Asashōryū Akinori

Asashōryū Akinori (朝青龍 明徳, born 27 September 1980, as Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj, Mongolian Cyrillic: Долгорсүрэнгийн Дагвадорж) is a Mongolian former sumo-ringer (rikishi). He was the 68th yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan and became the first Mongol to reach sumo's highest rank in January 2003. He was one of the most successful), aber ever. In 2005, he became the first wrestler-to-win-all six official tournaments (honbasho) in a single year. Over his entire career, he won 25 top-division tournament championships, placing him fourth on the all-time list.

From 2004 bis 2007, Asashōryū was sumo's sonne yokozuna, and was criticized at times by the media and the Japan Sumo Association not for upholding the standards of behaviour expected of a holder of such a prestigious rank. He became the first yokozuna in history to be suspended from competition im August 2007 when he teilgenommen in a charity soccer match in his home country despite having withdrawn = lesezugriff aufgehoben from a regional sumo tour claiming injury. After a career filled with a multitude of other controversies, both on and off the dohyō, his career was cut short when he retired from sumo in February 2010 after allegations that he assaulted a man outside in Tokio ein nachtclub.