Sōkokurai Eikichi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sōkokurai Eikichi

Sumo wrestler

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1984

Place of Birth: Inner Mongolia, China

Profession: rikishi

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Sokokurai Eikichi (born 9 January 1984 as Enhetubuxin) is a professional sumo wrestler from Inner Mongolia, China.
He is the only Chinese national to reach the top makuuchi division.
Sokokurai is of Mongolian descent.
He made his professional debut in 2003 and was promoted to the top division in September, 2010.
In April 2011 he was ordered to retire by the Japan Sumo Association after being found guilty of involvement in match-fixing.
Refusing to do so, he was dismissed.
However, in March 2013 his dismissal was nullified by the Tokyo District Court.
After the Sumo Association decided not to appeal the decision, he reappeared on the banzuke in July 2013 at the Nagoya Basho, ranked as a maegashira 15, the rank he was at when he was expelled.
His highest rank to date of maegashira 2 was achieved in March 2017.
He has won one special prize for Technique and one gold star for beating a yokozuna.
In 2019 he acquired Japanese citizenship and plans to stay in the Sumo Association after his retirement.