is a Japanese  professional sumo wrestler from Sakae, Chiba. He turned professional in July 2006 and was the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to become a sekitori when he was promoted to the jūryō division in November 2010, alongside Takayasu. He reached the top makuuchi division in September 2011. He was injured in his top division debut and fell back to jūryō, but he returned in July 2012 and scored eleven wins, winning the Fighting Spirit Award. A serious knee injury sustained in 2015 has meant he has fallen greatly in rank . His downward slide continued in 2015 and absence from the dohyō meant he had fallen to the bottom of the makushita division by September. After having surgery on his right knee for a dislocation and meniscus damage, he declared that he would enter the March 2016 tournament after a five basho absence. He was ranked in the jonidan division for this tournament and came through with a 6–1 record. He was promoted to the sandanme division for May 2016 but withdrew from that tournament after losing his first match. He sat out the July tournament with injury and was therefore demoted to jonokuchi, the lowest division. He is only the second wrestler with top division experience to fall to jonokuchi since the beginning of the Shōwa era – the other being Ryūhō in 2012. Finally back on the active list for the September 2016 tournament, easily took a 7–0 perfect record and the jonokuchi championship and secured a second successive promotion with a 6–1 in jonidan in November. He missed the January and March 2017 tournaments through injury, but entered the May tournament on Day 7 at jonidan 81 and secured a 4–0–3 winning record. In July he won all seven of his matches in the jonidan division, although he was defeated in a playoff for the championship. That month he changed the spelling of his shikona surname from to its current spelling. He was ranked at sandanme 49 in September 2017, his highest rank for two years, but turned in a make-koshi 3–4 record. He was promoted back to the makushita division for the March 2018 tournament, his first time in the third highest division since September 2015, only to see him injured again in May, causing him to also miss the July 2018 tournament and sending him back down the rankings. He has continued to suffer injury problems and is in the sandanme division as of 2021.  Fighting style Masunoyama goes on the offensive right from the tachi–ai or initial charge, using pushing and thrusting techniques (tsuki/oshi). Nearly half of all his victories are by either yorikiri, the force out, or oshi dashi, the push out. See also Glossary of sumo terms List of active sumo wrestlers Active special prize winners
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Sakae, Chiba. He turned professional in July 2006 and was the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to become a sekitori when he was promoted to the jūryō division in November 2010, alongside Takayasu. He reached the top makuuchi division in September 2011. He was injured in his top division debut and fell back to jūryō, but he returned in July 2012 and scored eleven wins, winning the Fighting Spirit Award. A serious knee injury sustained in 2015 resulted in him he falling greatly in rank , and he was not able to return to sekitori status. He retired in May 2021. His downward slide continued in 2015 and absence from the dohyō meant he had fallen to the bottom of the makushita division by September. After having surgery on his right knee for a dislocation and meniscus damage, he declared that he would enter the March 2016 tournament after a five basho absence. He was ranked in the jonidan division for this tournament and came through with a 6–1 record. He was promoted to the sandanme division for May 2016 but withdrew from that tournament after losing his first match. He sat out the July tournament with injury and was therefore demoted to jonokuchi, the lowest division. He is only the second wrestler with top division experience to fall to jonokuchi since the beginning of the Shōwa era – the other being Ryūhō in 2012. Finally back on the active list for the September 2016 tournament, easily took a 7–0 perfect record and the jonokuchi championship and secured a second successive promotion with a 6–1 in jonidan in November. He missed the January and March 2017 tournaments through injury, but entered the May tournament on Day 7 at jonidan 81 and secured a 4–0–3 winning record. In July he won all seven of his matches in the jonidan division, although he was defeated in a playoff for the championship. That month he changed the spelling of his shikona surname from to its current spelling. He was ranked at sandanme 49 in September 2017, his highest rank for two years, but turned in a make-koshi 3–4 record. He was promoted back to the makushita division for the March 2018 tournament, his first time in the third highest division since September 2015, only to see him injured again in May, causing him to also miss the July 2018 tournament and sending him back down the rankings. He continued to suffer injury problems and absences, falling to jonidan in May 2021. The Sumo Association announced his retirement on Day 13 of the May 2021 tournament. Fighting style Masunoyama went on the offensive right from the tachi–ai or initial charge, using pushing and thrusting techniques (tsuki/oshi). Nearly half of all his victories were by either yorikiri, the force out, or oshi dashi, the push out. See also Glossary of sumo terms List of past sumo wrestlers
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