Asahakuryū Tarō

is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He made his debut in the January 2023 tournament, wrestling for the Takasago stable.

Early career Jamiyantogtokh participated in basketball and shot put as a child, and began wrestling at age 13. However, after receiving an invitation from Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj (former yokozuna Asashōryū) and with the support of his family, he decided to switch to sumo. In 2014, he was selected along with Ōshōma, who transferred as a second-year student, and Hōshōryū at an audition for sports exchange students held in Mongolia by Kashiwa Nippon Sport Science University High School. The three of them moved to Japan in 2015. In the September tournament, he lost his sixth bout against Ōshōumi on day 11, but won his seventh bout against Chiyoarashi, who was undefeated and had an unbeaten record, on the 13th day, and advanced to the seven-man championship match with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss. He lost to Kitadaichi in the first round of the championship match. In the following November tournament, he ended up with a losing record for the first time since his debut.

From the May 2024 tournament onwards, he was ranked within the top 15 of the makushita division. After the September 2024 tournament, he tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during practice. He continued to compete without surgery, but his performance was lackluster, resulting in two consecutive losing tournaments. However, in the March 2025 tournament, he achieved his first winning record since his injury. In the July tournament, he rose to East Makushita 3, a new personal best, and won all seven of his matches, achieving his first victory in each division since the jonokuchi division and securing promotion to the juryo division. At the same time, Asasuiryū was promoted to juryo with Asanoyama making his return to the juryo division. This marked the first time three wrestlers from the same stable had been promoted to juryo simultaneously in 46 years, since the autumn tournament of 1979, when Kotonoryu and Kotochitose were promoted to juryo with Kototateyama also returning to juryo at Sadogatake stable. It was also the first time that three wrestlers from the same stable had been promoted to juryo simultaneously since Ōnosato and Shirokuma at Nishonoseki stable. In the September tournament, he won the juryo division title, with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. In the following November tournament, he was promoted to the 2nd rank in the west juryo division, with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses.

Makuuchi promotion In the January 2026 tournament, he made his debut as the 17th ranked rikishi in the east maegashira division. This marked the first time a wrestler from Takushoku University had made his makuuchi division debut in 29 years, since Tochinonada in the May 1997 tournament.

Personal life Asahakuryū's father was a sekiwake in the Mongolian sumo competition. In 1977, his uncle (his mother's younger brother) was selected to study at Meitoku Gijuku High School in Japan, along with Asashōryū, but he declined the offer. His uncle was then promoted to the rank of Takasago VIII.

According to Akiyoshi Nagai, the head of the Kashiwa Junior Sumo Club, who coached Jamiyantogtokh during his high school years, said he had a "calm, gentle, and quiet" personality at the time. His shikona Asahakuryū comes from his master, Asasekiryū's active name and the auspicious character for "white".

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