his debut, but luckily wasn't demoted and actually stayed in the exact same rank of maegashira 16 east. He produced a 9-6 record and was promoted seven ranks to maegashira 9. However he suffered three straight losing records and was demoted back down to juryo.

In his first tournament back he produced a 9-6 record, but then fell on a slump and produced two straight make-koshi. After three straight make-koshi in juryo, Daishoho was demoted to the unsalaried makushita division for November 2020. After three tournaments in makushita, he returned to juryo in May 2021. He had to withdraw from Day 13 of the July 2022 tournament after a COVID outbreak at Oitekaze stable. He returned to the top division in March 2023 after a four year hiatus in makuuchi. In August of the same year, he was the heaviest makuuchi wrestler at 198 kg (437 lb), just behind Mitoryu who was the heaviest active sekitori.

## **Personal Life**

* Daishoho has always excelled academically in school. He passed examination tests to enter high level classes in Mongolia, before moving to Japan and in he was also the top of his class academically in High School.
* Daishoho is married and has two sons. The marriage was on January 2019, with his first son born on January 2020 and the second one born on January 2022.
* Daishoho idolizes Kakuryu and Asashoryu.

## **Fighting Style**

Daishoho is a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori-kiri, or force out, and he uses a migi-yotsu grip on the mawashi or belt, with his right hand inside and left hand outside his opponent's arms.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 362-341-2/702 (64 basho)
* **Makuuchi:** 53-82/135 (9 basho)
* **Juryo:** 181-177-2/357 (24 basho)
* **Makushita:** 102-73/175 (25 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 13-8/21 (3 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 7-0/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)

## **Gallery**

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

Daishoho Kiyohiro - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Daishoho Kiyohiro - 2022 (Retrieved from the JSA)Daishoho Kiyohiro - 2019 (Retrieved from the JSA)Daishoho Kiyohiro - 2018 (Retrieved from the JSA)Daishoho Kiyohiro - 2016 (Retrieved from the JSA)Daishoho's Tegata
### **Career Overview**

Daishoho at the start of his sumo career (c. 2013)Daishoho ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2016)Daishoho after promotion to Juryo (c. 2016)Daishoho pushes out Onosho (c. 2016)Daishoho defeats Takayoshitoshi (c. 2018)Daishoho after promotion to Makuuchi (c. 2019)Daishoho defeats Chiyomaru (c. 2019)Daishoho defeats Mitoryu (c. 2020)Daishoho defeats Oho (c. 2021)Daishoho defeats Yago (c. 2022)Daishoho prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2023)Daishoho defeats former Ozeki Asanoyama (c. 2023)

## **Sources**

* Daishoho Kiyohiro Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Daishoho Kiyohiro Rikishi Information