"Ura Kazuki, (born 22 June 1992 as Kazuki Ura) is a sumo wrestler born in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan. After winning a gold medal in sumo at the 2013 World Combat Games, he made his professional debut in 2015, wrestling with the Kise stable and he won the jonokuchi division championship in his first tournament. He reached the top makuuchi division in March 2017. In July 2017 he reached his highest rank, of maegashira 4. He has a kinboshi, or gold star, for defeating a yokozuna. His unpredictable style has made him a favourite with tournament crowds.

In February 2015, he announced his intention to enter the Kise stable as a professional sumo wrestler,[2] and after his first bouts in March, made his tournament debut in the May basho, winning the jonokuchi division.[3] He again performed well in the July tournament, posting a 7-0 record and losing a playoff for the jonidan division championship. After going 5-2 in the sandamne division in September, he finished the year with a 7-0 record as a makushita debutante, again losing a division championship playoff in November.

Ura began 2016 with a 6-1 record and another makushita playoff loss in January. Also going 6-1 in March, he was promoted to jūryō for the next tournament. In recognition of becoming the first among their alumni to achieve sekitori (the two highest divisions in sumo) rank, he was given a keshō-mawashi by Kwansei Gakuin University.[4] In the May tournament, he was noted for having used a rare winning technique (kimarite), koshinage, a hip throw.[5] He finishing 10-5 and with a 11-4 finish in the July tournament, he entered the September event as the top-ranked jūryō, but he went 6-9, his first losing record, having fractured a bone in his left wrist that required surgery after the tournament.[6] On his return, he posted a 8-7 record in the November tournament.

At the January 2017 tournament, he employed another rare winning technique, using tasukizori (reverse backward body drop) to win his bout against fellow jūryō wrestler, Amakaze. Since 1955 when winning techniques were first announced, this was the first recorded instance of this kimarite in sumo's upper divisions.[7] His overall 11-4 record in this tournament led to his promotion to the top makuuchi division and a rank of maegashira 12. In March 2017, before a home crowd in Osaka, he achieved a winning record (kachi-koshi) of 8-7, and entered the May 2017 tournament at maegashira 10. There he scored eleven wins against four losses in this tournament, but did not receive a special prize for his efforts, despite speculation that he would win the Technique Award. Former yokozuna Kitanofuji, commentating for NHK, expressed his surprise at the omission.[8] Still, his performance earned him a career-high ranking of maegashira 4 for the July 2017 tournament. There he got off to a 5-1 start, but then injuries among those ranked above him shifted him to a more challenging schedule, facing the san'yaku, the foremost wrestlers, for the first time. Though he defeated Harumafuji on Day 9 to earn his first kinboshi or gold star for a win over a yokozuna,[9] he injured his knee in a defeat to ozeki Takayasu on the following day, and he lost four of his remaining five matches to finish with a make-koshi 7–8 record.

Ura withdrew from the summer regional tour that followed the July tournament, citing damaged right knee ligaments, and indicated he would need a month's rest to recover.[10] He returned for the September tournament, but exacerbated his injury on the second day and was forced to withdraw,[11] with reports indicating a right knee anterior cruciate ligament injury and a left knee meniscus injury that would require surgery.[12] He has yet to return to competition and has dropped precipitously in the rankings, ending up in the third-lowest sandanme division after missing his fourth consecutive tournament in May 2018. He opted to continue his rehabilitation and not compete in the Nagoya tournament in July, aiming to return in the best possible condition in September."

Incredible techniques, I can't wait to see him in action in september.

Sumo is mostly a game of balance.

Fucking loved the head rolls