In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Ryūden.
Ryūden Gōshi (Japanese: 竜電 剛至, born November 10, 1990 as Yūki Watanabe (渡邊 裕樹, Watanabe Yūki)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture. He made his professional debut in March 2006 and first reached the top makuuchi division in January 2018. Ryūden has won a championship in every division except makuuchi and has earned two special prizes, one for Fighting Spirit and one for Technique. His highest rank has been komusubi. He is a member of Takadagawa stable.
Ryūden Gōshi
竜電 剛至
Ryūden in 2017
Personal information
Born
Yūki Watanabe (1990-11-10) November 10, 1990 (age 32) Kōfu, Yamanashi
He was the youngest of three brothers and had a background in judo. However, he was persuaded by the former sekiwakeAkinoshima, a coach at Takadagawa stable who was visiting his junior high school to scout a judo classmate, to give sumo a try. He made his debut in March 2006, the same tournament as Tochinoshin, Sakaizawa and Masakaze. He was immediately given the shikona of Ryūden, with the "Ryū" part taken from his hometown school and the "den" part from the legendary wrestler Raiden. He was talked of, alongside Masunoyama, as a candidate for the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to reach the sekitori ranks when he produced a 5–2 score at the rank of makushita 15 in November 2009. However his progress then stalled with two consecutive make-koshi, and he suffered a concussion after falling from the dohyo in a match against Takanoiwa in March 2010, and was embarrassed when he had to be carried off in a wheelchair. He was overtaken by Takayasu who did become the first Heisei born sekitori in November 2010, with Masunoyama. However after scoring a perfect 7–0 record and taking the makushita championship, Ryūden eventually reached the jūryō division himself after the September 2012 tournament. He was the first sekitori produced by the new Takadagawa head Akinoshima, who had taken over the running of the stable from former ōzekiMaenoyama in 2009. He was also the first sekitori from Yamanashi Prefecture since Hidenohana 24 years earlier.
However Ryūden suffered a fracture of his right hip joint in his juryo debut in November and had to withdraw from the tournament. During his long injury recuperation he made two abortive attempts to return, breaking the hip twice more. This resulted in him falling all the way down to jonokuchi 17 in the rankings. For four consecutive tournaments from January until July 2014, although still injured, he fought (and won) one match at the end of the tournament, solely to prevent falling off the banzuke completely. He was finally fit to return in September 2014 and won three consecutive yusho to quickly return to the third highest makushita division. He was finally promoted back to jūryō in November 2016. Only Hokutokuni (off the banzuke) and Kotobeppu (jonokuchi 39) had returned to jūryō from lower ranks than Ryūden had.
Ryūden competing against Aoiyama in May 2019, on the day he received his first Technique prize.
Ryūden was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 2018, becoming the second top division wrestler from Takadagawa stable after Kagayaki to achieve this since the new head coach took over. He was the first Yamanashi Prefecture native to be ranked in makuuchi since Onohana in March 1988. He scored ten wins in his top division debut and shared the Fighting Spirit prize with fellow newcomer Abi. Since then, he has stayed in makuuchi and has mainly shown solid performances. In May 2019 he won ten bouts and received his first Technique prize.[1] He was promoted to komusubi for the July 2019 tournament, the first from Yamanashi Prefecture since Fujizakura 47 years earlier. He scored only 4–11 in his komusubi debut, and remained in the mid-maegashira ranks until May 2021, where he fell to maegashira 14. He was withdrawn from that tournament by his stablemaster, who said he had breached COVID-19 compliance guidelines.[2][3] Ryūden was later suspended for three tournaments retroactive to the May basho; he was eligible to compete again in November.[4] The compliance committee set up by the Sumo Association to investigate the matter found that on 25 different occasions between March 12, 2020 and January 20, 2021, he had gone out with a woman who was not his wife, breaking the rules on unnecessary trips.[4]
When Ryūden competed again after his suspension in November 2021, he won the makushita division title with a perfect 7-0 record. A 6-1 record in the following basho earned Ryūden a return to jūryō for the March 2022 tournament.
Fighting style
Ryūden is a yotsu sumo specialist who prefers grappling techniques. His favourite winning kimarite is yori-kiri, with a moro-zashi hold, or both arms inside his opponent's.
^"Asanoyama falls on basho's last day". Japan Times. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^"夏場所休場の竜電 感染防止ガイドラインに抵触する行動の疑い". NHK (in Japanese). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^"Sumo: Terunofuji returns, joins perfect Summer tourney start for ozeki". Kyodo News. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ ab"場所中「女性と合計25回」竜電３場所出場停止処分 ガイドライン違反" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^"Ryuden Goshi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^Note: Ryūden was originally kyūjō from the May 2021 tournament. This was later changed to a suspension. Source: Nikkan Sports
External links
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Ryūden Gōshi's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
January 07, 2023
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In this Japanese shikona name the surname is Ryuden Ryuden Gōshi Japanese 竜電 剛至 born November 10 1990 as Yuki Watanabe 渡邊 裕樹 Watanabe Yuki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōfu Yamanashi Prefecture He made his professional debut in March 2006 and first reached the top makuuchi division in January 2018 Ryuden has won a championship in every division except makuuchi and has earned two special prizes one for Fighting Spirit and one for Technique His highest rank has been komusubi He is a member of Takadagawa stable Ryuden Gōshi竜電 剛至Ryuden in 2017Personal informationBornYuki Watanabe 1990 11 10 November 10 1990 age 32 Kōfu YamanashiHeight189 cm 6 ft 2 in Weight150 kg 330 lb CareerStableTakadagawaCurrent ranksee belowDebutMarch 2006Highest rankKomusubi July 2019 Championships2 Juryō2 Makushita1 Sandanme1 Jonidan1 JonokuchiSpecial Prizes1 Fighting Spirit 1 Technique Up to date as of 27 November 2022 Contents 1 Career 2 Fighting style 3 Career record 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditHe was the youngest of three brothers and had a background in judo However he was persuaded by the former sekiwake Akinoshima a coach at Takadagawa stable who was visiting his junior high school to scout a judo classmate to give sumo a try He made his debut in March 2006 the same tournament as Tochinoshin Sakaizawa and Masakaze He was immediately given the shikona of Ryuden with the Ryu part taken from his hometown school and the den part from the legendary wrestler Raiden He was talked of alongside Masunoyama as a candidate for the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to reach the sekitori ranks when he produced a 5 2 score at the rank of makushita 15 in November 2009 However his progress then stalled with two consecutive make koshi and he suffered a concussion after falling from the dohyo in a match against Takanoiwa in March 2010 and was embarrassed when he had to be carried off in a wheelchair He was overtaken by Takayasu who did become the first Heisei born sekitori in November 2010 with Masunoyama However after scoring a perfect 7 0 record and taking the makushita championship Ryuden eventually reached the juryō division himself after the September 2012 tournament He was the first sekitori produced by the new Takadagawa head Akinoshima who had taken over the running of the stable from former ōzeki Maenoyama in 2009 He was also the first sekitori from Yamanashi Prefecture since Hidenohana 24 years earlier However Ryuden suffered a fracture of his right hip joint in his juryo debut in November and had to withdraw from the tournament During his long injury recuperation he made two abortive attempts to return breaking the hip twice more This resulted in him falling all the way down to jonokuchi 17 in the rankings For four consecutive tournaments from January until July 2014 although still injured he fought and won one match at the end of the tournament solely to prevent falling off the banzuke completely He was finally fit to return in September 2014 and won three consecutive yusho to quickly return to the third highest makushita division He was finally promoted back to juryō in November 2016 Only Hokutokuni off the banzuke and Kotobeppu jonokuchi 39 had returned to juryō from lower ranks than Ryuden had Ryuden competing against Aoiyama in May 2019 on the day he received his first Technique prize Ryuden was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 2018 becoming the second top division wrestler from Takadagawa stable after Kagayaki to achieve this since the new head coach took over He was the first Yamanashi Prefecture native to be ranked in makuuchi since Onohana in March 1988 He scored ten wins in his top division debut and shared the Fighting Spirit prize with fellow newcomer Abi Since then he has stayed in makuuchi and has mainly shown solid performances In May 2019 he won ten bouts and received his first Technique prize 1 He was promoted to komusubi for the July 2019 tournament the first from Yamanashi Prefecture since Fujizakura 47 years earlier He scored only 4 11 in his komusubi debut and remained in the mid maegashira ranks until May 2021 where he fell to maegashira 14 He was withdrawn from that tournament by his stablemaster who said he had breached COVID 19 compliance guidelines 2 3 Ryuden was later suspended for three tournaments retroactive to the May basho he was eligible to compete again in November 4 The compliance committee set up by the Sumo Association to investigate the matter found that on 25 different occasions between March 12 2020 and January 20 2021 he had gone out with a woman who was not his wife breaking the rules on unnecessary trips 4 When Ryuden competed again after his suspension in November 2021 he won the makushita division title with a perfect 7 0 record A 6 1 record in the following basho earned Ryuden a return to juryō for the March 2022 tournament Fighting style EditRyuden is a yotsu sumo specialist who prefers grappling techniques His favourite winning kimarite is yori kiri with a moro zashi hold or both arms inside his opponent s Career record EditRyuden Gōshi 5 Year in sumo JanuaryHatsu basho Tokyo MarchHaru basho Osaka MayNatsu basho Tokyo JulyNagoya basho Nagoya SeptemberAki basho Tokyo NovemberKyushu basho Fukuoka 2006 x Maezumo West Jonokuchi 28 4 3 West Jonidan 120 6 1 West Jonidan 39 3 4 West Jonidan 59 5 2 2007 East Jonidan 20 4 3 West Sandanme 100 4 3 West Sandanme 81 3 4 West Sandanme 91 5 2 West Sandanme 60 5 2 West Sandanme 34 3 4 2008 West Sandanme 49 6 1 West Makushita 59 2 5 West Sandanme 21 3 4 West Sandanme 36 4 3 East Sandanme 20 6 1 West Makushita 42 3 4 2009 East Makushita 52 6 1 West Makushita 25 2 5 East Makushita 38 3 4 West Makushita 46 6 1 West Makushita 19 4 3 East Makushita 15 5 2 2010 West Makushita 9 3 4 East Makushita 15 2 5 East Makushita 29 4 3 West Makushita 24 2 5 East Makushita 39 3 4 East Makushita 46 5 2 2011 East Makushita 33 4 3 Tournament Cancelled0 0 0 East Makushita 27 4 3 West Makushita 14 3 4 West Makushita 17 5 2 West Makushita 8 4 3 2012 West Makushita 6 2 5 West Makushita 14 6 1 East Makushita 5 3 4 West Makushita 8 3 4 West Makushita 12 7 0Champion West Juryō 12 4 5 6 2013 East Makushita 4 2 5 East Makushita 10 Sat out due to injury0 0 7 West Makushita 50 Sat out due to injury0 0 7 West Sandanme 30 1 2 4 East Sandanme 69 Sat out due to injury0 0 7 East Jonidan 30 Sat out due to injury0 0 7 2014 West Jonokuchi 10 1 0 6 West Jonokuchi 7 1 0 6 East Jonokuchi 1 1 0 6 East Jonokuchi 14 1 0 6 West Jonokuchi 17 7 0Champion West Jonidan 11 7 0Champion 2015 East Sandanme 20 7 0Champion East Makushita 14 2 5 East Makushita 28 6 1 East Makushita 10 2 5 East Makushita 25 5 2 West Makushita 11 4 3 2016 East Makushita 9 3 4 West Makushita 13 6 1 East Makushita 3 3 4 East Makushita 7 5 2 West Makushita 2 4 3 East Juryō 13 9 6 2017 West Juryō 10 9 6 West Juryō 8 6 9 East Juryō 12 9 6 West Juryō 8 9 6 East Juryō 5 8 7 West Juryō 2 8 7 2018 East Maegashira 16 10 5 F West Maegashira 9 8 7 East Maegashira 7 3 12 West Maegashira 15 8 7 East Maegashira 13 10 5 West Maegashira 3 6 9 2019 East Maegashira 7 6 9 East Maegashira 11 10 5 West Maegashira 5 10 5 T West Komusubi 1 4 11 West Maegashira 5 7 8 West Maegashira 5 6 9 2020 West Maegashira 8 10 5 East Maegashira 5 6 9 West Maegashira 6 Tournament Cancelled0 0 0 West Maegashira 6 7 8 East Maegashira 7 6 9 East Maegashira 10 9 6 2021 East Maegashira 6 4 11 West Maegashira 10 6 9 East Maegashira 14 Suspended 6 0 0 15 East Juryō 9 Suspended0 0 15 East Makushita 7 Suspended0 0 7 West Makushita 47 7 0Champion 2022 East Makushita 5 6 1 East Juryō 13 13 2Champion West Juryō 3 9 6 East Juryō 1 12 3Champion West Maegashira 12 11 4 West Maegashira 6 9 6 2023 East Maegashira 5 x x x x xRecord given as win loss absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner up Retired Lower Divisions Sanshō key F Fighting spirit O Outstanding performance T Technique Also shown Kinboshi P Playoff s Divisions Makuuchi Juryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi MaegashiraSee also EditList of sumo tournament second division champions List of active sumo wrestlers List of komusubi Active special prize winnersReferences Edit Asanoyama falls on basho s last day Japan Times 26 May 2019 Retrieved 29 May 2019 夏場所休場の竜電 感染防止ガイドラインに抵触する行動の疑い NHK in Japanese 7 May 2021 Retrieved 7 May 2021 Sumo Terunofuji returns joins perfect Summer tourney start for ozeki Kyodo News 9 May 2021 Retrieved 19 May 2021 a b 場所中 女性と合計25回 竜電３場所出場停止処分 ガイドライン違反 in Japanese Nikkan Sports 27 May 2021 Retrieved 27 May 2021 Ryuden Goshi Rikishi Information Sumo Reference Retrieved 25 July 2018 Note Ryuden was originally kyujō from the May 2021 tournament This was later changed to a suspension Source Nikkan SportsExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ryuden Gōshi Ryuden Gōshi s official biography English at the Grand Sumo Homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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