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Asashoryu Akinori

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Wrestler

The Resume

    (September 27, 1980- )
    Born in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
    Birth name was Dolgorsurengiin Dagvadorj
    First Mongolian to reach the highest sumo rank of yokozuna
    Won 25 top division tournament championships (3rd most all-time when he retired in 2010)
    Fighting weight ranged from 284 pounds early in his career to 326 pounds

Why he might be annoying:

    The magazine Shukan Gendai accused him of paying opponents $10,000 per fight so he could win a 2006 tournament with a perfect score.
    He became the first yokozuna to lose a bout by disqualification, getting the boot for pulling his opponent's top knot (2003).
    He was suspended for three months for participating in a charity soccer match in Mongolia after pulling out of a regional sumo tour, claiming to have a back injury (2007).
    He retired after assaulting a restaurant employee during a drunken night out (February, 2010).

Why he might not be annoying:

    The publishers of Shukan Gendai ended up paying $437,000 in libel damages, with a judge calling their reporting 'slipshod in the extreme.'
    He became the first sumo wrestler to win all six official tournaments in a single year (2005).
    He credited his wrestling success to a spartan upbringing of sleeping in tents, herding sheep and riding horses on the Mongolian steppes.
    Some Mongolian officials claim that he was forced to retire to ensure that he would not break the record of 32 tournament championships held by Japanese sumo wrestler Taiho Koki.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 69.77% Annoying