The rankings for the Grand Sumo Tournament to be held in September have been announced, and Ryu Mito from Mongolia, who has just joined the team after four years since being promoted to jūryō, gave a press conference and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to do my best just to win." rice field.
Ryu Mito is 28 years old from Mongolia.
After attending Tottori Johoku High School, he became a student yokozuna at Nihon University, a prestigious student sumo wrestler.
In 2017, he stepped on the first ring with the 15th Makushita ranking, and in the following year, in 2018, he was promoted to Juryo in the first place.
After that, he suffered from back injuries, etc., but in the Nagoya tournament in July, when he faced the 4th jūryō in the west, he won 9 wins and 6 losses, and after more than 4 years since being promoted to jūryō, he entered the curtain. I was.
Ryu Mito held an online interview on the 29th and said, “I feel sorry for being late.
Regarding yokozuna Terunofuji, who is also from Mongolia, and Komusubi Ichinoshiro, who won the previous tournament for the first time, he said, “I started sumo wrestling with them when I was in high school, and now I’m in the target position. I am.”
Former sekiwake Mito Izumi master Nishikido commented on the birth of Nishikido stable's first makuuchi sumo wrestler: "While I'm happy, I feel like I've finally made it. I hope that I will be able to combine all four with Nofuji and Ichinojo.”
The Grand Sumo Autumn Tournament will begin on September 11th at the Kokugikan in Ryogoku, Tokyo.