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Asashōryū Akinori (朝青龍 明徳?, born September 27, 1980 as Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj, Mongolian: Долгорсүрэнгийн Дагвадорж) is a former sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulan Bator, Mongolia. He is the 68th yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan and became the first Mongolian to reach sumo’s highest rank in January 2003. He is one of the most successful yokozuna ever,[2]. In 2005 he became the first man to win all six official tournaments (honbasho) in a single year. Over his entire career he won 25 top division tournament championships, placing him third on the all-time list.

From 2004 until 2007 Asashōryū was sumo’s sole yokozuna, and had been criticised at times by the media and the Japan Sumo Association for not upholding the standards of behaviour expected of a holder of such a prestigious rank.[3] He became the first yokozuna in history to be suspended from competition in August 2007, after he participated in a charity soccer match in his home country despite having withdrawn from a regional sumo tour claiming injury.[4] After a career filled with a multitude of other controversies, both on and off the dohyo, he retired from Sumo in February 2010.

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