Hakuho Sho

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Hakuho Sho is a Mongolian sumo wrestler. He is one of the few yokozuna, the highest rank in Japanese sumo wrestling.

Intro

Becoming a yokozuna in the world of sumo wrestling is extremely difficult. It requires a lot of patience, time, and skill. There have only been 69 sumo wrestlers who have achieved the important rank of yokozuna in the last few hundred years, and each of these wrestlers will be remembered for their skill by sumo fans for all time. One young sumo wrestler made his way from the bottom of the ranks to becoming a yokozuna in record time, earning the respect of all sumo fans.

Hakuho Sho Biography

Hakuho Sho was born Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal on March 11, 1985 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. His father, Jigjid Mönkhbat, was a wrestler as well, becoming a silver medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. When he was fifteen years old, Mönkhbatyn moved to Japan in order to become a sumo wrestler. He was very skinny, weighing only 140 pounds, and so no training house was willing to train him. Another Mongolian sumo wrestler of some renoun, Kyokushuzan, went to his trainer and asked him if he would be willing to take on the young sumo hopeful. His master agreed, which is how Sho became a student in the Miyagino training house. It was there that he was given his new in-ring name: Hakuho Sho, which translates to white bird.

Three months later and Sho was entered into his first tournament in Osaka. He had a good showing and began rapidly gaining weight thanks to the rules in the training house. In 2004, at the age of 19, Sho reached the rank of [[maegashira]. A short time later he took on yokozuna Asashoryu and managed to defeat him, which made many people take a closer look at Sho.

Before he turned twenty-one, Sho had to take a leave from sumo due to an injury that he had received in 2005 that never healed properly. He returned in May of 2006 and won his first championship with an excellent record. Unfortunately his record did not remain good, as his received another injury in November and was unable to participate in the upcoming tournament, which almost caused him to be demoted.

Fortunately for Sho, he managed to come back in 2007 and began winning matches again. Sho married his long-time girlfriend in February of 2007, and a short time later he managed to win two consecutive tournaments and was recommended to become yokozuna. On May 30th of 2007, Sho attended the ceremony that officially made him a yokozuna. He continued to compete as a yokozuna, winning almost all of his matches.

Even though Sho is a very young Yokozuna, he shows great promise and will likely be in the sport for a very long time.

See Also

• Sumo Wrestlers
• Sumo Wrestling