Global InformationAsanoyama Hiroki information
| Asanoyama Hiroki | |
|---|---|
| 朝乃山 広暉 | |
 Asanoyama in March 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Hiroki Ishibashi March 1, 1994 Toyama Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 172 kg (379 lb; 27.1 st) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Takasago |
| University | Kindai University |
| Current rank | see below |
| Debut | March, 2016 |
| Highest rank | Ōzeki (May 2020) |
| Championships | 1 Makuuchi 1 Juryo 1 Makushita 1 Sandanme |
| Special Prizes | 3 Fighting Spirit 2 Outstanding performance 1 Technique |
| Gold Stars | 1 (Kakuryū) |
| * Up to date as of 24 September 2023. | |
Asanoyama Hiroki (朝乃山 広暉, born Hiroki Ishibashi (石橋 広暉, Ishibashi Hiroki) on March 1, 1994) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has earned six special prizes, and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna. In May 2019 he won his first top division yūshō or tournament championship, the first of the Reiwa era. He was also runner-up in November 2019 and finished the calendar year with more top division wins than any other wrestler. He was promoted to ōzeki after the March 2020 tournament, and was a runner-up in his ōzeki debut in July 2020 and in January 2021.
In June 2021 Asanoyama was handed a one-year (six tournament) suspension for violating sumo protocols related to COVID-19.[1] He returned to competition in the July 2022 tournament having been demoted to the third-lowest rank of sandanme.[2]
- ^ "Sumo: Ozeki Asanoyama gets 1-year ban for breaking coronavirus rules". Kyodo News. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "【名古屋場所新番付】朝乃山が西三段目22枚目で土俵復帰、父の無念を胸にしこ名も変え心機一転" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.