Henry Armstrong Miller
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| Birth name | Henry Armstrong Miller | |
| Date of birth | July 16, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Missouri, USA | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Weight | 136 kg (300 lb) | |
| Web presence | website | |
| Career* | ||
| Heya | Tomozuna | |
| Record | 403-303-99 | |
| Debut | July 1988 | |
| Highest rank | Maegashira 12 (September, 2000) | |
| Retired | November, 2003 | |
| Yusho | 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonokuchi) |
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* Career information is correct as of November 2007. |
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Henry Armstrong Miller (born July 16, 1969) is a former sumo wrestler, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., who competed under the shikona Sentoryū Henri (戦闘竜 扁利?). He is currently a Mixed martial arts fighter.
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[edit] Career
Sentoryu, whose father was African American and mother was Japanese, began his sumo career in 1988. He joined the Tomozuna stable of wrestlers, also the home of future ozeki Kaio. He was relatively small at 176 cm and 121 kg. In November 1994 he became a sekitori for the first time but lasted only two tournaments in the juryo division before being demoted. It took him more than four years of hard toil in the unsalaried makushita division before he could win promotion back to the second division in July 1999. A strong 13-2 record in March 2000 sent him to the top of the division and with an 8-7 mark in May 2000, he finally achieved his goal of promotion to the top makuuchi division in July. [1]He only lasted two tournaments there but managed to hold his own in juryo, and had one more visit to the top division in January 2002. However, he suffered a serious injury and fell all the way back to makushita. He refused to give up and fought his way back to sekitori status in September 2003, but another injury convinced him to retire at the end of the year at the age of 34. His great fighting spirit, despite all his injuries, won him many admirers.[2] Since his retirement from sumo, Sentoryu has tried his luck at mixed martial arts.[3] He has three wins and seven losses in his ten fights to date.[4]
[edit] Top division record
| January Hatsu basho, Tokyo |
March Haru basho, Osaka |
May Natsu basho, Tokyo |
July Nagoya basho, Nagoya |
September Aki basho, Tokyo |
November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
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| 2000 | x | x | x | East Maegashira #13 8–7 |
West Maegashira #12 5–10 |
(Jūryō) |
| 2001 | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) | (Jūryō) |
| 2002 | East Maegashira #15 6–9 |
(Jūryō) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) |
| 2003 | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Makushita) | (Jūryō) | (Makushita) |
| Record given as win-loss-absent Championship Retired Demoted from makuuchi Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi |
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[edit] References
- ^ Akebono wins despite last day upset (English). BBC News Online (2000-07-23). Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Pourquie, Bastian (December 2003). Rikishi that have retired (English). Le Monde du Sumo. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Henry "Sentoryu" Miller (English). Pride Fighting Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Sherdog Fightfinder: Henry "Sentoryu" Miller (English). Sherdog. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Rikishi in Juryo and Makunouchi (English). szumo.hu. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
