Kyokushuzan Noboru

Kyokushuzan Noboru is a former sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia. Selected in an open recruitment of new disciples held in Mongolia in 1991, he made his professional debut in March 1992. He was also the first sekitori (a wrestler in juryo or the top division) in history from Mongolia. His highest rank reached was komusubi, the fourth-highest rank. In juryo, the second division, he won the championship at the July 1995 tournament and the March 1996 tournament, and he earned five special prizes and five kinboshi (a "gold star": a maegashira's win over a yokozuna). Over 62 tournaments in makuuchi, the top division, and 89 career tournaments in total, his record was 560 wins and 601 losses. His last stable as an active wrestler was Oshima stable, and he retired in November 2006.