HakuhÅ ShÅ
Hakuho Shō (Japanese白 鹏 翔; born March 11, 1985 in Ulaanbaatar as Mönchbatyn Dawaadschargal, Mongolian Мөнхбатын Даваажаргал ) is a Mongolian sumo wrestler in Japan Makuuchi division.
Like many successful rikishi ( Sumōkämpfer ) from Mongolia Hakuho comes from a family of Bokeringern. His father Dschigdschidiin Mönchbat won a silver medal in freestyle at the Olympic Games in 1968.
At the age of 15 years Hakuho became the rikishi of the stable Miyagino Beya and rose, initially received little attention in the stands on. Already in January 2004, he joined the Division of juryo, the second highest league in May he was fighting for a tournament win for the first time in the Makuuchi. Due to high kachi koshi - he moved in the hierarchy of maegashira before rapidly and in 2005 was promoted to komusubi and in March for the sekiwake in January. Already at that time he had received the awards for technology, fighting spirit and special power once each. His goal is to become the youngest ozeki history, was prevented by an ankle injury. Because of its consequent failure he was downgraded again, could a kachi- koshi by the next tournament but return to the sanyaku ranks again. It is noteworthy that he has since his debut in the Makuuchi Division only conceded by injury-related failures of two make- koshi.
In January and March 2006, he was until recently among the contenders for the title. In the latter case he missed the tournament in the elimination bout against Yokozuna Asashoryu, but reached the appointment to ozeki. Finally, in May, he was able to record his first tournament victory. In the next tournament, he was 13-2 with a indeed second, but was not enough to the promotion. Although he was in November due to an injury he had suffered shortly before the tournament, not compete, but he could defend his ozeki clear title with a 10 -5- kachi- koshi in the following New Year Tournament 2007. Then he won the Spring tournament in Osaka with a 13-2 where he prevailed in a playoff against Asashoryu, and the subsequent tournament even with a 15-0, which he fulfilled the sporting criteria for appointment as Yokozuna. On 30 May 2007 eventually was officially appointed the 69th Yokozuna. He later won three tournaments in a row. In Hatsu Basho - 2008 he faced in the last fight Yokozuna Asashoryu. Both stood at 13-1, but Hakuho won the fight with Uwatenage and thus be 6 Yusho. In the aftermath Hakuho and Asashoryu dominated the Makuuchi division. By the resignation of Asashoryu in February 2010 Hakuho won six tournaments, including two with a 15-0 record. Asashoryu won four tournaments. Following the resignation of Asashoryu, Hakuho was initially unbeatable. By the second day of the November 2010 tournament he won 63 fights in a row. This is after the winning streak of Futabayama, who celebrated from 1936 to 1939 69 consecutive wins, the second-longest winning streak in the history of the Makuuchi division. From March 2010 to May 2011 he won seven tournaments in a row. This provided only Asashoryu before him.
Hakuho measures 1.93 meters and weighs about 155 kg. His specialty is the Uwatenage, a throwing technique. Hakuho holds with 86 battles he could win each in 2009 and 2010, the record for the most wins in one year. With 10 15 -0- tournament victories, he also holds the record of most zensho - Yusho (tournament wins without a defeat ).