Okinoumi Ayumi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Okinoumi Ayumi
Occupation	Rikishi
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1985(1985-07-29)
Age	39
Birthplace	Okinoshima
Country	Japan
Birth City	Shimane Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Okinoumi Ayumi Biography

Okinoumi Ayumi is one of the most popular and richest Rikishi who was born on July 29, 1985 in Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. In his school days, he joined local sumo groups and competed in national tournaments however, he was not keen to make sumo an occupation, preferring to work at sea and take exams to become a mariner licensed. But, he was forced to drop off high school. He was introduced by a close friend to Hakkaku-oyakata. The first Yakozuna Hokutoumi who convinced him to join the Hakkaku stable.

He had two consecutive appearances at komusubi in 2013, however he fell down the rankings after four consecutive losses in the year following. After the January tournament in 2015, he was promoted to sekiwake from the comparatively low maegashira 6 rank which was a result of the failure of the majority of players just above him to record winning records. He was injured during his first sekiwake appearance and was forced to pull out of the event. Nine wins in May and 11 on July see him elevated to the san’yaku ranks his fourth consecutive time (three at komusubi while one was at Sekiwake). He was not able to hold the position with a score of 6-9. his record was also a losing record during his fourth try at komusubi in the month of May. He was able to pick up the kinboshi of maegashira 2 in July of 2016 and made a positive start to the September tournament, beating ozeki Kisenosato on the first day. He also defeated Kakuryu in Day 2, and Harumafuji on Day 3. On the sixth day, he had defeated two yokozunas and three ozeki. He was also the tournament’s unbeaten co-leader. But he started losing his second tournament week, and ended up with a score of 9-6. The tournament was rewarded to him for this effort with his debut Outstanding Performance Prize, and the opportunity to return to sekiwake. The tournament of November 2016 was not a success for Okinoumi who was suffering from an injury that forced him to miss the fall tour. The tournament ended with just a 5-10 score and was relegated in the maegashira rankings. In the November 2017 tournament, Okinoumi was second to Hakuho who had an 11-4 mark, and was awarded the third Fighting Spirit prize, shared with Aminishiki.

He was barred from the tournament in July as well as a number of others, following their admission of the involvement in illegal gambling on baseball. In the end, his return to juryo for the month of September. He was ranked at juryo 8 and 10-5 was enough to bring him back into the upper division of the November tournament in which he racked up his largest number of wins on the last day. His most impressive performance was at the tournament in January 2011, where the winner was yokozuna Hakuho and was awarded his first Sanho award to honor Fighting Spirit. The award saw him elevated to the highest ranking of maegashira 4 in this May’s “technical examination tournament.” He fought all of the top-ranked athletes at first, and beat three ozeki, Kaio, Harumafuji and Kotooshu. He lost his two final matches, in defeat to komusubi Kakuryu as well as Toyonoshima and fell to a make-koshi 7 but was able to maintain the same level for the following tournament. After securing the majority of wins on the last day of the tournament in July He was able to achieve his highest ranking of maegashira 1, in September. He scored his very first gold-star victory over Harumafuji during November of 2012 and then his third Fighting Spirit award at maegashira 7 in March 2013.

Okinoumi Ayumi Net Worth

Okinoumi Ayumi is one of the richest Rikishi from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Okinoumi Ayumi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Okinoumi Ayumi (Japanese: Yin Qi noHai Bu , Hepburn: Okinoumi Ayumi born on 29 July, 1985 as Ayumi Fukuoka (Fu Gang Bu ) ) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He started the professional world of sumo at age and reached the highest division in the year the year 2010. He was runner-up three times in the January 2012, March 2013 the November 2017 and March 2013 tournaments, having an overall record of 11-4. His highest ranking was sekiwake which he won for a single event in March of 2015 and later again on November 16, 2016. He has been awarded 4 Fighting Spirit prizes to date One for Outstanding Performance along with four gold star for beating the Japanese champion, Yokozuna. He wrestles for the Hakkaku stable.

He started his professional career in January 2005, battling under the name of his family, Fukuoka. He was elevated to the second-highest juryo division after winning the yusho tournament title of the makushita division January 2009 and had a perfect 7-0 record. His shikona was changed from Okinoumi to refer to his home town in Okinoshima (a small and isolated island in Western Japan) which had been suggested by his father. He was the first sekitori to hail from the Oki Islands since 1960. A shoulder injury caused him to be a bit of a mess and a sprained shoulder, he was relegated to juryo after two records that were lost and then reverting back to the title Fukuoka he was immediately promoted into juryo again in the month of July. In his fight as Okinoumi again, in the month of January, 2010 he received promotion to the top division of makuuchi and became one of the very first athletes from Shimane Prefecture to do so in the last 88 years. He was able to achieve the kachi-koshi, or winning record during his first makuuchi tournament in March. He won his final three matches, scoring 8-7. He was then promoted to maegashira 10, which was scheduled for May.

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Okinoumi Ranked on the list of most popular Rikishi. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Okinoumi Ayumi celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.