Yago Takanori is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Memuro, Hokkaido.
15 Facts About Yago Takanori
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Yago Takanori was an amateur champion at Chuo University and won the Amateur Yokozuna title at the All-Japan Sumo Championships in December 2016.
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Yago Takanori made his professional debut in May 2017, joining Oguruma stable.
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Yago Takanori reached the juryo division in September 2017 and the top makuuchi division in January 2019.
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Yago Takanori was born in Memuro, Kasai District, Hokkaido, the second of three children.
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Yago Takanori began participating in local sumo tournaments from the fifth grade of elementary school.
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Yago Takanori enrolled at Saitama Sakae High School, known for its prowess in sumo with ozeki Goeido among its alumni.
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Yago Takanori left his parents house at this time and lived in a dormitory with other students.
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Yago Takanori finished in the top 8 at the National Student Sumo Championships, and in 2016 won the Amateur Yokozuna title, the first from Chuo University to achieve this since Mutetsuyama in 1990.
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Yago Takanori joined Oguruma stable, recruited by the former ozeki Kotokaze.
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Yago Takanori progressed steadily up the juryo division in 2018, recording four consecutive winning records, and entered the top makuuchi division in January 2019.
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Yago Takanori scored nine wins against six losses in his top division debut, which saw him promoted to his highest rank to date of maegashira 10 for the March 2019 tournament.
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Yago Takanori returned to juryo for the January 2021 tournament, scoring eight wins and seven losses, but he was only able to obtain four wins in the March tournament and was demoted to makushita for the May 2021 tournament.
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Yago Takanori is a yotsu-sumo wrestler, who prefers fighting on the mawashi to pushing or thrusting at his opponents.
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Yago Takanori's most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori-kiri or force out.