Asahigaoka sumo club Mongolian members

[Akinomaki 39,015]

I think I put this together in an extra thread now

On 04/08/2018 at 14:42, Akinomaki said:

On 21/07/2018 at 16:54, Katooshu said:

Japan won junior men's team gold

They beat Mongolia 2-1 in the final (Kawabuchi lost the third match), although the stream incorrectly lists Mongolia as finishing 1st. Two of the members of the Mongolian team I recognize from high school sumo in Japan: Temulin? (best 16 at the 2017 interhigh and best 8 at the 2018 Kanazawa tournament)  and Daraibaatoru (best 4 at the Kochi tournament).

The 2 Mongolians from Asahigaoka-high proudly present the runner-up certificates - Choijil-kun and Dalai-kun (right)

Dalai-kun was senpou for the 1st bouts, Choijil taishou for the last ones. After all 3-0 rounds, Dalai lost to Hanada in the final and the middle man lost as well. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2018/08/04/443352.html

and joined by athletes from the Odawara sumo association, who train there

The Asahigaoka high club has started from zero in 2011. At first they had drawn a circle in the courtyard and trained there, the next year they got a dohyo to train. As the 2 Mongolian exchange students joined in 2016, the club for the 1st time took part in the interhigh team event. The club now has 7 members.

And this year, the one who started the sumo group in 2011, not yet a club then, who was the first team captain, returned to the school as teacher. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2018/08/11/444295.html

On 10/12/2017 at 16:20, Akinomaki said:

The local paper had an article about Choijilsuren,  バドジャルガル・チョイジルスレン and another Mongolian exchange student, (e.g.) Dalaibaator, シャグダルスレン・ダライバートル. Both 2nd year at Asahigaoka high in Odawara, Kanagawa. Both want to first proceed to university and then either serve the sumo world or Mongolia. Choijilsuren has Mongol-zumo and wrestling background, he won the Kanto high school championships in June,  lost in the ketteisen to enter the final tournament at the interhigh and helped the Kanagawa junior team to the best 16 at the kokutai. Dalaibaator did judo in Mongolia, he was 2nd at the Kanto select tournament this autumn. http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/296537

Dalaibaator (17, 181cm, 120kg) and Choijilsuren (17, 185cm, 115kg)

On 09/06/2018 at 19:02, Akinomaki said:

The local papers keep posting articles about the Asahigaoka-sumo club. The 2 Mongolians are now leading it as 3rd years, but there is a problem: a team must only have up to 20% foreign exchange students in it. The Asahigaoka team has to compete with 4 members at the Kanto championships, like at the Kanagawa championships, where they finished 2nd. Dalaibaator will likely be in the team for Kanto, Choijilsuren was in it for Kanagawa, but he finished 3rd in the individuals open weight, and Dalaibaator 2nd. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2018/06/09/435460.html

Dalai-kun (right) and Choijil-kun (left)

On 21/03/2018 at 00:22, mikawa said:

Open Weight Semi-Final #2 - Suzuki Yuto (鈴木 優斗) vs Daraibaatoru (ダライバートル)

Edited October 13, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,015]

Dalai-kun won the Kanto mini-kokutai (juniors), preliminaries for the Fukui happy kokutai end of the month, he won also with the team. After Choijil started at the interhigh, apparently it's now his turn again

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Choijil in the final of the interhigh. The school had no team at the start.

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Edited September 15, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,015]

The Kanagawa team, for the first time runner up at the kokutai juniors, in the middle in the back Choijil- and Dalai-kun, team coach was their Asahigaoka high coach, the 2 on the right from Mukainooka high and Nakamura from Keio high.

The first and last time the 2 Mongolians could start together in a team at a major tournament. They want to continue studies together, at a physical education university (so maybe Nittaidai, not Nichidai etc.), and sumo as well. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2018/10/13/452802.html

Edited February 13, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,015]

Choijil- and Dalai-kun are about to leave the club - and Asahigaoka high already has a new 1st year Mongolian duo; オチルサイハン Ochilsaihan (maybe) and Munkhjargal -  they were in the team at the recent Hirosaki high school select tournament: http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/38666-live-　33rd-all-japan-senior-high-school-selection-something/

http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2019/02/02/467860.html

Ochil-kun, 2 Japanese members, Munk-kun

Edited February 16, 2023 by Akinomaki

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On 13/02/2019 at 19:13, Akinomaki said:

Choijil- and Dalai-kun are about to leave the club

The 2 graduated on the 1st  - after 3 years again a meeting with their parents, who came from Mongolia to be at the ceremony. They go on to Nittaidai and aim for student yokozuna, after high school yokozuna was withing reach, but neither could seize it. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2019/03/09/472910.html

[Akinomaki 39,015]

The new Asahigaoka team finished 3rd at the national high school Towada tournament on the 15th last month

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sempai Choijil- and Dalai-kun came for a visit recently - with Munkh-kun, the headmaster and team member Yachi in the middle - both failed to get into the best 32 tournament at the interhigh

http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2019/08/24/494559.html

Edited September 6, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,015]

End of October 2020 another pair of Mongolian exchange students had entered the Asahigaoka high sumo club https://www.post-ad.co.jp/post/archives/4673

Odfuu Chinzorig オドフー・チンゾリグ and Odgerel Tselmeg オドゲレル・ツェルメグ (guesses)

Chinzorig was team captain last year https://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2022/02/12/612767.html

with the other club members - they are called -san and no longer -kun as their predecessors

No idea what happened Olympic torch bearer Ochirsaihan : https://photobank.mainichi.co.jp/kiji_detail.php?id=P20210628dd1dd1phj927000

On 15/04/2021 at 08:37, Katooshu said:

On 16/01/2021 at 10:33, Akinomaki said:

The members from Asashigaoka-high at the ganjitsu sumo, with the 2 3rd year Mongolians Munkh (left) and Ochil (right). They want to continue with sumo, become coach or pro o

Munkh has joined Nittaidai, not sure about Ochil.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Katooshu 3,022]

I could be mistaken, but I thought I saw Ochil training at Isegahama recently, already with a topknot. They currently have no foreigner spot, but looking at their heya members I don't see any active rikishi it could be.

Could that be him on the right?  The face and body look similar - check the video below for more shots.

 

Edited September 10, 2022 by Katooshu

[Chartorenji 235]

On 09/03/2019 at 03:58, Akinomaki said:

The 2 graduated on the 1st  - after 3 years again a meeting with their parents, who came from Mongolia to be at the ceremony. They go on to Nittaidai and aim for student yokozuna, after high school yokozuna was withing reach, but neither could seize it. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2019/03/09/472910.html

any update on how this pair has done at the college levels?

[Akinomaki 39,015]

22 minutes ago, Chartorenji said:

any update on how this pair has done at the college levels?

Plenty of good results

for Choijil sumoforum.net/forums/search/?q=Choijil*

a bit less for Dalai sumoforum.net/forums/search/?q=Dalai*

[Katooshu 3,022]

They've both done well, but Dalai's missed a lot of competition, presumably due to injury.

Choijil has won 2 East Japan weight class tournaments, made the best 4 of a couple national events, and finished top 8 at the All Japan Championship. He's also good in team competition and is a regular on Nittaidai's 3-man and 5-man teams, which are the best in college sumo. With Hanada and Kawabuchi not active at the moment, he's probably close to being among the top 5 or 6 competitors in college sumo.

Edited September 29, 2022 by Katooshu

[Chartorenji 235]

1 hour ago, Katooshu said:

They've both done well, but Dalai's missed a lot of competition, presumably due to injury.

Choijil has won 2 East Japan weight class tournaments, made the best 4 of a couple national events, and finished top 8 at the All Japan Championship. He's also good in team competition and is a regular on Nittaidai's 3-man and 5-man teams, which are the best in college sumo. With Hanada and Kawabuchi not active at the moment, he's probably close to being among the top 5 or 6 competitors in college sumo.

top 8 in all japan means he gets a Sd90 rank right? Great momentum and hopefully both are picked up by one of the 19 stables without a foreigner. 

[Katooshu 3,022]

Top 8 is an SdTD qualification, though his might expire by the time he graduates so he may need to place again.

[Akinomaki 39,015]

32 minutes ago, Katooshu said:

Top 8 is an SdTD qualification, though his might expire by the time he graduates so he may need to place again.

So far there was no mention that the 2 year validity of the qualifications is over, we just had Kayo for Natsu with a 2020 qualification. Both are 4th years, he graduates next March, we will see.

Edited September 29, 2022 by Akinomaki

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On 20/04/2022 at 20:46, Akinomaki said:

End of October 2020 another pair of Mongolian exchange students had entered the Asahigaoka high sumo club https://www.post-ad.co.jp/post/archives/4673

Odfuu Chinzorig オドフー・チンゾリグ and Odgerel Tselmeg オドゲレル・ツェルメグ (guesses)

Chinzorig was team captain last year

A feature about the last year at Asahigaoka for 5 club members, including the 2 from Mongolia. Chinzorig went to Asahi university, the other 4 to Nittaidai.

- gone

Edited August 6, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,015]

On 02/08/2023 at 13:07, Akinomaki said:

A feature about the last year at Asahigaoka for 5 club members, including the 2 from Mongolia. Chinzorig went to Asahi university, the other 4 to Nittaidai.

Now properly from NTV, the 3rd of series on the 5 in their last year

the first 2 parts:

Edit: the next 2 Mongolians were at the interhigh, Dergerbat best 16 https://kirokukensaku.net/0IH23/detail_12002020.html, Batbold qf in the 100kg class https://kirokukensaku.net/0IH23/detail_12002050.html

Edited August 6, 2023 by Akinomaki

[Katooshu 3,022]

Dergerbat was impressive. I have seen him at a few tournaments now, and though he has no big results yet he's shown a high level of ability and should do well regardless of the route he takes after graduation. 

[Katooshu 3,022]

And Dergerbat has just won the National Towada High School Tournament. His opponent in the final had what sounded like a Mongolian name and defeated high school yokozuna Nishide earlier, but I didn't recognize him.

Edited August 15, 2023 by Katooshu

[Kintamayama 43,862]

On 15/08/2023 at 11:04, Katooshu said:

And Dergerbat has just won the National Towada High School Tournament. His opponent in the final had what sounded like a Mongolian name and defeated high school yokozuna Nishide earlier, but I didn't recognize him.

Bayarbold? Altankhuyag Bayarbold?  Maybe?

Edited August 16, 2023 by Kintamayama

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On 29/09/2022 at 20:33, Akinomaki said:

So far there was no mention that the 2 year validity of the qualifications is over, we just had Kayo for Natsu with a 2020 qualification. Both are 4th years, he graduates next March, we will see.

Circling back to Choijil, who is joining alongside Dalai.

 

No mention of a sandanme tsukedashi qualification - does this mean it's expired in the meantime, or is it only due to be announced before his first basho?

[Katooshu 3,022]

Choijil earned his Ms15TD last November, so he'd still have it.

Dalai earned SdTD at least twice previously, but they would've expired by now.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki 39,015]

Dergerbat (2nd from the right in the middle) and the Asahigaoka high sumo club received a 2023 sports merit award from the Odawara sports association

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No mention if he found a heya yet to make use of his sd90TD or if he'll go to university

The yusho at the Towada tournament

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At the moment the club has 4 Mongolian members, 16 members in all - they were on Fuji TV last week https://tver.jp/episodes/epjsfcf7ne (VOD till the 9th) - starting at 44min:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8rt4dm

anonymous eating starts at 33min

In August for 13 years since the club started o

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Edited February 3 by Akinomaki