Ishiura Shikanosuke
石浦 鹿介
Ishiura in 2017
Personal information
Born	Masakatsu Ishiura (1990-01-10)January 10, 1990 (age 35) Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	121 kg (267 lb)
Career
Stable	Miyagino
University	Nihon University
Record	350-321-108
Debut	January, 2013
Highest rank	Maegashira 5 (March, 2022)
Retired	1 June 2023
Elder name	Magaki
Championships	1 (Jonidan) 1 (Jonokuchi)
Special Prizes	Fighting Spirit (1)
Last updated: 1 June 2023

Ishiura Shikanosuke (Japanese:石浦 鹿介; born January 10, 1990 asMasakatsu Ishiura (石浦 将勝,Ishiura Masakatsu)) is a retired Japanese professionalsumo wrestler fromTottori Prefecture. Wrestling forMiyagino stable, he debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made hismakuuchi debut in November 2016. His highest rank wasmaegashira 5, and he has onespecial prize for Fighting Spirit. He retired from sumo on 1 June 2023.^[1]

Ishiura was born inTottori, the principal city ofTottori Prefecture, and attendedTottori Jōhoku High School, where he was a member of the sumo club.^[2][3] Following high school, he studied atNihon University. He nearly gave up sumo and moved toAustralia to study at an English language college in 2012. While there he won the Australian Open and Lightweight Sumo titles and while staying inSydney was cast as an adversary forWolverine in anew movie, but he withdrew from the role and decided to return to Japan and try professional sumo after being inspired by the success of some of his friends from his amateur days.^[4] At 23 he was at the upper end of the age limit to enter professional sumo and knew this was his last chance.^[5]

Ishiura is of unusually small stature for a sumo wrestler: when he made hismakuuchi debut at 116 kg (256 lb) he was officially 18 kg (40 lb) lighter than any other competitor in the division, although he outweighsTerutsuyoshi and his stablemateEnho who have made the top division subsequently.^[6][7])

He has also been known for his contributions onsocial media, posting video clips onTwitter of his fellow wrestlers playingarcade games^{[citation needed]} and competing in sprint races.^[8]

He is sponsored byMcLaren Automotive, and on his 27th birthday he arrived at theRyōgoku Kokugikan in a sports car that they provided for him.^[9]

Ishiura joined theMiyagino stable and entered professional sumo in 2013 at the relatively advanced age of 23. He made an immediate impact, winning thejonokuchi division in March and thejonidan division in May with unblemished 7-0 records and earning a third straight promotion with six wins atsandanme in July. As he worked his way up the ranks he served as atsukebito or personal attendant toyokozunaHakuhō. He spent the next nine tournaments in the thirdmakushita division before earning another promotion with a 6–1 record in January 2015. He was the first newsekitori fromTottori Prefecture sinceKotozakura 52 years earlier. In the second division (jūryō) he proved himself a consistent performer, recording seven winning records (kachi-koshi) in ten tournaments and clinching yet another promotion with nine wins in September 2016.

Ishiura made hismakuuchi debut in November, 2016 debuting at EastMaegashira 15. After losing on the first day of the tournament toChiyotairyu Ishiura won the next ten days straight putting him on the leader board for a while. However, on day 12 Ishiura suffered his second loss toIkioi and then continued to lose for the rest of the tournament finishing off with a 10–5 record which was enough to win him his first special prize, for Fighting Spirit. In his debut tournament he was able to get ten straight victories, double digit wins, and his first special prize. His ten wins equaled the performance ofShōdai in January 2016 and was otherwise the best by a top-division debutante sinceIchinojo's thirteen wins in September 2014. In the January 2017 tournament, atMaegashira 9, he was only able to secure a 6–9 record. The March 2017 tournament saw him atmaegashira 11, and he had mixed results. On the final day his record was 7–7, however he was unable to get the win againstTakarafuji and end the tournament with a losing record of 7–8. He won only three bouts atmaegashira 10 in the September 2017 tournament and was demoted back to thejūryō division, but an 8–7 record at the rank of WestJūryō 1 in November 2017 was sufficient to return him tomakuuchi.

Ishiura remained in the top division for the next five tournaments, but after four straight losing records was demoted tojūryō again after the September 2018 tournament. After a two tournament stint injūryō he returned to the top division in March 2019. He dropped tojūryō in July, but is ranked inmakuuchi for September 2019. This was the first tournament that he and his stablematesHakuhō andEnhō were all fit and inmakuuchi together, allowing them all to take part in theyokozuna dohyo-iri ceremony.

In training at his stable before the January 2020 tournament he came to blows with a junior ranked wrestler, Hokahō, after a series of heated bouts and the pair had to be separated by Hakuhō.^[10] The incident was reported to the Sumo Association by Miyagino Oyakata, and Ishiura was docked 20 percent of one month's salary.^[11] He missed the start of the September 2020 tournament due to a right ankle injury suffered on Day 14 of the July tournament,^[12] but returned from Day 8. He was forced to sit out the January 2021 tournament after his stablemate Hakuhō tested positive forCOVID-19,^[13] and sat out in September 2021 because of another COVID-19 outbreak.^[14]

Ishiura pulled out of the March 2022 tournament after he suffered apinched nerve in his Day 3 bout withKotonowaka,^[15] but returned on Day 11.^[16] He withdrew again at the start of the May 2022basho due to cervical spine injuries which would require about three weeks of treatment.^[17] The same injury forced him to withdraw from the following tournament in July after being demoted tojūryō.^[18] During this absence Ishiura lost around 25 kg (55 lb).^[19] On June 1, 2023, Ishiura finally announced his retirement after a year without competing. At his retirement conference, Ishiura explained his surgeon told him he would not be able to wrestle anymore if he underwent surgery. However he was also told there was a risk that he would become paralysed if he continued to wrestle without surgery. In order to be able to spend more time with his children, Ishiura decided to retire, a decision he had been considering since the summer of 2022.^[20] Ishiura decided to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as anelder under the name Magaki, succeeding formermaegashiraChikubayama^[1] who agreed to give him the name Magaki despite the fact that he had 3 years of employment left as asan'yo (consultant). In September, Ishiura took part in an elder presentation conference at theRyōgoku Kokugikan and announced that he was training to be able to wrestle as a trainer in Miyagino stable'straining ring despite his injury.^[19]

Ishiura'sretirement ceremony was held on 1 June 2024 at theRyōgoku Kokugikan, with about 300 people taking part in the cutting of his topknot. Miyagino (the 69thyokozunaHakuhō), who recruited Ishiura into the sumo world, made the second-to-last cut. The final cut was made by Isegahama (the 63rdyokozunaAsahifuji), head ofthe stable where Ishiura and others from Miyagino stable were transferred following the latter's temporary closure earlier in the year.^[21] A few weeks before the ceremony, Ishiura announced that his retirement program would include a sumo tournament between lower-division wrestlers of Isegahama stable and the sumo club at his alma materTottori Jōhoku High School.^[3]

Ishiura favoured a right hand inside, left hand outside grip on his opponent'smawashi or belt. His favouritekimarite or winning technique isshitatenage, the underarm throw. In November 2019, Ishiura won a victory in the Fukuoka Tournament ('Basho') overNishikigi on Day Eight using what is likely the rarest winning technique in sumo: themitokorozeme (三所攻め) or 'three places attack' is akimarite that had not been seen in the top division sinceMainoumi used it in 1993.^[22]

Ishiura announced in May 2017 that he had married a nursery school teacher in April after a four-year relationship. The wedding ceremony was held in October 2017 with his stablemate Hakuhō among the 500 guests.^[23] The couple have three children (two boys and a girl),^[20] the first of whom was born in May 2018.^[24]

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