Asashoryu Akinori

Asashoryu Akinori was a former sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He was born on 27 September 1980 and made his professional debut in January 1999. From January 1999, he took the name Asashoryu Akinori. After the January 2003 tournament, he became yokozuna, the 68th yokozuna. He won 25 makuuchi championships. His career record was 669 wins and 173 losses over 67 tournaments. He retired in January 2010. There was also a period when he belonged to Wakamatsu stable, and his last stable as an active wrestler was Takasago stable.