{{short description|Japanese sumo wrestler}} {{family name hatnote|Yago|lang=Japanese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox sumo wrestler | name = Yago Takanori | native_name = 矢後 太規 | native_name_lang = | image = File:Yago Takanori IMG 0803-2 20190518.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Yago in 2019 | birth_name = Takanori Yago | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|7|8}} | birth_place = Hokkaidō | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|cm=188}} | weight = {{convert|169|kg}} | blogurl = | weburl = | heya = Oguruma→Oshiogawa | university = Chuo University | rank = | record = | debut = May 2017 | highestrank = Maegashira 10 (March 2019) | retireddate = | eldername = | yushos = 1 (Makushita)<br>1 (Jonidan) | prizes = | goldstars = |update = 24 January 2025 }}
{{nihongo|'''Yago Takanori'''|矢後 太規||born 8 July 1994|lead=yes}} is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Memuro, Hokkaido. He was an amateur champion at Chuo University and won the Amateur Yokozuna title at the All-Japan Sumo Championships in December 2016.<ref name="chuo">{{cite web|url=https://yab.yomiuri.co.jp/adv/chuo/dy/hakumon/2017earlyspring01.html|title=Looking up to Kisenosato as a role model|year=2017|publisher=Chuo Online|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref> He made his professional debut in May 2017, joining Oguruma stable. He reached the ''jūryō'' division in September 2017 and the top ''makuuchi'' division in January 2019. His highest rank has been ''maegashira'' 10.
==Early life== He was born in Memuro, Kasai District, Hokkaido, the second of three children. This was also the hometown of ''yokozuna'' Ōnokuni.<ref name="chuo"/> He started swimming from kindergarten, and also did judo. He began participating in local sumo tournaments from the fifth grade of elementary school.<ref name="chuo"/> He was already {{height|cm=180}} and {{convert|120|kg}} upon graduation from elementary school. At Memuro junior high he won the Hokkaido Junior High School Championships three years running, he suffered major cruciate ligament injuries in his knee, and was praised by the director of his high school sumo club for working hard at rehabilitation from the injury without complaining. He enrolled at Saitama Sakae High School, known for its prowess in sumo with ''ōzeki'' Gōeidō among its alumni.<ref name="chuo"/> He left his parents house at this time and lived in a dormitory with other students.<ref name="chuo"/> After graduating from high school he entered the law department of Chuo University and was the captain of the sumo club by his fourth year. He finished in the top 8 at the National Student Sumo Championships, and in 2016 won the Amateur Yokozuna title, the first from Chuo University to achieve this since {{ill|Mutetsuyama Go|lt=Mutetsuyama|ja|武哲山剛}} in 1990.<ref name="chuo"/>
==Career== Because of his amateur achievements, Yago was allowed to enter professional sumo in the third highest ''makushita'' division, leap-frogging the lower divisions. He joined Oguruma stable, recruited by the former ''ōzeki'' Kotokaze. He made his debut in May 2017 at the rank of ''makushita tsukedashi'' 15, and earned a 5–2 record. In his next tournament he won the ''makushita'' divisional championship or ''yūshō'' with a perfect 7–0 record, which guaranteed him promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division and elite ''sekitori'' status. Two losing records of seven wins against eight losses saw him drop back down to ''makushita'' in January 2018, but he made an immediate return to ''jūryō'' with a 5–2 score. He progressed steadily up the ''jūryō'' division in 2018, recording four consecutive winning records, and entered the top ''makuuchi'' division in January 2019. He scored nine wins against six losses in his top division debut, which saw him promoted to his highest rank to date of ''maegashira'' 10 for the March 2019 tournament. However, three straight losing records saw him demoted to ''jūryō'' for the September 2019 tournament. He managed an 8–7 record in September, but then three straight scores of only four wins against eleven losses saw him demoted to the ''makushita'' division for the (cancelled) Natsu tournament in May 2020. Following the cancellation, he had surgery on his knees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2020/06/22/0013445762.shtml|title=尾車親方「最低１年かかる」重傷の弟子・友風を思う「やっていることに無駄はない」|date=22 June 2020|work=daily.co.jp|language=ja|access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> He returned to ''jūryō'' for the January 2021 tournament, scoring eight wins and seven losses, but he was only able to obtain four wins in the March tournament and was demoted to ''makushita'' for the May 2021 tournament. A 4–3 record in May was enough to return him immediately to ''jūryō.''
==Fighting style== Yago is a ''yotsu-sumo'' wrestler, who prefers fighting on the ''mawashi'' to pushing or thrusting at his opponents. His favourite grip is ''hidari-yotsu'', a right hand outside and left hand inside position. His most common winning ''kimarite'' is a straightforward ''yori-kiri'' or force out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi_kim.aspx?r=12425|title=Yago Takanori Wins by Kimarite|publisher=Sumo Reference|access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
== Career record == {{Sumo record box start|Yago Takanori<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?r=12425|title=Yago Takanori Rikishi Information|publisher=Sumo Reference|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref>}} {{Sumo record year start link|2017}} {{Basho}} {{Basho}} {{Basho|mt|15||5|2}} {{Basho|ma|11|e|7|0<br>Champion}} {{Basho|j|13|w|7|8}} {{Basho|j|14|w|7|8}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2018}} {{Basho|ma|1|e|5|2}} {{Basho|j|11|e|7|8}} {{Basho|j|12|e|9|6}} {{Basho|j|8|w|10|5}} {{Basho|j|2|w|8|7}} {{Basho|j|1|e|10|5}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2019}} {{Basho|m|13|e|9|6}} {{Basho|m|10|w|6|9}} {{Basho|m|12|w|6|9}} {{Basho|m|15|e|4|11}} {{Basho|j|4|e|8|7}} {{Basho|j|2|w|4|11}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2020}} {{Basho|j|7|w|4|11}} {{Basho|j|10|e|4|11}} {{Basho|CANCELLED|rank=ma|r-no=1|tozai=w|absent=0|<BR> <SMALL>State of Emergency </SMALL>}} {{Basho|ma|1|w|3|5}} {{Basho|ma|8|e|6|1}} {{Basho|ma|2|e|4|3}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2021}} {{Basho|j|13|w|8|7}} {{Basho|j|10|w|4|11}} {{Basho|ma|1|w|4|3}} {{Basho|j|14|w|9|6}} {{Basho|j|10|e|7|8}} {{Basho|j|10|e|5|10}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2022}} {{Basho|j|14|w|11|4}} {{Basho|j|8|e|8|7}} {{Basho|j|7|w|4|11}} {{Basho|j|12|w|4|11}} {{Basho|ma|2|w|1|6}} {{Basho|ma|14|w|4|3}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2023}} {{Basho|ma|11|e|4|3}} {{Basho|ma|8|w|2|5}} {{Basho|ma|17|w|4|3}} {{Basho|ma|13|e|3|4}} {{Basho|ma|19|e|5|2}} {{Basho|ma|9|e|4|3}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2024}} {{Basho|ma|6|e|2|5}} {{Basho|ma|20|e|5|2}} {{Basho|ma|12|e|3|4}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=ma|r-no=16|tozai=e}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=ma|r-no=59|tozai=e}} {{Basho|KYUJO|rank=sa|r-no=39|tozai=w}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2025}} {{Basho|jo|19|w|7|0<br>Champion}} {{Basho|sa|12|w|5|2}} {{Basho|ma|51|w|4|3}} {{Basho|ma|40|w|6|1}} {{Basho|ma|16|w|3|4}} {{Basho|ma|22|e|3|4}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record year start link|2026}} {{Basho|ma|28|e|3|4}} {{Basho|ma|38|e|4|3}} {{Basho|ma|29|e|1|6}} {{Basho|||||}} {{Basho|||||}} {{Basho|||||}} {{Sumo record year end}} {{Sumo record box end}}
==See also== *List of active sumo wrestlers
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Goo Sumo|3816}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yago, Takanori}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese sumo wrestlers Category:Sumo wrestlers from Hokkaido Category:Sumo wrestlers who use their birth name