1. Meisei Chikara is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Setouchi, Kagoshima.
11 Facts About Meisei Chikara
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Meisei Chikara debuted in sumo wrestling in July 2011 and made his makuuchi debut in July 2018.
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Meisei Chikara began sumo at the age of five and was strongly encouraged by his father and other family members.
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Meisei Chikara moved to the Kamogawa Junior High School and competed in national championships but failed to win any further championships.
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In 2011 Meisei Chikara joined the Tatsunami stable, bringing him under the tutelage of the former komusubi Asahiyutaka.
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Meisei Chikara recorded six wins including victories over Hokutofuji and Chiyomaru but was relegated back to juryo.
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Meisei Chikara still entered the January 2020 tournament but withdrew on Day 8 with only one win.
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Meisei Chikara failed to make kachi-koshi in March 2020 at the rank of maegashira 17, and secured his demotion to juryo.
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Meisei Chikara was the first wrestler from Tatsunami stable to reach that rank since Tomonohana in 1994.
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Meisei Chikara then posted winning records in each of the four remaining tournaments of 2022.
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Meisei Chikara has shown a preference for yotsu techniques which involve grasping his opponent's mawashi or belt and favors the hidari-yotsu, or left-hand inside grip.