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	Asashoryu. Who is Asashoryu? What is Asashoryu? Where is Asashoryu? Definition of Asashoryu. Meaning of Asashoryu.
		After his debut in 1999, it took Asashoryu only 24 tournaments to win his first championship, the fastest ascent since the sport adopted its current format of six champsionships a year in 1958.
		On January 30, 2003 Asashoryu was granted the title of yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo.
		Asashoryu has been criticized for infractions of the strict code of conduct expected of top sumo wrestlers.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Asashoryu (234 words)

	Asashoryu Akinori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After his debut in 1999, it took Asashoryu only 24 tournaments to win his first top division championship, the quickest achievement of this since the sport adopted its current format of six championships a year in 1958.
		In fact, on May 18, 2005, Asashoryu's left shoulder met Kotooshu's face at the tachi-ai (initial charge) with such ferocity that it stunned the Bulgarian and he teetered and wobbled out of the dohyo (sumo ring) with little effort from the Yokozuna.
		Asashoryu's brothers are also active in combat sports: Dolgolsren Sumiyabazar is a mixed martial arts fighter, and Dolgolsren Seljibdee, a professional wrestler, competes in New Japan Pro Wrestling under the name Blue Wolf (after the Mongolian Blue Wolf legend).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asashoryu_Akinori (724 words)

	Mike Wesemann's Sumotalk.com Column
		Asashoryu was conspicuously absent from the funeral and was nowhere to be found.
		And finally Asashoryu was a no-show for the second consecutive time at the tsuna-uchi ceremony, which is where the rikishi of a Yokozuna's stable and ichimon gather to create the new belt to be worn by the Yokozuna for the next two basho.
		Asashoryu has proven that he is the best rikishi in the field the past year, but the Yokozuna has to be firing on all cylinders mentally and physically to yusho.
	www.sumotalk.com /mhatsu04.htm (12015 words)

	Japan Times: Asashoryu stands alone in a zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Asashoryu is not only stoppable, but will confront a new nemesis in the form of recently promoted sekiwake Hokutoriki when the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament kicks off Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
		Asashoryu, however, is still determined to go undefeated as he shoots for his eighth Emperor's Cup and has warned all challengers that rendering unto Caesar may be the only choice when all is through at the 15-day meet.
		Tamanoshima, who was 12-3 in Tokyo, however, did beat Asashoryu twice in practice and could present an obstacle in their match on the first day in Nagoya.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /print/sports/sports2004/ss20040704a1.htm (645 words)

	Japan Times: Asashoryu bags 10th Emperor's Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Asashoryu clinched the basho earlier in the day when his closest challengers, Kasugao and Hakuho, both fell to their fourth losses.
		Asashoryu joined sumo greats Kitanoumi, Chiyonofuji and Taiho as the only wrestlers to win the New Year meet for three straight years since the establishment of the six-tourney system in 1958.
		Asashoryu won five of six tournaments last year and looks poised for another impressive run this season.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /print/sports/sports2005/ss20050122a1.htm (566 words)

	GRAND SUMO LAS VEGAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		He adopted the name Asashoryu, which means Blue Dragon of the Morning, just as a wave of foreigners began shattering the cultural barrier that had long made sumo the most Japanese of sports.
		Asashoryu laughs, and he is joined by good-spirited nodding from even the Japanese wrestlers around the table.
		Asashoryu called it a "whipping of love," arguing that the rikishi would emerge stronger and happier for having "overcome" the pain.
	www.grandsumolasvegas.com /latimesb.HTM (2118 words)

	Mike Wesemann's Sumotalk.com Column
		Asashoryu had deservedly taken a lot of heat in the latter part of 2003 for his behavior outside of the ring, but no one can argue his worthiness of the rank in 2004.
		Asashoryu was trying to avenge a loss the previous basho when he lunged right into Shu's trap and was pulled down to the dirt.
		Asashoryu's perfect defensive position allowed him to withstand the throw attempt and use Miyabiyama's compromised position against him to throw him down and out of the ring with his left grip on the belt.
	www.sumotalk.com /mharu04.htm (13196 words)

	McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sumotalk: Nagoya Basho
		To the dismay of many a sumo traditionalist, Asashoryu is putting a stamp on his dominance and is pulling away from a field that is obviously no where near the level of the controversial Mongolian Yokozuna.
		Asashoryu is 8-0 for the sixth time in his career and the third time as a Yokozuna.
		Asashoryu (4-0) looked in trouble for a split second today for the first time, but compensated quickly with his lightening speed for the win.
	www.mcsweeneys.net /links/sumotalk/aki.html (10603 words)

	Mike Wesemann's Sumotalk.com Column
		Asashoryu's coming back to the pack has suddenly thrown several more rikishi into the yusho hunt, but when you look at the leader board, Asashoryu is still in the lead and has to be considered the heavy favorite.
		Asashoryu gave Wakanosato a huge shove as he was being pulled down, but he committed himself too early, and as the Sekiwake balanced on the tawara with one foot, Asashoryu hit the dirt.
		Asashoryu is famous for seeking vengeance upon those who defeat him in the ring, but this time around, I think he uses his treatment by the Nagoya fans as his inspiration.
	www.sumotalk.com /mnagoya04.htm (16695 words)

	Asashoryu Akinori - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Yokozuna Asashoryu (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right.
		Asashoryu is a known to be a dedicated and serious trainer who goes all out, some other high profile Rikishi (wrestlers) avoid training with him for fear of injury.
		In fact, on 2005-05-18, Asashoryu's left shoulder met Kotooshu's face at the tachi-ai (initial charge) with such ferocity that it stunned the Bulgarian and he teetered and wobbled out of the dohyo (sumo ring) with little effort from the Yokozuna.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/wiki/Asashoryu (655 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World dispatch \| Big in Japan
		Asashoryu has ignited interest in sumo as much with his exceptional talent as with his much-publicised bad behaviour.
		The sumo association ordered Asashoryu to behave, fans held up placards telling him to "go back to Mongolia" and a Japanese diplomat privately warned the pair that their public spat was doing Mongolia's reputation in Japan no favours.
		The purists seem to have forgotten, too, that Asashoryu is hardly alone in indulging in bouts of bad behaviour away from the ring.
	www.guardian.co.uk /elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1145139,00.html (1167 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Asashoryu defeated Chiyotaikai in the final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan to set up the dramatic playoff after makuuchi debutante Hakuho upset Hokutoriki in an earlier bout as both wrestlers finished at 13-2.
		It was Asashoryu's seventh title overall and the first where he had to come from behind on the final day and win in a playoff.
		Asashoryu, gunning for his third straight title, set up the dramatic playoff when he got both arms around Chiyotaikai right after the face off and lifted his opponent out.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2004/05/24/2003156827/print (455 words)

	Asashoryu Is Amazing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Kotonowaka had flipped Asashoryu so that Asashoryu was coming down butt first, but Asashoryu managed to land on his heels and keep his back arched until he saw Kotonowaka touch the mat with his hand.
		Asashoryu was in a position where anyone else would have just fallen to the mat, but he braced against his opponent and managed to keep his body off the mat until after the other guy touched first his left hand and then his right hand to the mat.
		Asashoryu is trying to win all six bashos in a year.
	forum.japantoday.com /m_165287/printable.htm (2453 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
		TOKYO >> Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu was formally inducted as the sport's 68th yokozuna yesterday, performing the "dohyo-iri" ring-purification ritual at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
		Asashoryu, who is the third foreign-born wrestler following Akebono and Musashimaru to attain yokozuna status, then performed the "unryu" style ring-purification ritual in front of the hall of worship at the shrine.
		Asashoryu, who became the first grand champion from Mongolia, performed the ritual of arm and leg defensive and offensive stances in front of some 3,000 cheering and applauding sumo fans.
	starbulletin.com /2003/01/31/sports/sumo.html (257 words)

	Asashoryu Akinori - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Unlike his Hawaiian predecessors Akebono and Musashimaru, Asashoryu is relatively lightweight at 137 kilograms, around 20 kilograms below the average.
		While his first championship as yokozuna ended in a disappointing 10-5 record, he has since won a total of 8 tournaments (including the first two which he won as an Ozeki).
		Asashoryu married his Mongolian fiancee in December 2002.
	www.iridis.com /Asashoryu (285 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Yokozuna Asashoryu clinched his fourth Emperor's Cup on Saturday with a hard-fought win over Chiyotaikai on the second to last day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
		It was a sweet victory for Asashoryu, who lost his previous two bouts and was roundly criticized by sumo's hierarchy after a hair-pulling incident at the Nagoya tourney.
		Wakanosato, who handed Asashoryu his first loss of the tourney on Thursday, turned Kotomitsuki around at the edge of the ring and shoved him out from behind to give both wrestlers 10-4 records.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2003/09/21/2003068748/print (311 words)

	Japan Times sumo coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		NAGOYA (Kyodo) Grand champion Asashoryu overpowered Tochiazuma to capture his fifth consecutive Emperor's Cup with a 13-2 record on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
		Asashoryu avoided a possible playoff with Kotooshu after the Bulgarian earlier suffered a defeat to Wakanosato and became the first wrestler in almost 20 years to win five titles in a row.
		Asashoryu had only lost once this year before the Nagoya meet but was handed shock defeats by Kotooshu and Kokkai.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /sumo.htm (621 words)

	Beating Japanese wrestlers at their own game / But sumo champ from Mongolia isn't popular with purists
		Then police had to be called to Asashoryu's training stable last summer when neighbors reported hearing late-night drunken shouts and threats between the wrestler and his stable master -- roughly the equivalent of Kobe Bryant taking it into the alley with Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
		Finally, Asashoryu's status as a foreigner received unwanted extra attention last fall when three of his Mongolian relatives who had come to Japan for his wedding stayed on afterward and found factory jobs without work permits.
		As the wrestler strained against another in the ring, Asashoryu delivered a series of savage two-handed whacks to the back of his thighs, first with a bamboo pole, then with a metal shovel.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/27/MNG31BGMTD1.DTL (1876 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
		Asashoryu is expected to receive the final nod from the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) for his promotion to sumo's highest rank Wednesday after meeting the requirements of winning the 15-day tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo with 13 or more wins.
		But Asashoryu retaliated by whipping Kotomitsuki's arm around and grabbing a thigh as he plowed him over the edge to move to an insurmountable 13-1 record.
		A JSA committee in charge of promotion of wrestlers is expected to convene Sunday morning to discuss Asashoryu's case and ask Kitanoumi to call up the JSA executives and members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, a powerful advisory body to the JSA.
	starbulletin.com /2003/01/25/sports/sumo.html (533 words)

	The Japan Times Online
		Asashoryu, who finished with a 13-2 record, defeated ozeki Chiyotaikai on Saturday to wrap up the Emperor's Cup.
		Asashoryu, who went 9-6 in the Autumn meet, also became the first wrestler to win five tournaments in a year since yokozuna Chiyonofuji achieved the feat 18 years ago.
		Asashoryu had never lost a bout after clinching a title before the final day of the tournament.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ss20041129a1.htm (613 words)

	Jiskha Homework Help - Social Studies: People: Asashoryu
		Asashoryu being only his ring name, shoryu coming from the blue dragon temple near the ryu campus, altogether meaning Blue Dragon of the Morning.
		Asashoryu is currently the only yokozuna; there can be four of them at any time.
		Asashoryu wishes to win a gold medal for Mongolia, as they have never got one.
	www.jiskha.com /social_studies/people/asashoryu.html (345 words)

	INCITE: Asashoryu reigns supreme!
		In the end, he fell to the sheer experience, skill, and strength of Asashoryu, who took his third tournament in a row.
		In the deciding bout, Asashoryu secured an iron grip on his opponent's mawashi even before Hokutoriki was at full stretch from his tachiai crouch.
		Unable to satisfy his appetite for destruction, Asashoryu picked up the defeated maegashira and lifted him even further away from the straw, in a symbolic gesture of victory absolute.
	incite1.blogspot.com /2004/05/asashoryu-reigns-supreme.html (291 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Peace award for Asashoryu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Today in Nagasaki a peace award was given to Yokozuna Asashoryu (originally Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj), the first Mongolian-Japanese to attain sumo wrestling's highest rank of yokozuna.
		The award was given by a local atomic bomb victims' group to this 22-year-old champion sumo wrestler who has made significant contributions to strengthening relations between Mongolia and Japan.
		Asashoryu is the 12th recipient of this peace award.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/1206.html (98 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		FUKUOKA (Kyodo) With his first Emperor's Cup already in the bag, Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu put the icing on the cake by blasting out ozeki rival Musoyama to notch his 14th win on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
		Asashoryu's Emperor's Cup victory comes just 24 tournaments after his sumo debut at the 1999 New Year basho, equaling Takanohana's record of the quickest-ever title since the present format of six meets a year was introduced in 1958.
		Fortunately for Asashoryu, his path to the title was eased in following the withdrawal of a number of top wrestlers.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ss20021125a1.htm (506 words)

	Print Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Asashoryu, who won five out of six tournaments last year, is gunning to win all six tourneys this year.
		TOKYO — Grand champion Asashoryu outmuscled Iwakiyama Monday to maintain a flawless record and a two-win lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
		Fighting in the day's final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Mongolian Asashoryu improved to a perfect 9-0 when he bulldozed top-maegashira Iwakiyama out of the ring after taking a firm left-hand grip and butting his opponent out with his head.
	www.kauaiworld.com /articles/2005/01/18/sports/sports02.prt (437 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: UPSTART FROM ULAN:
		At a mere 308 pounds, Asashoryu is not the biggest of the big-bellied men waddling around the dirt ring of this chilly sumo training stable, looking for someone to slam up against.
		There was his notorious disqualification in 2003 from a match for pulling the top knot — the carefully combed and pinned hair — of fellow Mongolian Kyokushuzan.
		Then police had to be called to Asashoryu's training stable last summer when neighbors reported hearing late-night drunken shouts and threats between the wrestler and his stable master — roughly the equivalent of Kobe Bryant taking it into the alley with Jerry Buss.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/020725.html (1292 words)

	Sumo latest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Asashoryu did not allow Kaio to reach out for his belt, and drove the popular ozeki out.
		Asashoryu and Koto-o-shu are still tied for the Emperor's Cup.
		Asashoryu had a quick start, but Koto-o-shu was undaunted.
	www.t3.rim.or.jp /~sports/latest/sl.html (1523 words)

	BeatleLinks Fab Forum - Time features Matsui, Yoko Ono, Asashoryu among 'Asian heroes' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Matsui, who will be on the cover of the Japanese edition, was chosen as his "unparalleled work ethic makes him the paragon of a Japanese everyman" and his move to the Major League Baseball team makes his countrymen proud, Time said.
		Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, is the first non-Japanese, non-U.S. wrestler to rise to the highest sumo rank, while Fukushima has helped "break down prejudices and misperceptions of handicapped people," it said.
		Ono, widow of John Lennon, has "finally, at the age of 70, won her due as a groundbreaking artist" after being long reviled as the woman who supposedly broke up the Beatles, and Sakamoto was picked for setting up an environmental group to advocate renewable-energy sources, it said.
	www.beatlelinks.net /forums/printthread.php?t=8948 (426 words)

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