Endō Shōta

Endo competes under his own surname, and somehow that detail tells you everything. He came out of Nihon University as the country's top amateur, skipped the bottom rungs on entry, and reached the top division almost immediately - exactly the clear, easy-to-follow protagonist sumo needed while its popularity was low. Then came the knees. His technique deserved a far longer run near the top, and injury kept interrupting it. What I like is that he never traded his orthodox grip-and-drive sumo for something safer after a comeback. He is from Anamizu on the Noto peninsula, and carrying that place name onto the clay means more now than it once did. His persistence lands harder than his record.

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Name (English)

Endō Shōta

Name (Japanese)

遠藤聖大

Reading

えんどう しょうた

Born

October 19, 1990 (age 35)

Origin

Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

rikishi

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

University

Nihon University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End%C5%8D%20Sh%C5%8Dta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%A0%E8%97%A4%E8%81%96%E5%A4%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14168070

Tags

• Ishikawa Prefecture
• rikishi

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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