1. Hakuba Takeshi is a former sumo wrestler from Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
16 Facts About Hakuba Takeshi
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Hakuba Takeshi was forced to retire from sumo in 2011 after being found guilty by the Japan Sumo Association of involvement in match-fixing.
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Hakuba Takeshi was encouraged to come to Japan and try out.
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The Tatsutagawa coach had originally intended for Hakuba to join another stable in the same ichimon, Michinoku, as his own stable would be disbanded upon his impending retirement.
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Hakuba Takeshi was therefore allowed to join Tatsutagawa after all, with the understanding he would join Michinoku upon Tatsutagawa being shut down, which occurred in September 2000.
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Hakuba Takeshi never dropped below again, but after breaking into the top makuuchi division for the first time in May 2008 he was demoted after only one tournament.
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Hakuba Takeshi's rise to makuuchi was the second slowest for a foreigner after Sentoryu.
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Hakuba Takeshi scored ten wins from his new highest rank, and defeated two ozeki, fellow Mongolian Harumafuji, and Kotooshu.
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Hakuba Takeshi was rewarded with promotion to komusubi for the July 2010 tournament, becoming the first member of the old Tatsutagawa stable to reach the titled san'yaku ranks and the first from Michinoku since the present stablemaster took over in 1997.
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Hakuba Takeshi could manage only four wins in his komusubi debut.
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Hakuba Takeshi was one of 23 wrestlers found guilty of fixing the result of bouts after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association, and he was forced to retire in April 2011.
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Hakuba Takeshi's favoured grip on his opponent's mawashi was hidari-yotsu, a right hand outside, left hand inside position.
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Hakuba Takeshi's most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori-kiri or force out.
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Hakuba Takeshi regularly employed both uwatenage and shitatenage.
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Hakuba Takeshi often used henka at the tachi-ai for which he was routinely criticized.
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The wedding ceremony took place on June 18,2011 at Tokyo's Metropolitan Hotel, which Hakuba Takeshi combined with his danpatsu-shiki or retirement ceremony.