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Rōga Tokiyoshi
is a Russian-Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Kyzyl, Tuva. Wrestling for the Futagoyama stable (2018), Futagoyama stable, he made his professional debut in September 2018, and became ''sekitori'' when he reached the ''jūryō'' division in November 2022. As of September 2018, he is the only wrestler from Russia competing in professional sumo. Early life and sumo background Rōga was born to a Buryats, Buryat father and a Tuvans, Tuvan and Russians, Russian mother. He grew up in Kyzyl, Tuva (Russia), a region near the border of Mongolia. As a kid he practiced Sambo (martial art), sambo wrestling and judo. He moved to Mongolia at the age of 14 and obtained the Mongolian nationality at the age of 15. The adoption of Mongolian nationality has been the source of confusion since his professional debut, with Rōga first listed as Mongolian on the Japan Sumo Association website although he himself insists that he is Russian. When he was 15, he travelled to Japan to participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikona
A is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The tradition of ring names in sumo dates back to the Muromachi period and established itself during the Edo period, where they were used as a means to hide the identities of the . Given by the master to his disciple, this pseudonym doesn't follow any fixed rules, but is chosen in accordance with numerous influences, drawing its kanji, characters from the wrestler's inspiration or family, from the history of his stable or even from the master's own name. History Sources attesting to the use of pseudonyms by wrestlers and other martial artists date back to the mid-1500s, during the Muromachi period. During the period of peace established under the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan experienced an unprecedented period of vagrancy for many samurai who had lost their social standing with their previous masters, who had been deposed or killed so that the shogunate could assert itself. These masterless samurai, called , could not engage in any activity under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
