Ōshōma Degi

Ōshōma Degi (Japanese: 欧勝馬 出喜) born 9 April 1997 as Purevsuren Delgerbayar (Mongolian: Пүрэвсүрэнгийн Дэлгэрбаяр) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Töv Province. Wrestling for Naruto stable, he made his professional debut in November 2021, and became sekitori when he reached the jūryō division in July 2022.

In this Japanese shikona name, the surname is Ōshōma.
Ōshōma Degi
欧勝馬 出喜
Personal information
BornPurevsuren Delgerbayar
(1997-04-09) April 9, 1997
Töv Province
Mongolia Mongolia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight159 kg (351 lb; 25.0 st)
Career
StableNaruto
UniversityNippon Sport Science University
Current ranksee below
DebutNovember, 2021
Highest rankJūryō 3 (January, 2023)
Championships2 (Jūryō, Makushita)
* Up to date as of 5 May 2023.

Early life and sumo background

Ōshōma was born among the nomadic populations of Mongolia. As a child, he grew up riding horses and taking care of sheep.[1] Ōshōma began wrestling at the age of 14 and at the age of 16, with the help of Yokozuna Asashōryū, he came in Japan at Kashiwa High School in Chiba prefecture along Hōshōryū.[2] There, he won the National High School Championships.[1] He then enrolled at Nippon Sport Science University and joined the university's sumo club. Between his second and third year, he won many tournaments including the National University Championships in Towada and the National Student Championships (openweight division); the National University Championships in Usa, the All-Japan University Championships and the National Student Championships in Kanazawa. In his fourth year, he became "student yokozuna" at the National Student Championships in Towada.[2] That last championship granted him the makushita tsukedashi status. Upon graduation from college he decided to turn pro and joined Naruto stable because its master, former ōzeki Kotoōshū, mentored him since his college days[1] as training at a sumo stable is mandatory for foreign-born wrestlers to undergo the new apprentice examination.[3]

Career

He made his professional debut in September 2021 and was given the shikona, or ring name, "Ōshōma" (欧勝馬) to evoke both his master (with the kanji 欧, meaning "Europe"), his hopes for success (with the kanji 勝 meaning "victory") and his nomadic past (with the kanji 馬, meaning "horse").[1] His makushita tsukedashi allowed him to make his debut at the rank of makushita 15. Ōshōma however had to leave his stable as he lost his father in August 2021. Subsequently, and despite being officially listed as a wrestler, Ōshōma was granted a reprieve to attend his father's funeral and was listed as banzukegai in September 2021.[1] Ōshōma shared the same recruit examination session as Kinbōzan, who began his career with the sandanme tsukedashi system.[4] In May 2022, Ōshōma won the makushita championship with a prefect 7–0 record at the rank of makushita 8 with a win on Kitaharima on the last day.[5] He was promoted to jūryō for the following July 2022 tournament, thus becoming the first sekitori raised by Kotoōshū.[1]

During his jūryō debut Ōshōma had to withdraw from Day 8 of the July 2022 tournament after a COVID outbreak at Naruto stable and in September he broke his thumb during his first match.[6] In November 2022, during his third tournament in jūryō, Ōshōma defeated Daiamami in a playoff on the final day to claim the jūryō championship.[2]

Career record
Ōshōma Degi[7]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
2021 x x x x (Banzukegai) Makushita tsukedashi #15
4–3
 
2022 East Makushita #12
5–2
 		 West Makushita #4
3–4
 		 East Makushita #8
7–0
Champion
 		 East Jūryō #13
5–3–7[8]
 		 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #12
11–4–P
Champion
 
2023 West Jūryō #3
7–8
 		 West Jūryō #4
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #4
–
 		 x x x
Record 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 — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References
  1. "New juryo Oshoma: "My goal is to become an ozeki, my master's rank", vows to his father in heaven before the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament". NHK (in Japanese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "Oshoma wins juryo "I want to do my best to win the top rank as well". After winning makushita and juryo, his next dream is a makunouchi championship". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "Student Yokozuna Dergelbayar, Sumo uraining in Naruto-beya". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. "Dergelbayar and 5 Others Pass Autumn Tournament New Apprentice Inspection". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. "In makushita, Oshoma won for the first time: "I've been nervous since last night." A fierce battle with Kitaharima for all the prizes, finally won by a kakenage". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. "Oshoma, first juryo championship at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, "Thanks to the Support of Karatsu". Press Conference in Karatsu City". NHK (in Japanese). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. "Oshoma Degi Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  8. Withdrew on Day 8 due to COVID protocols
  • Ōshōma Degi's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage
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