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Chiyoarashi Yoshinobu
千代嵐 慶喜
Chiyoarashi in September 2011, in his first jūryō tournament
Personal information
Born	Watanabe Yoshinobu (Japanese: 渡邉 慶喜) (1991-07-12) July 12, 1991 (age 33) Chiba
Height	177.4 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	144.5 kg (319 lb)
Career
Stable	Kokonoe
Record	370-298-71
Debut	March 2007
Highest rank	Juryo 10
Retired	January 2024
Championships	1 (Sandanme)
* Up to date as of 28 May 2023.

Chiyoarashi Yoshinobu (Japanese: 千代嵐 慶喜, romanized: chiyoarashi yoshinobu; born July 12, 1991, as Watanabe Yoshinobu) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Chiba Prefecture who wrestles for Kokonoe stable. He debuted in March 2007, and reached his highest rank of jūryō 10 in November 2011. He retired in January 2024.

Early life and entry into sumo

Born in Kisarazu, Chiyoarashi began sumo training with his father beginning in elementary school. In his third grade of elementary school he met former Chiyonofuji, the then oyakata of Kokonoe stable. He then joined Kokonoe stable at the age of 15.

Career

Debuting in March 2007, Chiyoarashi reached the salaried jūryō division in September 2011. He was promoted alongside his Kokonoe stablemate Chiyozakura [ja]. His first tournament in the division he posted an 8-7 score which saw him promoted to his career highest rank of Jūryō 10 in November 2011, but he failed to complete the tournament due to injury and posted a losing score of 4-6-5. He then sat out the next tournament in January 2012 and when he returned in March of that year he was in the lower ranks of makushita.

He once again returned to jūryō in May 2013 at Jūryō 12 where he posted a score of 7–8. In the next tournament in July 2013, he was ranked at Jūryō 13, however, once again due to injury he had to pull out in the last day ending the tournament with a record of 4-10-1. He was forced to sit out three tournaments from November 2013 to January 2014, whereupon his return he was in sandanme.

In March 2014 he won his first yūshō in sandanme in a playoff against Takakasuga, the two wrestlers achieving a perfect record of 7–0. By May 2015 he was in the upper ranks of Makushita but again was injured and had to pull out of the tournament and he sat out three tournaments from July 2015 to November 2016. He returned in January 2016 at the rank of Jonidan 32 and lost the yusho in a playoff to Kaito.

Between January 2017 and 2021, he wrestled consistently in the Makushita division, sitting out only one tournament in January 2021 due to a COVID-19 outbreak in his stable. The Japan Sumo Association announced after the November 2021 tournament that Chiyoarashi had been promoted back to jūryō, after an absence of 49 tournaments or eight and a half years. This is the longest time taken by a wrestler to return to jūryō in sumo history. He scored six wins against nine losses in his return to jūryō, and fell back to makushita after just one tournament. However, a 4–3 score at Makushita 1 East in March 2022 saw him promoted to jūryō again.

Retirement from sumo

Chiyoarashi announced his retirement during the January 2024 tournament, after four straight losses in the makushita division.

Fighting style

Chiyoarashi was an oshi-style wrestler with his primary kimarite being oshidashi.

Career record

See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers

References

1. "【大相撲】和製スター候補の呼び声高い、九重部屋『三羽ガラス』". sportiva.shueisha.co.jp. Shueisha Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. "「相乗効果」千代桜、千代嵐が新十両". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
3. "元十両千代嵐が三段目Ｖ　豊真将は１５戦全勝逃す". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 23 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
4. "千代嵐慶喜". sumo.or.jp. Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
5. "Chiyoarashi Yoshinobu". sumodb.sumogames.de. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
6. "琴裕将、紫雷、北の若が新十両昇進 千代嵐は８年半ぶり再十両". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
7. "2022 January Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics". Japan Sumo Association. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
8. "栃丸が十両昇進、初土俵から11年遅咲きの花咲かせる 千代嵐は２場所ぶりの再十両 (Late-blooming Tochimaru is promoted to juryo, 11 years from his ring debut, Chiyoarashi re-promoted to juryo for the first time in two tournaments)". Nikkan Sports. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
9. "元十両の千代嵐が引退　十両復帰を目指すも４番相撲も敗れ４戦全敗、取組後に引退届を提出". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
10. "Chiyoarashi Yoshinobu". sumo.or.jp. Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

External links

• Chiyoarashi Yoshinobu's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage

• 1991 births
• Living people
• Japanese sumo wrestlers
• Sumo people from Chiba Prefecture
• People from Kisarazu