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'I was surprised to hear him even joke in Japanese,' he said, recalling a telephone conversation after Tochinoshin's maiden championship win in January. Munakata, meanwhile, is delighted to see his 'little brother' improving on his language skills. He reached the top makuuchi division just two years later in May 2008.

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He is a member of the Kasugano stable and made his professional debut in March 2006.

'I will follow what my stablemaster teaches me and work hard to be a role model for other sumo wrestlers,' Tochinoshin said. Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi is a Georgian professional sumo wrestler from Mtskheta. On May 30, Tochinoshin made a speech to mark his promotion in Japanese when he received an official notice from a Japan Sumo Association representative. 'Once he acquainted himself with greetings, everything went fine,' Munakata added, describing his protege as 'warm-hearted'. Munakata taught him unique greetings and other expressions used by sumo wrestlers, one at a time, taking half a year for Tochinoshin to get used to the traditional salutations. 'Without Munakata, I would have gone back to Georgia,' said Tochinoshin, who won his first Emperor's Cup in January and earned promotion to Ozeki by winning 23 of his next 30 bouts across the next two tournaments. The senior wrestler he credits with convincing him to stay was Hiromitsu Munakata, who was assigned to take care of the teenager with the pair forming a bond that remains as strong as ever today. 'My family told me that I could come home, but I was able to stick it out because senior wrestlers in my stable were kind,' the Asahi Shimbun quoted Tochinoshin as saying on Wednesday. Kinbozan will also be the first wrestler from Kazakhstan to compete in he makuuchi.As he continued to struggle with the language barrier and could only really communicate with Gagamaru, a Georgian wrestler at a nearby stable, a frustrated Tochinoshin admitted he was on the brink of giving it all up and returning home. Georgian maegashira Tochinoshin (center) celebrates on Saturday night after clinching the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament title earlier in the day KYODO.

This is will mark all three’s first appearances in the top division. 119-120, 129, 177, 230 thoroughbreds 44 tickets 20-21, 234, 239 Tochiazuma 226 Tochinoshin 221 Tochinowaka (Big Al) 38, 92, 135, 182 Tochiozan 69,90. They are Hokuseiho, Kinbozan and Bushozan. This means we have three promotions to makuuchi. The always meme-able Chiyomaru is relegated after a paltry 4-11 record. Tochinoshin was defeated in the second division of this month’s competition by Shimazuumi, with. It’s possible that the popular Georgian wrestler, who was last in the second division in 2014 (again because of injury), may decide to call it a day. Georgian sumo wrestler Levan Gorgadze, known in the sport’s community as Tochinoshin, has retired after his defeat in the East Juryo competition in Japan on Thursday, bringing to a close a career that spanned 17 years and included five titles. Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi - (born October 13, 1987) is a former Georgian professional sumo wrestler from Mtskheta, Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

Former ozeki Tochinoshin goes down after a 2-3-10 record (having injured his shoulder on day 5 last month). Ichinojo was relegated because of his suspension enforced 0-0-15 record in the past tournament. Three wrestlers were relegated from the makuuchi (top division): Ichinojo, Tochinoshin and Chiyomaru. January tournament runner-up, and Fighting Spirit award winner, Kotoshoho makes the biggest leap in the rankings, going from maegashira 13 to 5. For Daieisho this is an immediate return to the upper rankings, after he was previously demoted in January. This is Tobizaru’s second appearance in the upper rankings.

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The popular Tobizaru and the recent Fuji TV tournament winner Daieisho benefit from those demotions, both of whom move up to komusubi.