20 Facts About Ishiura Shikanosuke

Ishiura Shikanosuke is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture.

Ishiura Shikanosuke nearly gave up sumo and moved to Australia to study at an English language college in 2012.

Ishiura Shikanosuke has been known for his contributions on social media, posting video clips on Twitter of his fellow wrestlers playing arcade games and competing in sprint races.

Ishiura Shikanosuke is sponsored by McLaren Automotive, and on his 27th birthday he arrived at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in a sports car that they provided for him.

Ishiura Shikanosuke joined the Miyagino stable and entered professional sumo in 2013 at the relatively advanced age of 23.

Ishiura Shikanosuke was the first new sekitori from Tottori Prefecture since Kotozakura 52 years earlier.

Ishiura Shikanosuke made his makuuchi debut in November, 2016 debuting at East Maegashira 15.

Ishiura Shikanosuke remained in the top division for the next five tournaments, but after four straight losing records was demoted to juryo again after the September 2018 tournament.

Ishiura Shikanosuke dropped to juryo in July, but is ranked in makuuchi for September 2019.

The incident was reported to the Sumo Association by Miyagino Oyakata, and Ishiura Shikanosuke was docked 20 percent of one month's salary.

Ishiura Shikanosuke missed the start of the September 2020 tournament due to a right ankle injury suffered on Day 14 of the July tournament, but returned from Day 8.

Ishiura Shikanosuke was forced to sit out the January 2021 tournament after his stablemate Hakuho tested positive for COVID-19, and sat out in September 2021 because of another COVID-19 outbreak.

Ishiura Shikanosuke pulled out of the March 2022 tournament after he suffered a pinched nerve in his Day 3 bout with Kotonowaka, but returned on Day 11.

Ishiura Shikanosuke withdrew again at the start of the May 2022 basho due to cervical spine injuries which would require about three weeks of treatment.

On June 1,2023, Ishiura Shikanosuke finally announced his retirement after a year without competing.

At his retirement conference, Ishiura Shikanosuke explained his surgeon told him he would not be able to wrestle anymore if he underwent surgery.

Ishiura Shikanosuke decided to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as an elder under the name Magaki, succeeding former maegashira Chikubayama who agreed to give him the name Magaki despite the fact that he had 3 years of employment left as a san'yo.

Ishiura Shikanosuke favoured a right hand inside, left hand outside grip on his opponent's mawashi or belt.

In November 2019, Ishiura Shikanosuke won a victory in the Fukuoka Tournament over Nishikigi on Day Eight using what is likely the rarest winning technique in sumo: the mitokorozeme or 'three places attack' is a kimarite that had not been seen in the top division since Mainoumi used it in 1993.

Ishiura Shikanosuke announced in May 2017 that he had married a nursery school teacher in April after a four-year relationship.