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((モンゴル語:Даваагийн Батбаяр)) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) is a former professional sumo wrestler and current politician of the Democratic Party in Mongolia. He was the first wrestler from Mongolia to reach sumo's top ''makuuchi'' division. ==Career== He was a diligent practitioner of Mongolian wrestling from a young age, but had ambitions of becoming a policeman. However, in 1991, a Japanese sumo training stable master, Ōshima-oyakata (the former ''ōzeki'' Asahikuni) went to Mongolia to recruit promising wrestlers for sumo. The young Davaagiin Batbayar happened to notice the advertisement and applied along with 120 others. He was selected and went to Japan with five others, including Kyukotenhō and Kyokutenzan. They were the first Mongolians ever to join sumo. However six months later, due to cultural differences, language problems, and an extremely hard training regime, five of them including Kyokushūzan ran away from the training stable to the Mongolian embassy. He was eventually persuaded to return by his stablemaster, and also Kyokutenzan. In March 1995, he was promoted to the ''jūryō'' division, and in September 1996 to the top ''makuuchi'' division. After his single appearance as a ''komusubi'' in March 1997 he was ranked as a ''maegashira'' for 58 tournaments in a row, a record in the sumo world. He earned five ''kinboshi'' or gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna'', the last coming in May 2003 against fellow Mongolian Asashōryū. Determined to get revenge in the next tournament, Asashōryū pulled on Kyokushūzan's topknot; a foul for which he was disqualified, the first time this had ever happened to a ''yokozuna''. As he succeeded in the ring, his popularity in Mongolia soared. Also, as he has contributed much to his country by establishing several foundations for the welfare of the youth and sick people, he is now regarded as one of the heroes of the country. In April 2004, he started to study on a correspondence course for an MSc in telecommunications at Waseda University in Japan. This is partly because the Mongolian president advised him to study while in Japan for his future. During his career and also afterwards, Kyokushūzan was an active recruiter of Mongolian sumo wrestlers to enter professional sumo, as well using his connections to help fellow Mongolians interested in joining sumo to find a stable looking to recruit a foreign wrestler. In this regard, he was instrumental in starting the careers of younger sumo wrestlers such as Hakuhō, Tamawashi and Mōkonami. He married in May 2000 to a Mongolian girl who was studying in Japan. The couple have a son and a daughter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyokushūzan Noboru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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